How stress affects your aging.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
A lot of research documents a link between chronic stress, poor health and increased risk for cardiovascular disease and decreased immune function. First I want to point out that the negative effects of stress are related to chronic stress not acute stress. As an example, exercise is causing acute stress...
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How to slow down your aging.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Why do we age? There is no single factor responsible for why we age, but research has found several important factors affecting how fast we age. These are factors we can control to a large extent, which means that we can actually slow down the aging process. I will write...
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Extremely effective cellular protection.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Our cells are exposed to assaults all the time. That has a lot to do with why we age and get sick. Since that’s the case the body has ways to protect itself, otherwise we would not get very old. The most effective form of protection from free radical damage...
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Do you want to reduce your risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
No one, of course, wants to develop rheumatoid arthritis. You can reduce your risk to a large extent by making a small change to your habits by avoiding this item. The reviewed research this is based upon was very large, and for that reason it is worth paying attention to....
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Specific type of vitamin B prevents DNA damage

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
B vitamins are important in many ways – higher vitamin B levels have been linked to a lower risk for cancer. This research examined the association between pyridoxal, a type of vitamin B 6, folate and homocysteine with 8-OHdG, a marker of oxidative DNA damage (Kuwahara K, et.al, 2013). The...
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Save your eyes: reduce the risk of macular degeneration

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
We all value our eyesight. New research shows us an easy way to help prevent macular degeneration (Merle BM, et al. 2013). 963 participants were followed for 31 months and plasma fatty acids were measured from fasting blood samples, eye examinations were also performed. High plasma omega-3 fatty acids were...
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Easy way to improve your chance to live longer

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
There has not been a single easy way to improve our odds of living longer, but the research reviewed here indicates that it may be an easy way to affect aging. Data from 12 original studies including 32,142 elderly participants were analyzed for 25-hydroxyvitamin D and the association of all-cause...
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Be happy, live longer.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
We all prefer to be happy, but we may not realize how much of an impact happiness may have on us. There have been numerous studies the last few years on happiness and how it affects our health. The research reviewed here looked at many studies that evaluated subjective well-being...
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Protect your DNA

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
If we can protect our DNA we may be able to slow down aging. Slowing down the aging process appeals to most people, but the question is if it is possible with the resources we have now. The research reviewed investigated if that was possible by implementing a couple of...
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Biological Aging

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Whatever your chronological age, your biological age may be more or less than that. If your chronological age is 60 years, you may biologically be only 50 if you are in good shape or it could be 70 if you are in bad shape.
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Lowering your risk for cardiovascular disease also lowers the risk for cancer.

Lowering your risk for cardiovascular disease also lowers the risk for cancer.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
It is easier than you think to prevent serious disease. If you eat right, exercise regularly and don't smoke, the other factors tend to correct them self automatically.
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