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fixaging

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  • Increasing life expectancy with the okinawan diet

    Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 10:49

    Having the correct diet is a central pillar of a long lasting life. Here are the 4 ways to live longer and this is one of them. It is not only that are living for longer than average they are also healthier, being leaner, more energetic and having a ...

  • Reversing muscle aging (sarcopenia)

    Posted on Friday March 7th, 2008 at 11:58 in aging

    As the body ages muscles gradually get weaker and less able to bear load. This has a huge impact on the whole body as muscles help to support the body organs and keep everything together. Also quality of life issues are impacted as with the reduct...

  • 4 changes to add years to your life

    Posted on Thursday March 6th, 2008 at 03:14 in aging, life expectancy

    Adopting four healthy behaviours can add up to 14 years of extra life if you were not following them before. This includes not smoking, moderate alcohol intake, taking exercise and eating five servings of fruit and vegetables per day. These resul...

  • Congestive heart failure and disability

    Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 08:20 in heart disease

    Heart disease not only has a high risk of death it also carries with it a huge quality of life burden. So even though medical breakthroughs have allowed heart attack survivors to get extra years, it also means that increasing numbers will end up w...

  • Cosmetic Surgery Risks

    Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 03:20 in life expectancy

    Cosmetic surgery has gone from being something which only a minority of people do to something which is much more socially acceptable and affordable. In the UK in 2005, 300,000 cosmetic treatments were performed while in the following year 577,000...

  • Sedentary life associated with accelerated aging

    Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 02:30 in aging

    Having an active lifestyle appears to make people biologically younger, this is from a report from the January 28th issues of the Archives of Internal Medicine. This reinforces what many take for granted, but it is important to back up common sens...

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4 stars Kerry

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Elixir

5 stars Yola

Very informative reading. Great educational blog!

Sorry for the tardy response, just returned from a week in Scotland, I guess I should post some piccies soon...

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skyinform

5 stars Boris

=) 10 I wait to myself on a blog

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