Everything worth doing requires effort and time in order to get successful results. Living longer healthier lives is no exception. The challenge takes a plan, knowledge and persistence. Here are 5 steps that will help you achieve the goal of a long healthy life.
Step 1. Dine on raw foods. This is very significant because living foods promote the formation of SOD, superoxide dismutase. In the event you skip or ignore this detail, you will not have the necessary antioxidant enzyme SOD, required for preserving your cells from routine combustion of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen nor will your body be getting the proper amount of digestive enzymes found only in raw superfoods.
2.Drink Green Tea. Green tea is considered a superfood and contains a great many nutrients which research has found can kill cancer cells, reduce heart disease and help prevent stroke. Use raw tea leaves whenever possible and make sure it is organic. Tea bags are good but the tea may be old and it is highly processed.
3.Research and university studies are now showing that Vitamin D may be the most important of all the vitamins. Vitamin D has been demonstrated to grow back your DNA telomeres and can help increase your life span by five years. Also Vitamin D is necessary to protect your immune system response and keep you at optimal health. Take 4000IU per day for best effect.
Step 4. Take a daily multi vitamin mineral with high levels of B Vitamins. The B vitamins lessen homocysteine and raised homocysteine has been associated to increased inflammation levels which produce disease and limit your life. Research has proven that people who take multi vitamins live longer by more than five years.
5.Exercise. This one is hard for most people. It need not be. Just an hours walk everyday will do it. The most important aspect is to keep the body moving. The practice of Chiquong is also helpful and is easy to do. If you want to do more that is up to you but there are studies that just keeping active and stress free will do as much for long life as hard running and heavy gym workouts.
If you follow these 5 suggestions a longer life will be your reward. These steps will not only help you live longer but will help you keep your body in optimal health and prevent disease. Enjoy life and good health, eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts and seeds. More on telomeres and aging can be found here.