GET NUTRITION FROM FARM-DIRECT, CHEMICAL-FREE, UNPROCESSED ANIMAL PROTEIN. SUPPLEMENT WITH VITAMINS. TAKE EXTRA WHEN NECESSARY
Friday, May 15, 2015
Accumulated Pesticides Disappear After Eating Organic
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Stand Up
Research published in Diabetologia found that those who sat for the longest periods of time were twice as likely to have diabetes or heart disease, compared to those who sat the least.6 Sitting for more than eight hours a day has also been associated with a 90 percent increased risk of type 2 diabetes.
Colon Cancer: Excess sitting may increase your risk of colon, breast, and endometrial cancers. The mechanism isn’t known for certain, but it could be due to excess insulin production, which encourages cell growth, or the fact that regular movement boosts antioxidants in your body that may eliminate potentially cancer-causing free radicals.
Findings presented at the 2015 Inaugural Active Working Summit also found that sitting increases
Lung cancer by 54 percent
Uterine cancer by 66 percent
Colon cancer by 30 percent
Another reason for this increased cancer risk is thought to be linked to weight gain and associated biochemical changes, such as alterations in hormones, metabolic dysfunction, leptin dysfunction, and inflammation—all of which promote cancer.
Digestion: Sitting down after you’ve eaten causes your abdominal contents to compress, slowing down digestion. Sluggish digestion, in turn, can lead to cramping, bloating, heartburn, and constipation, as well as dysbiosis in your gastrointestinal tract, a condition caused by microbial imbalances in your body.
According to Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease,
“There is growing evidence that dysbiosis of the gut microbiota is associated with the pathogenesis of both intestinal and extra-intestinal disorders. Intestinal disorders include inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and celiac disease, while extra-intestinal disorders include allergy, asthma, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.”
Standing requires you to tense your abdominal muscles, which go unused when you sit, ultimately leading to weak abdominals.Hip Problems: Your hips also suffer from prolonged sitting, becoming tight and limited in range of motion because they are rarely extended. In the elderly, decreased hip mobility is a leading cause of falls.Sitting also does nothing for your glutes, which may become weakened, affecting your stability and the power of your stride when walking and jumping.
Varicose Veins. Sitting leads to poor circulation in your legs, which can cause swelling in your ankles, varicose veins, and blood clots known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Weak Bones. Walking, running, and engaging in other weight-bearing activities lead to stronger, denser bones. Lack of activity may cause weak bones and even osteoporosis.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
World's Toughest Job
Magnesium (Orotate)
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Christopher Masterjohn calls fat soluble Vitamin A, aka, Retinol, the anti-infective vitamin. And by anti-infective, he means anti-infection, meaning that it would protect you from infections? Particularly the measles. "What about Vitamin C? I thought that Vitamin C was the vitamin to take to stave off infections!" you insist. The two focus on different components of your immune system. Retinol Vitamin A protects your ". . . immunity, bone growth, mucous membranes and the eyes, skin, hair and nails." Mucous membranes are an important part of your overall immunity, protecting the cells and keeping pathogens from penetrating your cells.
Vitamin C, a water soluble anti-oxidant, works on other parts of your immune system, coalescing in a forceful attack against predatory pathogens to destroy infections. Vitamin C and Retinol A should be taken in conjunction. Both produce much better results in repair as you are recovering from any debilitating condition, whether it be pathogen or injury.
BEST SOURCE of RETINOL VITAMIN A
Wikipedia explains that "Cod liver oil is a nutritional supplement derived from liver of cod fish. As with most fish oils, it has high levels of the omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Cod liver oil also contains vitamin A and vitamin D. It has historically been taken because of its vitamin A and vitamin D content. It was once commonly given to children, because vitamin D has been shown to prevent rickets and other symptoms of vitamin D deficiency."
BRIEF HISTORY OF VITAMIN A
While vitamin K2 languished in obscurity, vitamins A and D continually traded places with one another as the favored vitamin du jour. The pendulum initially swung in favor of vitamin D because rickets was common in the early twentieth century while eye diseases resulting from vitamin A deficiency were rare. It then swung in favor of vitamin A when that vitamin became known as the “anti-infective” vitamin.2 After World War II, the medical establishment had easy access to antibiotics and thus lost interest in battling infections with vitamin A.3 Vitamin D fared far worse, taking the blame for a British epidemic of infant hypercalcemia and eventually earning a reputation as “the most toxic of all the vitamins.”4