Eat and live long

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/16/hispanics-live-longer-than-us-caucasians.aspx

Here is a summary of the most important and most effective dietary and lifestyle measures I know of:

* Determine your nutritional type, and eat accordingly. This will tell you which foods are ideal for your unique biochemistry. This will also help you optimize your insulin and leptin levels, which are paramount for good health. Additionally, eating the right foods for your chemical makeup will help you maintain a healthy weight
* Eat at least one-third of your food raw
* Avoid processed foods and all artificial flavorings, colorings, and artificial sweeteners. Instead, seek out locally grown foods that are in-season
* Enjoy fermented foods like kefir and cultured veggies
* Make sure you eat enough healthy fats, including those from animal sources like omega-3 fat, and reduce your intake of omega-6 from vegetable oils
* Drink plenty of pure, clean water
* Manage your stress levels
* Exercise regularly. For optimal health benefits and longevity, make sure you incorporate high-intensity, sprint-type exercises, such as Peak 8
* Optimize your vitamin D levels, ideally through appropriate exposure to sunshine. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a vast array of diseases, and has been shown to increase your risk of death from any cause by 150 percent!
* Limit your exposure to toxins
* Get plenty of good sleep

Following these guidelines is a powerful way to avoid premature aging and disease of all kinds, so that you can far exceed the U.S. national average life expectancy, regardless of your financial- and educational status, or your racial heritage.

Dear Diary,

been crying a lot today; cause of reading that damn MRI report; nothing like a big dose of reality to bring you down. I don't need to know how bad Nadene's injury is - it doesn't make a difference and i won't give up hope anyway! But, i was hoping that the MRI report wouldn't be so dismal...maybe I just don't know enough big words to know what they mean ? N E Way, the stem cell treatment can't hurt, and I think it's the only thing left to try. So, we will, if we can get over the passport hurdle and the money hurdle and the actual traveling on a plane with a 25 year old wearing a diaper who throws up if she needs to poop and can't be changed. It may be a bad trip, but it's only 10 hours or so, anyone can get over that. Maybe I'll just make it her night and feed her her meals the night before and then when we get there. She can have two 4 or 5 meal days and only water when we travel? Just praying that we get to that point. To get legal guardianship adds another $1200 to the cost of the whole thing. guess I need to make some calls tomorrow; praying the passport agency calls soon. guess a lot of people are traveling now.

Please, God, help us be strong and courageous and take what comes, knowing that you are with us - and if you are with us, who can be against us?