Tag: telomere length

Obesity? Heart Disease? Diabetes? Cancer? Maybe it’s not your genes–it’s your lifestyle

Obesity? Heart Disease? Diabetes? Cancer? Maybe it’s not your genes–it’s your lifestyle

For so long, we’ve been conditioned to think our genes are rigid and unchangeable; and they alone define our health and longevity. We expect chronic disease to be treated like the common cold. Take a pill and go back to… 0 Shares | | Posted in Books, Environment, Fitness, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals, Science & Tech
How To Love Your Winter Skin

How To Love Your Winter Skin

Winter skin can be stressed skin. We’re colder…so we take hotter showers, we turn up the indoor heat, we stress drive our vehicle through the snow, eat more, lose our motivation for exercise, drink less water and increase alcohol intake. … 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
Longer Telomeres May Help Deter Diseases And Increase Life Expectancy

Longer Telomeres May Help Deter Diseases And Increase Life Expectancy

Scientists and many alternative health advocates and practitioners have long been interested in factors influencing telomere length in the body, and how it affects health and life expectancy. What are telomeres?  Telomeres are caps that protect our chromosomes, consists of… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Food, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Hospitals & Surgery, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals, Recipes, Science