9 WAYS TO ADD HEALTH-SPAN TO YOUR LIFESPAN

As we navigate through these modern times, it is decidedly not easy trying to do the best for ourselves and loved ones. No sooner has one reputable health and nutrition study been published, steering you one way, before another follows soon thereafter contradicting the first. If the ‘leaves’ are always going to be changing color then we should at least rely on the forever roots, trunks, and branches for stability in the healthy domain.

We all want to live long lives. However, an increased ‘Lifespan’ is of diminished value if we are chronically ill, demented, or unable to move around… your ‘Health span’.

Here are 9 foundational cornerstones that will cement your lifespan to your health span in a way that makes it all worthwhile.

1Eat a plant-based diet with an emphasis on colorful leafy, cruciferous vegetables such as Cabbages and Broccoli.

2 Avoid low grade chronic inflammation especially from sources like processed cooking seed oils, and substitute for Olive Avocado or Coconut oils.

3 Regard highly processed sugars such as high fructose corn starch, as slow poisons. So, birthday cakes/icing, donuts, sodas etc, create excessive damaging free radicals, and (over time) atherosclerotic plaques, and fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

4 Exercise vigorously (in every decade of your life) including weightlifting for women. I cannot emphasize how pivotally vital the role of overall fitness and exercise plays in determining your individual health span.

5Intentionally stress your body in specific durations and techniques (Hormesis). Learn how to fast, learn how to sauna and practice cold immersion often. Even cold showers may help.

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Sleep. Don’t shortchange what your body needs. Strive for quality sleep in a completely darkened room. Absolutely vital brain functions occur only when we sleep, and poor sleep habits may allow a complex pathway to functional Alzheimer’s disease.

If you’re into supplements… consider Resveratrol, Vitamin D3/K2, COq10, Sulfurophane, EGCG(as in green tea), Berberine, Omega 3 fish oil and any supplement that stimulates your NRf2 pathway which leads to your own self production of super antioxidants (Glu- tathione & Superoxide Dismutase).

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Treat your gut biome bacteria like your own personal internal kitchen garden. Nourish them with high fiber pro and prebiotics. Refuse/question unnecessary antibiotics prescribed for viral infections. Learn about the millions of mitochondria we all carry around and how we can increase their quantity and quality.

Love family and friends with intensity and receive intense love. Give generously of your time. Express gratitude and develop a sense of peace through mindfulness. Forgive eas- ily. Slow down occasionally and co-mingle with the sunshine in nature.

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