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03/21/2025

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07/28/2024

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07/17/2024

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03/24/2024

I have a great recipe for a blueberry ginger smoothie. DM for recipe.

After women ate more than a cup of blueberries, researchers couldn’t find hardly any anthocyanins, the fruit’s blue pigments purported to be the beneficial active ingredients, in their bloodstream or flowing through their urine. How can blueberries have so many amazing effects if their anthocyanins barely even make it into our system?

Researchers decided to radioactively tag anthocyanins and trace them throughout the body to find out. They discovered that blueberry pigments are metabolized by our liver and our microbiome (the good bacteria in our gut) into active metabolites that are then absorbed into our system.

Some of the metabolites peak in the bloodstream within an hour of consumption, but others ramp up more slowly, especially if the berries have to make it all the way down into the colon. So, if you track the metabolites even further, some spike even higher between 6 to 24 hours after consumption. (See the chart at 4:09 https://buff.ly/2k0DnvP.)

A day later, we may still be experiencing berry benefits as our gut bacteria continue to churn out goodies that get absorbed back into our system, feeding us as we feed them. Eating blueberries is like taking a natural probiotic. Win-win all around.

You can eat your blueberries raw or cooked, as researchers saw the same remarkable improvement in artery function with blueberries baked into a bun.

Watch the video “Benefits of Blueberries for Artery Function” at https://buff.ly/2k0DnvP to learn more.

03/21/2024

In 2016, a landmark study published out of Harvard, involving more than 100,000 men and women, found that replacing animal protein with plant protein was associated with lower risk of dying prematurely. https://buff.ly/3TrzSPe

How Not to Age is out now! Borrow a copy from your local library or order one today: https://buff.ly/48XNwiN

Watch the videos “Animal Protein vs. Plant-Based Protein” at https://buff.ly/3TrzSPe and “How Plant-Based to Lower IGF-1?” at https://buff.ly/3x92R2K to learn more.

03/07/2024

What we put in our mouths is one of the biggest lifestyle changes we can make towards better health. 🍎🥦🥬🥑🥕

For many chronic diseases, non-genetic factors often account for at least 80 to 90 percent of risk. Modifiable risk factors, such as diet, weight, activity, and smoking status, account for more than 70 percent of our risk of having a stroke or getting colon cancer, more than 80 percent of coronary heart disease risk, and more than 90 percent of risk for type 2 diabetes.

The same diet that prevents stroke and cancer also prevents heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and diverticulosis, and protects against emphysema, dementia, cataracts, and macular degeneration. That's the beauty of a plant-based diet. What’s more, studies have shown that plant-based eating can improve not only body weight, blood sugar levels, and our ability to control cholesterol, but also our emotional states, including depression, anxiety, fatigue, sense of well-being, and daily functioning.

Watch the video "Lifestyle and Disease Prevention: Your DNA Is Not Your Destiny" at https://bit.ly/3lcJ5u8 and visit our topic page on plant-based diets at https://bit.ly/3khLMYM to learn more.

How Not to Age is out now! Borrow a copy from your local library or order one today: https://see.nf/HNTABook

03/07/2024

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03/05/2024

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02/17/2024

And we can't forget about therapeutic massage for pain relief!