That’s a powerful statement, isn’t it? But it’s the truth. One study done a few years ago tells about “the more calories you eat the shorter your life”. Other studies say “the more red meat you eat the shorter your life. There’s a lot of truth in all these theories. Is there any truth that a vegetarian diet can help you live longer? I don’t know, but vegetarian diets are generally diets with all-natural foods, nothing processed. Some will have fish and dairy and other diets will not. Depending on your beliefs, a vegetarian diet can vary.
This whole idea that “you are what you eat” does have merit. You can pretty much blame all your health problems on your lifestyle. What you eat and drink, where you live, what you do all day, the sum total would be your lifestyle. The things you have control over and the decisions you make and how you live your life, that’s your lifestyle.
Fortunately, we can make changes to our lifestyle at any time during our life and good changes will increase our lives. Google is doing research right now to increase life expectancy to 500 years. I don’t know if that’s possible, but I do believe a man can live to 180 years or even a little more. With the new medicine of today and things in medicine that will be coming in the next 20 years, today’s school children can live up to 120 or 130. Preschoolers can live to 150.
Small changes in older people can increase their life span by months and even years, but if those good habits like diet and exercise can be instilled in a child then I believe that the new-borns of today could possibly live to 180.
So what can we do now? Our future lies within our children. The pre-schoolers of today need to be taught what is a proper diet for their body. Why sugars and other food additives are harmful and why a person has to exercise? These are key to raising a generation of kids with low amounts of body fat. And why is low body fat important? After a person reaches an above-normal percentage of body fat, the body doesn’t perform the way it should. First of all, you’ll start to slow down, and you get tired faster. It takes longer to digest your food. This means more of your food will turn into fat and you create a new cycle. Now because more of your food is turning into fat, then your percentage of body fat is increasing without the scale moving. You see as you gain body fat and your slowing down you're burning fewer calories and you’re losing muscle mass. Muscle mass weighs more than fat so these changes in your body take place without moving the scale. In most cases, you’re not aware that this is occurring. When it’s harder to pick up things or walk a flight of stairs you don’t realize that you’re losing muscle, you just figure you’re getting out-of-shape.
As an adult, many things can’t be changed anymore. Where you live is generally where your family lives and the work you do is based on your education and job experience, so those things you probably can’t do much about. The food you eat and drink and the exercise you’re getting are the variables that you can change. You can become a healthier “you” at any age.
I believe the key is to get back to eating all-natural foods, nothing processed. Eat meat like fish and poultry and fresh fruits and vegetables. Drink more water. Don’t buy drinks, make tea or coffee and drink these plain, with no additives like milk or sugar. If the taste is too strong add more water. A small glass of red wine with dinner is good for you. Bread, cakes, cookies or any pastries are all processed foods and will keep you from losing weight. Fruits and nuts make good snacks. If you are eating the right foods you don’t have to cut back. There’s no starving, you can eat all you want of good food. Remember though, all food has calories and if you’re trying to lose weight fruit and nuts should be eaten in moderation.
As far as exercise, you don’t have to kill yourself at the gym. Walking is great exercise and 10,000 steps a day is the recommended amount to lose weight. Don’t let that number scare you. You have all day to get up to 10,000. You won’t start out doing 10,000, you’ll have to work up to it. Keep track with a pedometer, they count the steps for you. There are dozens on the market, some do more things, some less. I like the ones that track your heart rate too. If you are under a doctor’s care, check with him or her. If not do your research, I know many people who have a drawer full of these gadgets and don’t wear any of them.
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