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LIFTING HEAVY STUFF CAN MAKE YOU LIVE LONGER
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Life Purpose Time and time again, evidence has shown that having a strong life purpose predicts your allostatic load, which is a fancy term for age-related wear and tear, and that people with a stronger life purpose tend to live longer than those who have no clear direction or purpose in life. Make sure that you can express your purpose in one succ
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The thieves took the deal and told of a blend of medicinal herbs they consumed each day, specifically cloves, lemon, cinnamon, eucalyptus, and rosemary. Hundreds of years later, this blend of aromatic herbs was proven to be a potent way to kill airborne bacteria, enhance the activity of white blood cells, and increase lymph fluid circulation.
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Interestingly, osthole may also help to control blood sugar by increasing the expression of GLUT4 sugar transporters in skeletal muscle, can improve cognitive performance by increasing the brain’s plasticity and BDNF,
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DAY 2 Workout 1: Morning Fasted Fat Burning Before breakfast, perform 20 to 30 minutes of light cardio: yoga, fast walking, cycling, the elliptical, swimming, or hiking. The goal is to burn fat and lean up. You can drink a cup of plain black coffee or tea before this,
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Stress management and even meditation have also been shown to measurably increase telomerase activity. And, as you may remember from chapter 9, lifting weights is known to profoundly improve telomere length.
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So if I wanted to put on muscle without causing excess nitrogen and ammonia accumulation to the point of toxicity, I could consume 140 g of protein per day. My personal EAA regimen is to consume 10 to 20 g per day via Kion Aminos, and twice that if I am injured or have a hard day of training. This reduces my muscle-building dietary protein intake t
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Do exercises for your posture each day. Your ears should align with your shoulders, hips, and feet, and your back should be straight. The type of forward head posture associated with mouth breathing affects your back and hips as well as your facial symmetry.
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My friend and software designer Daniel Georgiev, a brilliant young computer programmer from Bulgaria, has fixed this entire