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Everybody having suffered an illness or met the first
signs of age, will appreciate the value of a good health and
fitness of the body. Therefore you may find tons of
information about the right thing to do and the right thing
to eat and everything about eternal youth and well-being.
Our motto is simple: Dying young as
old as possible. The task of achieving this is
demanding. It is mostly a question of consciousness and
motivation.
We will put together just ten simple rules, which should
be easy to understand and easy to practice. And remember: it
is never to late to change an habit. If in doubt, ask your
doc.
Rule 11:
Eat for well
being
Let the rule Do not live to eat, but eat to live
also be your basic power rule in this connection. This topic
as well as the following, are well treated in thousands of
books and articles and TV-programs. Nobody would fuel a
Mercedes with less than premium fuel. Consider what is the
premium fuel for a human body wishing to be hundred.. In
case you are in doubt, read one of the several guides, e.g.
Food
for Health and Healing. But always remember: The kind of
food you eat is just one thing. The amount of food you eat
is another. And the setting of the meals is the third. All
three should be considered.
Our breakfast is a micro waved porridge of oat grits with
fresh fruit and skimmed milk. No coffee, no sweets. Its
simple, soothing and convenient. If you askjeeves
for porridge, you will find no match. So we recommend
everybody to reinvent this and other healthy dishes.
This topic is worth lots of consideration. We therefore
invite our visitors to make comments and proposals.
Please write.
Another consideration of food and eating is the global
aspect. Frances Moore Lappe: Diet
for a small Planet. and also Ellen Buchman Ewald:
Recipes
for a Small Planet. No comments and no
recommendation.
Rule 12:
No smoking
I´m prepared to take a risk, but not the
risk of smoking
Thor Heyerdahl, explorer, scientist
After more than 50 years of life, we still lack any
rational argument for smoking. If you feel this is to much
of negative advice, please consider the lot of interesting
sensation seeking you can do without risking health and
life. Our smoking ended 30 years ago without pain and
particular measures. Some may quit by using some kind of a
pharmaceutical, by attending to courses or by following a
"manual". It you are a smoker who wants to quit, you may
follow the advices of Andrea Baer: Quit
Smoking for Good : A Supportive Program for Permanent
Smoking Cessation . It has got very good reviews.
If you are a non-smoker wanting to help somebody quit,
try Jack Gebhardt: Help
Your Smoker Quit : A Radically Happy Strategy for
Nonsmoking, Parents, Kids, Spouses, and Friends
Rule 13:
Moderate
drinking
The drinking habits are different. Some are abstainers,
other are "cheerers". We enjoy a glass of wine now and then
and also a beer for dinner. Liquor is just for ritual
drinking. And we firmly believe that matured people will
prolong life and enhance the quality of life with small and
non-intoxicating amounts of wine and beer.
Rule 14:
Exercise. Get
puffed once a day, sweat once a week
We would call this the basic rule of physical training
and fitness exercise.
At any age, exercise will preserve muscles and have
several other benefits. This is a popular topic of health
magazines and books. But you don't need any reading for
making good habits. We do not understand why so many are not
asking for rational decisions. Alex Comfort has written the
book A Good Age, from which we are citing following
paragraph:
Muscle loss is a normal change. It is greatest
in inactive people, and a lot of folk who become "tired
of life" are in fact tired, period. The best preventive
of disabling loss of strength is continued steady
exercise, although experiments have shown that fairly
drastic hormone supplementation alone can reverse senile
loss of muscle. Exercise is the better bet. At his
eightieth birthday party, Charles Atlas, the strong man,
was still tearing up telephone directories (showing,
incidentally, how skill comes to stand in for strength in
later years). A good set of medical gymnastic exercises
arranged by an expert can pay off at any age, not only in
preserving muscle, but also in effecting retroactive
hormonal benefit and lowered blood pressure. The really
determined person will keep in training if possible, or
will at least remain deliberately active.
We can not supply any motivation except the one generated
from reading this. But we can give you references to some
sources of facts and additional advices.
Recommended: Read Rankin and Wracker: 7
steps to Wellness. You will find several advices
Also try the Wellness
Web to find information and further links.
Rule 15:
Get impulses
from high-age people
Various ethnical or religious groups has been known for
longevity and fitness Why not get inspiration from outside
our culture. We will trace research related to this topic
and bring you recommendations.
The Seventh Day Adventists
Caucasian People
Rule 16:
Enjoy red wine
(with or without alcohol) and green tea
Both contains antioxidants, which are considered to be
beneficial to some illnesses, as cancer and infections, and
against aging. If you want to know more about this topic and
about this kind of nutricients, read
this.
Rule 17: Coming!
Rule 18: Coming!
Rule
19: Make daily
notes on your health.
People who carries a good record of their health,
including notes on symptoms of illness and other sufferings,
have a higher chance of getting a good treatment by the
medical doctor and in hospital. You can develop your
mentoring skill og your ability to register details on
pulse, temperature, kind of pains, diet etc.
Rule 20:
Get familiar
with the most common diseases
Information
about cancer
Anti
cancer Diet I and Anti
cancer Diet II
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