Anti-aging
Be Soft Like Water, Flexibility Moves Mountains.
“Nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water. But for attacking the hard, the unyielding, nothing can surpass it. There is nothing like it.” In researching, studying, and putting into practice the 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching, I’ve been struck by the many references Lao-tzu makes to water in its various…
Read MoreThe naked truth about skin care
By JACKIE SILVER Tribune correspondent Technology and skin care collide in a new Web site that promises to provide “unbiased skin care advice.” The site, mySkin.com, searches through a database of more than 150,000 skin care products across 4,500 brands, finding the “perfect solution” for all types of skin. The technology factors in a person’s…
Read MoreFor a Good Laugh, Martin Short on The Ellen Show
Martin Short appeared on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ , where he discussed the aging process. Here’s some surprising news — the comedian is now 60 years old. Short mentioned some of the downsides of turning 60. “The only time I don’t have to pee now is when I’m peeing,” he said. But he also dismissed…
Read MoreNew York in April
New York was a whirlwind of activity and so many wonderful things happened when we met editors and writers from various women’s magazines. Believe it or not, Jenn Humphrey and I were seated in the Vogue offices when I realized that the woman walking towards me was Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of Vogue…
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She Said Her Hair Hurt…
By Al Sears, MD PAIN… In my work, I’ve seen more kinds than I can count. Joint pain… back pain… headache… stomachache… eye pain… tooth pain… earache… stiff, aching neck pain… labor pain… kidney stone pain… One patient even told me her hair hurt! Believe me, I could go on. But my point is this……
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Get Great Sleep Basic tips for healthy snoozing.
By Deepak Chopra Sleep is an elemental part of life. The average human being sleeps 6 to 8 hours a night, almost 50 hours a week, and more than 2,600 hours a year—about 182,000 hours during one’s life. That means, on average, that we spend almost 21 years of our lives asleep. The duration of…
Read MoreAs little as six minutes of vigorous exercise a day can improve your sex life.
The key is blood flow. Short bursts of exertion ramp up blood flow far beyond anything you could get from aerobic exercise. Here’s how: The University of Rochester reports that vigorous exercise causes an increase in blood flow, boosting the supply of nitric oxide in your body.1 Nitric oxide is critical in getting an erection.…
Read MoreAnti-Inflammatory Diet Tips
Courtesy of Dr. Weil on Healthy Aging It is becoming increasingly clear that a host of illnesses – including heart disease, many cancers and Alzheimer’s disease – are influenced in large part by chronic inflammation. This is a process in which the immune system becomes off balance, and persists unnecessarily in its efforts to repair…
Read More3 Foods You Should Never Eat
Dr. Al Sears If you enjoy breakfast or lunch on-the-go, I understand. Our lives are so busy; we don’t always have time to cook. But beware: Some “convenience foods” aren’t worth it. You’ll pay for it with added inches to your waistline. And those excess pounds lead to chronic diseases like obesity, cancer, and heart…
Read MoreFlopped on Your Diet?
Are you really frustrated, because you messed up on your diet again and turned to donuts, candies or cookies when you intended to “do good”? Even more embarrassing, did also you then get into an argument with your loved one(s) over no good reason, because you were hyped up on sugar or brain-fogged because of…
Read MoreThe Ageless Sisters interview Al Sears MD
Today, The Ageless Sisters, interviewed anti-aging guru Al Sears, MD. Not only has he authored several books that deal with curing your heart – not a broken heart but one that is suffering from over-weight issues and loss of energy. He is passionate about rebuilding our heart muscle and our lungs so that we live…
Read MoreHow to smoulder when you’re older, by Sophia Loren, 75
By Daily Mail Reporter As a wise old lady once said: A woman’s outfit should be like a barbed-wire fence – serving its purpose without obstructing the view. That lady was Sophia Loren. And judging by her daring outfit, it appears she is still using it as her dress code. At 75, it seems Miss…
Read MoreLighten Up with Humor, Play, and Pleasure
© John W Travis M.D., M.P.H. The process of becoming healthier can be presented as such serious business that you lose much of the humor and joy of living that characterize wellbeing. Many books about health are filled with predictions of dire consequences for failure to follow particular methods, horror stories of what certain foods…
Read MoreDe Niro urges actors to snub surgery
Robert De Niro has called on his contemporaries to accept the aging process, and commends Meryl Streep for shunning cosmetic surgery. The legendary Taxi Driver actor is famous for his rugged features, and insists he would never contemplate going under the knife to rid his face of wrinkles. And he is urging older stars to…
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