YOU and YOUR telomeres
The Nobel Prize in Medicine for breakthrough discoveries in
Telomere Biology was awarded in 2009 to one of the founders of
the company now providing TeloYears. No other DNA test has
had more prestigious scientific research supporting its
development.
How fantastic to learn how long your telomeres are because that
is your lifeline.
Dr. Axe.com has the following information on telomeres
Telomeres are segments of DNA at the end of your
chromosomes. Each time a cell divides, its telomeres become
shorter. After years of splicing and dicing, telomeres become too
short for more division. At this point, cells are unable to divide
further and become inactive, die or continue dividing anyway-an
the abnormal process that is potentially dangerous.
Each telomere’ ‘ticking biological clock has the potential to alter us
lives in drastic ways but, interestingly, it is not our age that
determines when the clock will stop – it is the length of your
telomeres
While science still is not 1000 percent sure how telomere length
affects how we age, it is clear that the longer our telomeres are, the
better. The good news is that there are a variety of lifestyle
changes you can make today to lengthen your telomere.
Control and reduce stress
exercise regularly
3.eat a range of foods for antioxidant and vitamin benefits
practice meditation and yoga
Essentially, this is how our bodies age. As more of our cells lose
their telomeres and go out of commission, without others to take
their place, the body follows and begins breaking down. And
telomeres do not leave quietly. Their shortening process has
been linked to aging, cancer and a higher risk of death
Each telomere’s ticking biological clock has the potential to alter
our lives in drastic ways but, interestingly, it is not our age that
determines when the clock will stop – it is the length of our
telomeres.
Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shared the Nobel Prize or
her research on telomeres that people are now recognizing how
important they are foraging. And people, like myself, find it easy
to follow instructions for making our telomeres longer.
Elizabeth and Elissa Epel, are the authors of “The Telomere
Effect.”
Stay tuned because I will do the test to see how my aging is doing
because I am hoping my telomeres are long and beautiful
YOU and the wonderful book The Power of NOW by Eckhart Tolle
This little book has changed lives, has added to lives, and may
change lives in the future.
This book approaches self-improvement and self-development in
a simplistic way – “just do it” kind of perspective without all the
scientific jargon of how you are rewiring your brain.
The book is about educating people about self-awareness, which is
the cornerstone of growing emotional intelligence. It is about
walking through some meditations and affirmations and
presenting the information in a way that is any easy way to
digest conversation.
Listen to the audio, read the book because it will keep you in the
moment where we are all okay but truly alive.
YOU realize everyone you know should read this book. It can
make you happy and learn the secret to remaining blissful
happiness continually.
YOU can practice from this book and it will help in what ails you.
Apply the practices in this book, show it to your friends and family.
It requires more than 1 read because it contains so much
knowledge. It makes you think deeply and opens your mind. It
brings enlightenment and understanding and knowledge. Every
time you read you will have more understanding and knowledge.
The Power of Now offers ancient knowledge of how to transcend
this limited state of suffering. It can create space where there is
chaotic noise, it creates peace and stillness where there was
once frustration blindly thrashing about. Listen to the words
read it over and over because each time you will learn more about
YOU.
This is a very small book with such a big personal outcome. You
can learn about relationships, you can learn to understand other.
You can stop the pain in your body. It can remove lenses. It can
breathe life.
This book will make you think deeply and opens your mind.
Mr. Tolle brings the reader along on a journey to release stress,
calm the mind, let go of past issues and/or living in the future
issues…all of this by living in the NOW, the present.
It is such a beautifully written book and one that does need to
read over and over again. It has wonderful insights that are rich
with wisdom that will go on for ages.
It inspires, empowers and enlightens.
YOU and forgiveness
I learned many years for just myself how much forgiving myself
and everyone else made me free. So today there will be about
forgiveness.
Listed below is from puposefairy.com website about forgiveness:
- Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself
How true
- Forgiveness is an act of strength
How true
- forgiveness is a sign of self-love
How true
- when you forgive, you find peace
How true
- If you forgive, you will be forgiven
How true
I loved all of those about forgiveness
The following if from effective-mind-control.com
Forgiveness still resentment and guilt, and places common
sense in control. Forgiveness towards others discards petty
resentment and enables fair judgment. Forgiveness towards
oneself frees the mind from the debilitating pain of guilt.
Resentment and guilt resemble the futile actions of a bird flailing
against a cage. The emotions are the unhealthy help and equal
o the primitive regions of the brain against unacceptable
situations.
Forgiveness leads to a healthier and happier life
Forgiving is difficult because people associate it with weakness
and as an acceptance of evil.
Forgiveness is a sign of positive self-esteem. It allows us to put
the past into its proper perspective. We no longer identify
ourselves by our past injuries and injustices. We are o longer
victims. We claim the right to stop hurting when we say”I forgive.
Forgiveness is moving on and recognizing all that we have of the
past.
Dr. Sidney Simon wrote in Forgiveness: How to Make Peace with
Your Past and Get on with Your Life.
It is freedom!
FORGIVENESS MAKES US HAPPIER
FORGIVENESS IMPROVES YOUR HEALTH
FORGIVENESS SUSTAINS RELATIONSHIPS
Forgiveness boosts kindness and connectedness
Forgiveness can heal
Forgiveness release the power of love in the form of acceptance,
which allows the physiological state of our mind and body to
return to its natural state of restoring balance.
Forgiveness is action
Forgiveness is powerful
Forgiveness is an exercise of your power
Forgiveness reminds you that your happiness as an inside job
Forgiveness is letting go
Forgiveness is not a weakness; it is a strength you cultivate
Forgiveness say what you value and how you aspire to be
Forgiveness is not a one-time event
Forgiveness is not conditional
Forgiveness is not easy
JOY and LOVE
My childhood was very controlled –although I had a great
childhood but we need to be able to do:
Critical thinking
Decision-making skills
Along the way in us from Birth through adulthood so we develop
correctly along the way.
And most times a parent does not know how critical both of those
Development processes are for being a well-adjusted adult
throughout your life and develop:
What Does Life Expect from You?
This blog is about Piaget’s stages of cognitive development to
Make sure that you look at yourself and understand where or if
YOU may need to work on anything in this area because there
are always going to be area’s of life’s development that you are
going to need to develop into that person who knows:
What Does Life Expect from YOU?
And you will not know that if you do know ALL of YOU.
So, today we will be looking into this topic:
Piaget’s stages of cognitive development are good rule to go by:
Reflexive stage
Primary circular
Secondary circular
Coordination of secondary reactions
Tertiary circular reactions
Invention of new means through mental combination
And on and on – which we will go over the remainder down the
Road.
I am sure I did not even get the basic listed above because I was
born before Piaget came up with stages. But, we lived very
controlled because I believed everyone lived like we did.
And then I married a person who controlled me just like me
childhood was controlled only with a little mental abuse going
along with it.
Remember, whatever type of childhood you had YOU are in
Control of from now on YOU do from this day forward so that
YOU
Know:
What Does Life Expect from YOU?
Our view of our history – our childhood, teen years, and early
adulthood.
We all develop differently because we are all different and
Unique.
Mentality we all need to have a checklist:
My checklist includes:
Being more patient with people who are not:
Planners
Time Managers
But, everyone else I can” Let God and Let Go” very well. So my
thing is to forgive these people and go lightly on them and not
condemn them because they are not efficient and effective in
their personal and professional life. Also, forgive myself for
having expectations from other people because I have high
expectation for SELF and so I can complete:
What Does Life Expect from ME?
And know my purpose and my life is meaningful to me and that
I have not wasted and have no regrets at the end.
When a person has been controlled by people, places or things
It does take time to develop SELF: and YOU can do it over time
By writing in a journal, prayer, meditation or being self-aware and
Develop SELF so you can know about YOUR:
Purpose
Meaningful Life
What Does Life expect from YOU?
YOU and the Fibonacci series
Not unless you are a scientist or majoring in science and/or math
in college, YOU probably do not hear much or anything about the
Fibonacci series.
This series is in everything from the whole universe to the
smallest insect – architecture, plants, humans, and everything
else.
The Fibonacci sequence is named after Italian mathematician
Leonardo of Pisa known as Fibonacci. His 1202 book Liber Abaci
introduced the sequence to Western European mathematics.
The sequence described in Liber Abaci began with
F1 = 1.
YOU and I and everyone else is made up of this formula.
Everything in the universe-cannot stress that enough because
This series proves that there is a higher intelligence than there
has everything been in all the universe or here on the earth?
When you study the series YOU will realize how simple but how
complicated the universe and all is but the Great One did all this
and YOU have to accept that there is a Higher Power that put this
series together so that everything has the same foundation of the
sequence.
I like the fact that all architecture comes from the sequence – as
YOU and I do and all the universe when you look at the Hubble
and you see all that is then YOU are in awe of what is ALL and
how only a Higher Power or God would make ALL.
The series is a set of numbers that starts with an on or a zero,
followed by a one, and proceeds based on the rule that each
number (called a Fibonacci number) is equal to the sum of the
preceding two numbers.
F (0) = 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34 …….
The Fibonacci sequence is related to the golden ratio. Both the
Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio are used to guide design
for architecture, websites and user interface, among other
things.
We are from all this sequence – as is everything else.
I think my favorite explanation is Michael Schneider – a
mathematician and teacher – explain the Fibonacci series using an
artichoke – he was in the documentary about Egyptian Mysteries
with Johnathan Anthony West – years ago. But you would love to
watch him explain.
KNOWING where we are from is a good start for the basics of our
being and universe.
There is a lot of ancient history that WE do not know about – if
you will read Zachariah Sitchin – and his books that deciphered
from the Sumerian tablets over decades YOU can start to see the
puzzle being put together and making sense for where we are
right now.
Keep learning about SELF – keep learning and growing and
developing and then YOU will know:
What Does Life Expect from YOU?
YOU and MD Anderson Researcher
I have had a copy of Dr. Aggarwal’s book “Healing Spices” since it
first hit the market place.
Valuable information and has helped with my nutrition for my
aging.
Dr. Aggarwal has written a well documented book on spices and
appreciate his hard work Each of the 50 spices he writes about
the history of the spice, what it does for YOU, what it may help to
prevent and/or treat, what it is good with other spices, recipes that
contain the spice, and then on top of that, a great recipe for the
spice.
The spice I am going to talk about today from “Healing Spices” is
turmeric. One added note about another spice Dr. Aggarwal has
talked about: On a radio show he was asked which spice he
considered the #1 spice and he said “black pepper” – I have
always loved black pepper and I buy organic pepper corn and
grind it over my food. I believe the FDA allows a percentage of
difference substances in the regular spice in the store-so I do try
to limit cheap spices and if need a spice buy as organic as I can
get.
The book is beautifully written and the wonderful pictures of the
spices themselves is beautifully done.
Turmeric:
There have been more than 1,000 research studies with the same
result: curcumin(part of turmeric) is anti-cancer and can fight
cancer on many levels:
Inhibit the activation of genes that trigger cancer
Inhibit the spread(proliferation) of tumor cells
Inhibit the transformation of a normal cell into a cancer cell
Kills cells that mutate into cancer
Shrink tumor cells
Prevent tumor from spreading to other organs
Prevent the development of the blood supply necessary for
cancer cells to form and spread
Enhance the cancer-destroying effects of chemotherapy and
radiation
Curcumin has exhibited some or all of these actions against 22
different types of cancer, including the biggest killers – breast,
colon, lung, and prostate. It also slowed the progression of some
of the toughest-to-beat cancers, such as brain, bone, blood,
esophagus, liver, pancreas, stomach, uterine, and melanoma.
There is no other natural substance that has been found to
possess this degree of anti-cancer power.
Marco Polo discovered turmeric in China in 1280 and listed below
are some other health issues Turmeric may help:
Acne
Allergies
Alzheimer’s disease
Arthritis
Asthma
Depression
Diabetes, type 2
Heart disease
Parkinson’s disease
Recipe below may reduce wrinkles and many women in India use
it daily:
½ cup garbanzo(chickpea)flour
1-1/2 tablespoons turmeric
Sesame oil
Water
Keep flour and turmeric in closed container
Mix 1 tablespoon mixture in small dish with about 5 drops of oil.
Add enough water to make paste. Spread mixture on face(stay
clear of eyes) and 15 minutes will dry. Wash off.
Turmeric recipe that I have used for years:
Any green vegetables that I have juiced
Add 1 tbsp. turmeric
Add ground pepper and/or Braggs olive oil – pepper and olive oil
will carry the turmeric around the body so it penetrates efficiently
into cells.
For Turmeric to absorb well into YOUR body it has to have the
black pepper or olive oil.
Healthy and Joy for aging
YOU and YOUR Spiritual Happiness
Spiritual Happiness is defined as pertaining to or consisting of
spirit; not material; incorporeal; pertaining to th min or intellect;
mental; intellectual; pertaining to the soul or its affections a
influenced by the Divine Spirit; proceeding from or controlled and
inspired by the Holy Spirit. Or it is defined as; The state or
quality of being ahppy.
This is from the website:
Happylife mentoring.com
Spiritual happiness is quite rare, and characterized by the
following treaits; serenity, kindness, humility, non-materialistic
tendencies and of course the happiness just flows from them. A
spiritual happy person is in tune with and accepting of
themselves.
I think of myself as SPIRUTUALLY HAPPY. And I hope that the
traits listed above are some of my best traits.
Studies have shown that children are more resilient when they
have some kind of spiritual belief system. And, of course, that
applies to adults also.
YOUR spirituality is inside of YOU. We are all spiritual beings, we
all have spirits.
When do YOU need Spiritual Happiness?
Every minute of every day
When you develop your own spiritual beliefs, you will find life is
easier. Depending on how long you search and how deep you
delve, you may also find answers to the “Why am I here?” type of
questions. They will be answers that makes sense to you.
SELFhood is knowing YOU inside and when you discover inside
yourself, the more often you use it. The more often you beome
aware of a connection to something ibgger, the stronger the
connection becomes. There may be times in your life when your
spiritual beliefs are lal you have to keep you going. If you spend
some time now really working out what feels right for you, then,
should your world come crashing down, your safety net will be
firmly in place.
I wish I had meditated for years while I was younger, so that what
feels right for me now has been growing for the last 30 years.
I meditate, and say Thank You lots of times during the day. I read
a lot and have over the last 10 or so years built my personal
library up to about 2,000 books, most of them non-fiction about
ancient history, world history, JFK, Jesuits, Dr. John Coleman’s
books, etc.
To find the spiritual happiness you deserve, explore the spirutality
within you. Define your belief system and live it.
A happy life is incomplete without spiritual happiness
YOU and how important sleep is to your MIND
Listed below are some of the effects of lack of sleep from
webmd.com:
Can cause accidents
Dumbs you down
Lead to serious health problems
Can kill sex drive
Brain facts. Org has an article from Society for Neuroscience
about what happens to your brain when you are sleep-deprived:
Sleep deprivation is really bad for brain function.
The first known study about the negative effects of sleeplessness
was published in 1896. Since then hundreds of studies have
established that sleep loss impairs various cognitive functions and
behavior, including arousal, attention, cognitive speed, memory,
emotional intelligence, and decision making.
Sleep deprivation can impair several brain networks that control
cognitive abilities and behavior, and research using brain imaging
technology, like functional magnetic resonance imaging(MRI),
suggest how. When comparing the brain of someone who is
sleep-deprived to the brain of someone who has slept normally,
scientists have found reduced metabolism and blood flow in
multiple brain regions. Reductions in blood flow and metabolism
are linked to impaired cognitive function and behavior. These and
other findings over the years have contributed greatly to our
understanding the effects of sleep on brain function.
Dr. Mercola has an article on sleep deprivation and it says:
Science may still be discovering the mechanisms behind why
sleep is so important to your health, but you have probably
experienced waking up after a poor night’s sleep, feeling cranky,
over-tired and mentally foggy ad exhausted.
Sleep is one of the important pillars of good health.
Not all areas of the brain react in the same way to sleep
deprivation. Some areas suffer from lack of sleep more than
others.
When you are forced to go without electricity, such as camping or
if the power goes out, you sleep deeper and arise more rested.
Light sources at night interrupt your circadian clock and melatonin
levels, both responsible for how deeply you sleep and well-rested
you feel the next day.
Researchers from University of California Berkeley’s Sleep and
Neuroimaging Lab discovered that a lack of sleep leaves your
brain more vulnerable to proteins believed to trigger dementia.
Other research demonstrates that amyloid plaques, common in
Alzheimer’s disease, build up more quickly in sleep-deprived lab
animals. A second study discovered how sleep clears toxins from
your brain while sleeping, reducing your potential risk for
dementia.
Hypothyroidism, which I have, causes sleep deprivation and I take
melatonin and magnesium. And I will be adding Honokiol and
vitamin B-3.
Have a Joyful day and week.
YOU and Healthy Cells for Healthy Aging
The following information is from Livestrong.com – and I have gained
a lot of good health information from this website.
Your cells depend on adequate intakes of several nutrients to stay
healthy. These nutrients come from a variety of foods in each
food group, and the best way to be sue you are getting the daily
recommendations for each is to eat a well-balanced diet. You
may also want to include a supplement if you are having trouble
getting enough.
Protein
plays a large role in cell growth and repairs damaged cells as
well. Most Americans get enough protein every day, but a
deficiency could result in health problems having to do with your
skin, hair, nails, blood, organs, and muscles.
Make sure you know how much protein your body needs a day.
Iron
Is a nutrient that builds healthy red blood cells, and a deficiency
could result in feelings of weakness or fatigue, otherwise know as
anemia. Foods rich in iron include beans, beef, chicken, shrimp,
peas, dried fruit, etc.
Make sure you take enough iron each day.
Vitamin B-12
Supports the formation of new red blood cells and is only found in
animal foods. Adults need 2.4 mcg. Of this B vitamin a day
Make sure you are getting enough B-12 every day
Antioxidants
Are present in many foods, and they fight the free radical damage
that occurs through exposure to environmental toxins and a poor
diet, both of which damage cells and increase the risk of health
problems that include cancer and heart disease.
I have written a Blog on the soil and depletion of nutrients in the
soil now, so it is me believe, and I do daily, is take a quality,
prescription grade vitamins and supplements which I get at an only
local pharmacy or from quality producers. I would never, ever buy
anything at a corner drug store or a grocery store that they called
vitamins or supplements.
The website: eatright.org has some good information on how to
keep YOUR cells happy and aging healthy. It says:
Our bodies are battlegrounds against infection and diseases.
Normal body functions, such as breathing or physical activity, and
other lifestyle habits produce substances called free radicals that
attack healthy cells. When these healthy cells are weakened,
they are more susceptible to cardiovascular disease and certain
types of cancers. Antioxidants such as vitamins C and E and
carotenoids, which include beta-carotene, lycopene, and lutein –
help protect healthy cells from damage caused by free radicals.