CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS
Carotid artery stenosis occurs when a blockage in the carotid arteries stops or limits blood and oxygen flowing into the brain. This can be due to a clot, or atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries.
This category gives you strategic articles and tips to slow down aging and extend your healthy years. The goal is to keep you in your personal OMYZONE so you can live long and stay strong.
Anti-aging’s main sub-categories are diet, exercise, supplements, and technology. These four categories form the individual toolboxes of the Planned Longevity™ strategy.
Carotid artery stenosis occurs when a blockage in the carotid arteries stops or limits blood and oxygen flowing into the brain. This can be due to a clot, or atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries.
Fasting Mimicking Diets (FMDs) are innovative diet plans designed to offer the weight loss benefits of traditional fasting without its drawbacks. By carefully timing and combining foods to minimally nourish your body, these diets reset metabolism and can be safely repeated.
PQQ is a natural antioxidant, but there’s more to it than that. The thing I want to focus on in this newsletter is mitochondriogenesis. Yes, that’s a big word that simply means the creation and growth of mitochondria, your cell’s power sources.
Lower your aging markes with AKG, it’s a chemical that has shown promise in reversing certain aspects of aging. It also does a lot more to improve your life.
Endocrine disrupters (EDCs) are pervasive chemicals that interfere with your body’s hormones. The “Dirty Dozen” are the most ones: Bisphenol A, Dioxin, Atrazine, Phthalates, Perchlorate, Fire retardants, Lead, Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), Mercury, Arsenic, Organophosphate pesticides, and Glycol ethers. It’s crucial to be conscious of their presence in your environment and avoid them to minimize health risks.
Chronic dehydration will lead to many problems and, indeed, to poor cognition and a fuzzy brain. To help you fight these issues, here is a plan I follow myself to combat dehydration. This is simple, and it works.
Can magnesium threonate delay the onset of dementia? Well, this is difficult to say, but higher blood magnesium levels are associated with lower rates of dementia.
Lycopene and red tomatoes are common friends. Daily tomato consumption gives you adequate levels of this powerful antioxidant.
Avocados have numerous other health advantages, but the excellent thing about these benefits is that they come in a delicious, versatile, and easy-to-eat package. And by the way, the whole fruit is edible and very nutritious.
Here are three exercises. Each is done only once. They’re done in 20-second cycles: ten seconds out, ten seconds back. Smooth turnarounds with constant tension. Simply repeat until your muscles will not allow another “rep.” This is commonly referred to as muscle failure, which is a strong muscle growth stimulator.
You probably don’t know what a capsid is unless you’re a virologist. Neither did I. It’s pretty complex, so I’m going to use a beer can opener to explain what a capsid does.
In my opinion, the main benefit of walking is increased blood flow, meaning increased delivery of oxygen and nutrients to tissues and organs and picking up waste. Inactivity robs your tissues of their needs, inhibits metabolism, and encourages waste buildup.
Start your day by doing ten squats when you get out of bed. And do ten squats before getting into bed at night. These will get you going in the morning by oxygenating your muscles and organs and help you fall asleep at night by releasing your tension.
In public places, when you are walking behind someone who sneezes, hold your breath immediately until you are several feet past the “sneeze – zone.”
Please check your homocysteine levels, and take action if they’re high. High homocysteine levels can eat you from the inside out by ruining your circulatory system. High homocysteine leads to all sorts of problems. Read about it here.
Now, let me say this right now. These exercises are intense and done to complete muscle failure. You’re going very slow and trying to achieve failure within one to two minutes of each exercise.
Genome protection is possible. You are not helpless in the face of aging and decrepitude. The inevitability of aging is a myth. You have choices….
Some people say that kidney stones are the most painful condition of all. Anyone can get one at any age. There are several types of kidney stones, and their occurrence can differ with age and sex.
Most Americans over 50 suffer from some kind of joint discomfort. This can range from minor and annoying to full-out crippling. Fortunately, the majority of sufferers are in the minor and annoying stages. This Five Star Supplement Plan might help.
Circadian rhythms are 24-hour cycles driven by your body’s internal time clock. Like an alarm clock, this clock runs continuously and signals your body to…
This effort never ends, and our bodies have a love/hate relationship with this simple sugar. We need it for energy, but too much of it…
Although we don’t look at it this way, lack of information in an emergency is a critical risk factor. Having a medical expert team in place helps remove this risk factor or at least reduce it considerably.
Kidneys can last as long as you do, but you need insurance. This post is about kidney preservation and what you can do starting today.
We all know how satisfying it feels to have a substantial bowel movement. Your body breaks down food, absorbs the nutrients, turns the residues into waste, extracts the moisture, and expels this toxic mess. This is a job well done. Why wouldn’t it feel good?
Significant time gaps in your exercise routines are self-defeating. Having a routine becomes a habit, and good habits are your friend.
The Tortoise beat the Hare with determination and discipline. Slowly but surely he beat the Hare who could run much faster. With the Tortoise Diet™ you can lose weight slowly but surely and kick fat to the curb.
Weight loss programs work temporarily, but the weight comes back. It’s time to try something different. Something that works without starving, taking pills, or joining some “program.” Learn about set-point strategies here.
There is a wealth of information about the overall value of Taurine. Overwhelmingly it is positive and there is almost no downside. It is unlikely that Taurine will present a problem as we make it in our own bodies, but as we age, we just don’t make as much.
Glycated end products might be the most definitive aspect of aging, overall decrepitude and decline. This post gives tips on reducing glycated end products (AGEs).
Idle blood tends to coagulate. You can see this happening when you cut yourself. This coagulation stops the bleeding from your cut and forms a “net” over the cut. This is a complex, necessary, and life-saving process.
Drop Weight. This is the point of this post. I’m not selling anything and expect nothing in return for my efforts. If you are overweight…
High blood pressure has no symptoms. Yes, there are exceptions, but this is a general observation. Also, just because your blood pressure is normal today doesn’t mean it will stay that way.
Purple blood is venous blood full of carbon dioxide. Your body is designed so that purple blood always heads for home – the right ventricle.
Never feel bad or guilty about your weight. Knowing your weight isn’t going to change anything anyway. This is simply data – it’s point “a.”
Your heart is the driver of your circulatory system. Moving blood where it’s needed in every nook and cranny of your body.
Alzheimer’s has no cure. Maybe it can be blocked or slowed down. Here are my findings on a coffee recipe that has possibilities. Alzheimer’s —…
When taking a nattokinase supplement, unless otherwise stated, it is a purified form of the enzyme with no other ingredients. Nattokinase is a fibrinolytic enzyme meaning it breaks down fibrin.
We are given a 50-year health warranty at birth. After 50 our health starts to decline. Read this article and see if you can qualify for a warranty extension.
Supplement triads are groups of three or more individual supplements. Putting these together like building blocks makes supplement management easy and simple.
Biological age is your real age, and it is managable. Some people die a tragic death. Most of us die a stastically predictable death. You don’t have to be a statistic. Start using Planned Longevity™’s Live Long, Be Strong toolboxes.
Planned Longevity™ (PLT for short) is a trademarked lifestyle concept with four divisions or “tool boxes.” Planned Longevity™ is a program designed to use strategies…
Triad 3 adds a powerful antioxidant and two body and joint supplements. You will now be taking 9 supplements daily and will have a fairly complete body-supporting supplement regimen.
Triad 2 supplements are Vitamin B-12, Magnesium, and Green Tea. All of these transfer many health benefits to my OMY friends now using the Triads.
Cholesterol and its lipids are explained in this post. I also give you the healthy levels and ratios to should shoot for on your lab report.
Planned Longevity™ requires diet planning. Find out how to plan your eating the easy way.
Cancer mortality is attenuated (lessened) by the consumption of glucosamine. “In a study published November 2, 2022 in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, men, and women who…
100 pull-ups for a birthday present? 100 pull-ups in one hour. That was my birthday present to myself. I did them and now have a…
Vitamin K2 is a supplement that’s getting more and more attention, and with good reason. It performs a very important function in your body and…
Managing your Sleepspan might be the most important thing you can do to maintain your health.
Strokes – find out what they are, the types, signs, and how to lower your chances of getting them.
Fasting insulin levels are a warning to look further into your body’s handling of insulin and blood sugar. See your doctor if its high.
Peripheral Artery Disease is an under diagnosed malady that affects millions of people worldwide. Learn about it and do something about it.
Heart attacks and strokes are in the top five causes of death in the US, with heart attacks being number one. Do something about them.
Sarcopenia is a general muscle wasting usually associated with aging and inactivity.
Metabolic syndrome is a difficult to define precursor to type II diabetes. Many of my OMY friends will have the syndrome, and doing nothing about…
AMD, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, is a disease of the part of your eye where the lens focuses the images you’re looking at in the back…
Balance2 of the OMY balance series: This post continues the OMY balance series with the second balance technique – Balance2, the satellite. If you haven’t…
Aging and healthy bones don’t go together. Your bones get weaker and more brittle as you age. Also, damaged bones do not heal quickly and…
Healthy feet account for fifty percent of OMY’s feet. The other fifty percent? Well, this article is going to talk about them. Stick around, though;…
How do I lose weight fast? That’s a good question. Many OMYs have asked me to address this and the two following issues: Fasting to…
Improving your balance capabilities and your “slip and trip” situational awareness might save your life.
Give your digestive system a break now and then. Let it reset and clean itself. You’ll be rewarded for your kindness.
I’m going to keep this simple. Autophagy’s process is like your local trash removal service.
Senescence is pushing you hard, and you have to push back, it won’t stop pushing and you can’t either.
Oral cavity maintenance prolongs your life and keeps you in your OMYzone. Dental health isn’t something we normally think of as an integral part of…
Hey OMY, your Gallbladder is a temperamental thing, and keeping it happy (if you still have one) is an unwritten goal in your OMYzone. So…