“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.” Federico Fellini

Important Factors for Attaining and Sustaining
Optimal Health and Longevity

What You Can Learn from Those Who’ve Lived the Longest

If you’re really interested in living long and being healthy for as long as possible, learn how to maintain youthfulness and wellbeing on all levels. That’s what it takes, addressing all levels.

• Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D, author of Ending Aging – The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime

• Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zone – Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest.

Both agree that longevity is about far more than your genes. In fact, it is believed that your genetic makeup accounts for only about 10 percent of your potential longevity, while a variety of lifestyle factors account for the rest.

Buettner’s book looks at the lifestyles of centenarians across the world. Common denominators among the people who’ve lived the longest include:

• Eating a plant-based diet
• Drinking diuretic-type teas on a regular basis and plenty of filtered water everyday
• Living in areas that promote regular physical activity, such as daily walking as the main means of getting around or other types of daily exercise
• Associating with friends, family, practitioners and mentors who encourage a healthy, natural, active lifestyle
• Having effective strategies for coping with stress, such as prayer, meditation, strong social networks, and adequate rest
• Eating foods that are organically grown, avoiding genetically modified foods that are now suggested through research to pose problems to our health and the wellbeing of our offspring

In fact, being able to effectively cope with stress, it turns out, is one of the MAJOR common denominators for those who live long, healthy lives.

One of the proposed reasons for this strong link is that stress promotes inflammation, so being able to reduce the inflammatory response in your body can have a significant impact on your overall health. This is also believed to be one of the major reasons why so many centenarians appear to be more or less immune to brain degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

What Can You do NOW to Maximize Your Lifespan?

Of all the healthy lifestyle strategies I know of that can have a significant impact on your longevity, normalizing your insulin and leptin levels is probably the most important  Elevated insulin levels are one of the key physical influences that contribute to rapid aging, and there is no question that optimizing insulin levels is an absolute necessity if you want to slow down your aging process.

Consuming sugar and grains will increase your insulin level, which is the equivalent of slamming your foot on your aging accelerator. There’s simply no more potent way to accelerate aging than sticking to a diet full of sugar and grains.

Top “Anti-Aging” Recommendations

• Learn how to effectively cope with stress: As discussed at the beginning of this article, effective coping mechanisms is a major longevity-promoting factor as stress has a direct impact on inflammation, which in turn underlies many of the chronic diseases that kill people prematurely every day. Meditation, prayer, physical activity and exercise are all viable options that can help you maintain emotional and mental equilibrium. I also strongly believe in using energy psychology tools such as the Meridian Tapping Technique (MTT) to address deeper, oftentimes hidden emotional problems.

• Eat a healthy diet: A nutritional plan is based on natural whole foods, is your first step toward increasing your chances of living a longer, healthier life. The heart of my program is the elimination, or at the very least, drastic reduction of grains and sugar in your diet, which is a far simpler way of restricting your calorie intake naturally, without suffering.

How to Live Longer…Starting Today

• Proper nutrition: Feeding your body the fuel it needs based on your individual biochemistry rather than a one-size-fits-all regimen, regular exercise is such a big key to Longevity, and maintaining emotional wellbeing plays a much larger role in this than you can imagine. This aspect should never be underestimated in the anti-aging quest.

• Rather than sitting idly by, waiting for some “magic pill” that will stop or even reverse the aging process, you can take control of your health, and increase your lifespan, starting right NOW. TOMORROW never comes, so start and continue from TODAY!!

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/12/22/Great-Tips-to-Add-Years-to-Your-Life.aspx

WHAT IS “SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE” AND WHY IS IT SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US?

Wikipedia’s description… SUSTAINABLE LIVING is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual’s or society’s use of the Earth’s natural resources and his/her own resources. Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their carbon footprint by altering methods of transportation, energy consumption and diet. Proponents of sustainable living aim to conduct their lives in manners that are consistent with sustainability, in natural balance and respectful of humanity’s symbiotic relationship with the Earth’s natural ecology and cycles. The practice and general philosophy of ecological living is highly interrelated with the overall principles of sustainable development. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_living

It will take a committed, unified, worldwide community and a lot of Love for Mother Earth to heal!

SUPERFOODS PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE NUTRITION TO THE CELLS OF YOUR BODY!

High quality Superfoods come from the purest and most nutritionally concentrated food sources on the planet.

If you want to give every cell of your body the nutrition it needs and to thrive on, then try Superfoods from a company with integrity that you can trust that you can trust. They are a great source of energy that can help you to be well and exuberant all the time. Chlorella, Spirulina, Marine Phytoplankton, herbs, berries, concentrated fruit and vegetable powders with protein, minerals and antioxadants are all great superfoods to add to your diet on a regular basis. These products will boost your body on many levels including immune function.”

Participate in Sustainable Community, Lifestyle, Education, Environmental Projects – Make a Difference, Be Part of the Solution!

Save our beautiful planet’s resources and  natural treasures for future generations!!

“Think about the children!” ~Michael Jackson

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; that’s why they call it the present.”  ~Eleanor Roosevelt

“The Oil Story” begins in early civilization when human beings first discovered the enchanting and beneficial fragrance of plants.

From the earliest days on earth, our ancestors used the fragrant plants to heal, uplift, anoint and empower their lives. Why should fragrance, or aroma, be so powerful, and so sought after by people all over the world throughout history?

Consider for a moment: Why do you give flowers as a sign of love, good wishes or blessing? What is so magical about the fragrance of a rose? The scent of a pine forest? Is it possible that these fragrances are not only beautiful, but also life changing?

Modern day discoveries help us to understand our need for plants as something more than just food, decoration and shelter. Thanks to laboratory research, we now know something about the chemistry and action of plant fragrances, which come from the unique and mysterious aromatic liquids hidden in various parts of plants–their leaves, petals, roots, seeds, bark, stem and even fruit.

These aromatic liquids are called “essential oils” now, but they were called “precious oils” and “sacred oils” in ancient times. They were used not only for physical wellbeing, longevity, beauty, courage, wealth and political power, but also for sacred purposes in temples, religious rituals, and at births and deaths.

The function of essential oils in nature is to keep plants healthy, free of infection, to repel harmful insects, and to communicate–to each other, to insects, to animals, and to us! As it turns out, the way they affect us is a lot like the way they affect plants, acting on our immune systems, our muscles, internal organs, skin and circulation, and even our emotions, sometimes all at once!

How? Plant fragrances are made of nature’s ancient molecules: complex substances whose structure allows them to pass easily and quickly through our skin, and through the cell membranes of every cell in our bodies. We breathe them in and instantly, as they touch the brain, the molecules of essential oils enliven neurons, inspire emotions, awaken immune response, stimulate hormones, which can then enhance energy, digestion, mental clarity, body temperature, circulation and the feeling of being connected to nature. They are also unique in nature, different from any other natural product you have ever tried, enhancing every part of your body, mind and spirit, with just one or two drops at a time.

“The Oil Story” has evolved into many innovative uses of essential oils that are validated by research. They are now grown through sustainable farming methods, distilled carefully, and then combined into expert formulations of unique essential oil blends. They are added to nutritional supplements, used to boost fitness and support weight management. Additionally, they are added to personal care products for their wonderful scents and notable enhancement to the skin.

Now, we have extensive education on the Science of Essential Oils. We have an unconditional guarantee of quality from the best source of pure, high quality oils in the world…Young Living Essential Oils.  Their farms are based mainly in Utah, Idaho, France and Ecuador. They are major producers who stand out by maintaining the high standards that are necessary for the best quality of therapeutic grade essential oils. All the attributes I have mentioned are specifically ascribed to this company. I cannot speak to the efficacy of any other producers of essential oils. The standards Young Living maintains makes them an extremely hard act to follow.

It’s really important to understand that the safety and life-changing effects of essential oils are dependent entirely on their purity and their quality. Generally speaking, essential oils that you find in department stores, and even health food stores, are of uncertain quality at best. E veryone at Young Living Essential Oils has made it their mission to provide you with the very best, independently tested, life enhancing essential oils.

Adapted from an article on http://Malaika.YoungLivingWorld.com

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I highly recommend two amazing educational books on this subject:

• The Essential Oils Desk Reference
• Essential Oil Integrative Medical Guide by D. Gary Young, ND

Contact Malaika at EclecticWellnessLifestyle@gmail.com with your questions – and for a free 20 minute consultation on how essential oils would benefit you and your family!