Simple Secrets Of Healthy People

The book “The 100 Simple Secrets of Healthy People” by David Niven, PhD, reveals amazing secrets of people who have lived to a ripe old age. Let’s name some of the health and longevity secrets mentioned in his very absorbing book while junking myths and misinformation :

* Easy does it with vitamins.

The book quotes Dr. Beverly McCabe-Sellers, professor of dietetics and nutrition at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences School, who gives this warning on “megadosing” on vitamin supplements : “Taking too much of an essential vitamin or mineral may be as dangerous as going without the nutrient at all.”

* Stop the war on bacteria

Is it possible that too much cleanliness is bad for us? That thought comes from Tufts University geneticist Stuart Levy who warns us, “All that scrubbing and sponging with new antibacterial soaps and detergents may be weakening our immune systems. It is killing helpful germs and spurring the growth of mutant strains of super bacteria.”

* Exercise, it’s never too late to improve your health.

Research from Western-Reserve University found that increasing the frequency of exercise among those over 72 years old improved their overall health and was associated with a better outlook on life and a 20-percent longer lifespan.

* Keep your mind healthy.

The book quotes neurologist Robert Friedland of Care Western Reserve University School of Medicine, “There i a growing number of studies supporting the theory that an active mind keeps the brain and body healthy. The brain is like any other organ in the body. It ages better, with more health and better function, when it is used.”

* Breath right.

Most of us aren’t breathing right. According to researchers at Harvard University, breathing slowly and deep from the abdomen triggers a blood flow boost to the brain and up to a 65-percent reduction in stress.