The Dirty Dozen

The 'Dirty Dozen' and EDC's

Cancer causing pesticides, perfumes & preservatives. Cancer prevention? Here is an easy win.

Avoid known chemical cancer-causing dangers: choose your food intake and manage your environment. This is important for you but very much more important for your children and grandchildren because action now can prevent them ever getting certain cancers.

The key take home message is: 

1. Minimize your pesticide exposure.
2. Avoid EDC's [endocrine disrupting chemicals].

Nutrition, supplements and cancer

Nutrition is not the cure for cancer – but ….

Nutrition cannot eliminate your cancer; neither is homeopathy an alternative to proper chemotherapy. The Bristol Cancer Help Centre Scandal in the 1990's made that clear to the whole UK. [1]

BUT if you DO have a cancer diagnosis or as in my case, your spouse has, or a close family relative is affected, then naturally you are asking – "Does anything we do at home make a difference?"

How to walk

Walk as nature intended

In pre-history when we began walking on two legs, we walked barefoot. A walk with a shortish stride and midfoot/ forefoot strike. Walking this way, the muscles propelling you forward are the muscles of the foot and ankle, the hip flexors and the buttocks [but not the quadriceps on the front of the thigh]. This involves a high degree of ankle and midfoot flexibility. Much of the time the knee is slightly bent. This method is stable, the risk of falling is small and legs soak up the impact, rather than joints. When this transitions into a run it tends to become a pure forefoot strike, depending on speed. As you will see watching any competitive sprinter; they don't put their heels on the ground at any point.

Update your vaccinations. And teach your children well!

Your vaccine cover may be waning or there may be new options you have missed

 Vaccination saves lives, prevents damaging illness and can eradicate diseases altogether [eg smallpox]. It really is the cleverest aspect of our medical progress and is now being used as a regular part of some cancer treatments, too.

Medium Chain Triglyceride Oil

Why MCT oil can be beneficial

There is proven value in weight control, migraine and cluster headache, Minimal Cognitive Impairment [MCI], and in achieving muscle gain in frailty management.

Although there are many internet claims of sleep improvement there are no human studies of value to prove this.

Sex Hormone Replacement

Sex Hormone Replacement: Important Anti-Aging tools but are they safe? The Bottom Line

Testosterone Replacement Therapy for men [TRT] and Hormone Replacement Therapy for women [HRT] have major benefits in term of symptom relief and long term health.

A casual un-analytic search on the internet will bring up lots of negative information about potential risks for cancer or cardiovascular disease that is completely untrue for either TRT or HRT. The sex hormones testosterone [T] and oestradiol [E2] have many benefits in our pursuit of a longer HealthSpan, so I strongly recommend them to both men and women.

Musculoskeletal Problems

Summary

Musculoskeletal deterioration is a major cause of loss of function as we age. From 50 onwards loss of muscle, bone mass and collagen lead to reduced strength, susceptibility to fracture, and problems with joints. When somebody is 70 and these problems have been going on for 20 years, they frequently are frail. Frailty is a specific term for a tragic inability to perform daily acts of living and consequently reduced independence. When we say ‘so and so is looking old …’ what we mean is they are looking frail.

Fidgets

Be a fidgeter!

Start today. These extra movements can help you increase your activity, boost your metabolism, keep your weight down and maintain joint function.

In a café or on a train you can see the fidgets: they are playing invisible pianos, tapping out rhythms, bouncing their knees. This is all beneficial. – often they don’t know they are doing it. I just want you to make it systematic, conscious and targeted.

Managing Sugar

Sweet enough! Managing the sugars in your diet

You have a 'sweet tooth' and crave sugary things. OK, it's not a weakness, it's genetic ie you can blame it on your parents*. However, sadly the consequences of this are entirely your responsibility. If you are struggling with your weight, then you need a sugar [reduction] strategy, and that is also critically important for a good HealthSpan and Alzheimer's avoidance. A high sugar diet means blood sugar spikes after eating which leads to insulin resistance [lots of metabolic issues] and fat storage. You choose.