Tout dans la vie est une question d'équilibre d'où la nécessité de garder un esprit sain dans un corps sain.

Discipline-Volonté-Persévérance

Everything in life is a matter of balance therefore one needs to keep a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Discipline-Will-Perseverance.

E. do REGO

Monday, May 27, 2013

Working out as we age


by Hesh Goldstein 

(NaturalNews) Ever since I was a kid growing up in Newark I centered on sports. It started with playing all kinds of running games, then punch ball, then stick ball, then varsity sports in high school (football, swimming and track) and college (freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimming), then County touch football leagues, then Wing Chun martial arts, and now three softball leagues - 70 and older, 50 and older and 20 and older - racewalking, stand-up paddling, weight and cardio training, hiking, teaching women's self defense classes and of course, still swimming. The problem - I ain't no spring chicken anymore (in my mid 70s) and can't do it like I used to.

Recently, there was an article in our Hawaii newspaper that was reprinted from the Chicago Tribune and written by a Julie Deardorff that really got my attention. It talked about how tweaking workouts to fit age will improve one's health.

So, if that article never made it to your newspaper and you are getting older and still working out, this article is a keeper.

"In her late 20s, Lori Popkewitz Alper loved the intense workouts at her Boston gym. But as her life and her changed so did her fitness repertoire.

During pregnancy, Alper found yoga. Soon she was pushing a jog stroller or hauling children in a double-wide bike trailer. Now 47, Alper has returned to some of the high-impact routines of her youth, but her approach has matured.

Workout programs are like 401(k)s - they need to be rebalanced over the decades, said fitness expert Tom Holland.

Four basic-yet-effective exercises - a squat, pushup, bicep curl and abdominal crunch - should remain in your program as long as you can perform them correctly.

You may have to modify them slightly as you age, not going as far on a squat for example, but you keep them in as long as you can.

As the body ages, it naturally begins to fall apart with some functions breaking down faster than others.

After age 20, the maximum amount of oxygen your body can use decreases by 1 percent a year in healthy men and women.

By the time you hit 30, muscular strength begins to head south. But the majority of the decrease occurs after age 50, when it falls at the rate of 15 percent per decade. Bone mineral density also decreases with age; in women the rate accelerates after menopause.

Experts say the ideal combination of exercise should include a combination of aerobic, strengthening and flexibility exercises.

Balance exercises are also vital in helping prevent falls, which can lead to fractures. Though higher-intensity training programs are effective, less rigorous ones can be just as effective, as long as they are done consistently.

Some fitness professionals stress functional fitness and de-emphasize cardio. They feel that older folks still need to get up and down of the floor, to be able to chase after grandkids and play a round of golf or tennis without having to recover for several days.

Aging is not for sissies. You need to face it head on and pay attention to your limitations, keep up your strength, keep trying new things and have a good attitude. So, tweaking your workout can keep you active. Here's how to reduce the risk:

If you're a runner, train like a triathlete. If you only run, you'll be forced by injury to switch to swimming and biking to rehabilitate overuse injuries. Swimming is beneficial because your posture and body weight is horizontal to gravity, so you work many muscles that receive little attention when running or can become weak and prone to injuries, such as hamstrings, abdominals, and low back. Also, swimming provides a top-notch cardio challenge for heart health, which is important since heart disease risk increases markedly as we age.

If you're a swimmer, add gravity. Be sure to incorporate strength training, walking or anything weight bearing to help prevent the loss of bone density. Also, spend an equal amount of time on your back to help balance out the curves of the spine. Adding some backstroke into the mix will stretch your pectoral muscles and work the muscles between your shoulder blades that help stabilize your spine and maintain your posture all day long.

If you're a cyclist, run. Cycling mainly involves the quadriceps muscles while running is primarily a hamstring activity. When either of these muscles is too strong, injury occurs. Combining biking and running keeps these muscle groups balanced. Also try the stationary rower, which doesn't put vertical pressure on the knees.

If you're a bodybuilder, try yoga. Improving your flexibility provides a static challenge to the muscles versus the dynamic 'pump, pump, pump', rep after rep you've experienced with a long-term routine of bodybuilding.

If you're a tennis player, balance the other side. Do resistance training in the form of dumbbells, bands and tubing to balance the strength on each side of the body. If you are right-handed, most of the joints and muscles on the right side of the body will be better developed than those on the left side. With free weights, each arm has to independently hoist the weight such as shoulder presses with the left side versus the right side.

If you don't work out, get you okole (Hawaii pidgen for butt) moving. Don't worry about weights and just get up and walk or try something fun. Start with a form of cardio, such as walking, spinning or using a cardio machine. Adopt a good core-building activity, such as Pilates.

You can also purchase exercise DVDs, which are ridiculously inexpensive. And, if you press play enough, they really work."

For me, I stretch for at least a half hour before I play ball. At home, I do push-ups on my knees and use the 6-5-4-3-2-1 / 1-2-3-4-5-6 routine. This is doing 6 push-ups and waiting 30 seconds before doing 5, etc. I also do angles instead of just straight forward and back. For abs, I use a wheel that has side grips. I do 10 to 15 out and backs every other day. Then at least once a week I swim about 300 to 400 yards. Somehow I manage to fit in hiking, racewalking, stand-up paddling and an occasional women's self defense class. And I sleep like there's no tomorrow.

I have found that adhering to a plant-based diet, free of anything that had a face or a mother, dairy products and eggs, keeps me feeling light and energetic, despite weighing 190 pounds. And because of the sulfur crystals, I never have joint pain.
Aloha!

About the author:
I have been doing a weekly radio show in Honolulu since 1981 called "Health Talk". In 2007 I was "forced" to get a Masters degree in Nutrition because of all the doctors that would call in asking for my credentials. They do not call in anymore. Going to www.healthtalkhawaii.com enables you, among other things, to listen to the shows. I am an activist. In addition to espousing an organic vegan diet for optimum health, I am strongly opposed to GMOs, vaccines, processed foods, MSG, aspartame, fluoridation and everything else that the pimps (Big Pharma, Monsanto and the large food companies) and the hookers (the doctors, the government agencies, the public health officials, and the mainstream media) thrust upon us, the tricks.
After being vaccinated with the DTP vaccine as a child I developed asthma. After taking the organic sulfur crystals (they are harvested from the pine trees in Louisiana) in November of 2008 for 10 days my asthma reversed and has not come back over 4 years later, 18 cases, so far, of autism have been reversed, as has cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, osteoarthritis, joint pain, astigmatism, gum disease, increased sexual activity, heavy metal and radiation elimination, parasite elimination, free radicals elimination, faster athletic recovery time, increased blood circulation, reduced inflammation, resistance to getting the flu, reduction of wrinkles, allergy reduction, reduced PMS and monthly period pain, nausea, migraines and so much more. And it's only possible because of the oxygen it releases that floods the cells of the body. The sulfur, as proven by the University of Southampton in England, enables the body to produce vitamin B12 and the essential amino acids. You can find out more about this incredible nutrient also on my website - www.healthtalkhawaii.com -.

I have been doing a weekly radio show in Honolulu since 1981 called "Health Talk". In 2007 I was "forced" to get a Masters degree in Nutrition because of all the doctors that would call in asking for my credentials. They do not call in anymore. Going to www.healthtalkhawaii.com enables you, among other things, to listen to the shows. I am an activist. In addition to espousing an organic vegan diet for optimum health, I am strongly opposed to GMOs, vaccines, processed foods, MSG, aspartame, fluoridation and everything else that the pimps (Big Pharma, Monsanto and the large food companies) and the hookers (the doctors, the government agencies, the public health officials, and the mainstream media) thrust upon us, the tricks. After being vaccinated with the DTP vaccine as a child I developed asthma. After taking the organic sulfur crystals (they are harvested from the pine trees in Louisiana) in November of 2008 for 10 days my asthma reversed and has not come back over 4 years later, 18 cases, so far, of autism have been reversed, as has cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, osteoarthritis, joint pain, astigmatism, gum disease, increased sexual activity, heavy metal and radiation elimination, parasite elimination, free radicals elimination, faster athletic recovery time, increased blood circulation, reduced inflammation, resistance to getting the flu, reduction of wrinkles, allergy reduction, reduced PMS and monthly period pain, nausea, migraines and so much more. And it's only possible because of the oxygen it releases that floods the cells of thebody. The sulfur, as proven by the University of Southampton in England, enables the body to produce vitamin B12 and the essential amino acids. You can find out more about this incredible nutrient also on my website - www.healthtalkhawaii.com -. 

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Coconut oil ketogenic cleanse for cancer



by Dr. David Jockers 

(NaturalNews) Growing evidence is reporting that cancer is a metabolic disease characterized by cellular mitochondrial respiratory insufficiency. Cancer cells can only survive and thrive off of glucose and amino acid fermentation. A ketogenic cleanse has been proposed as a means of starving off cancer cell development. The ideal fuel source for the ketogenic cleanse is extra-virgin coconut oil with its powerful immune boosting properties.

Famous cell biologist Otto Warburg discovered that cancer cells have altered metabolism and are unable to produce energy through normal cellular respiration. The Warburg effect is the observation that these cells drive all of their energy from a process that depends upon sugar called glycolysis and they produce high levels of lactic acid as a result.

Mitochondrial damage and genomic instability

The mitochondria can become damaged from exposure to environmental toxins, various viruses and chronic inflammatory processes within the body. When this happens, the mitochondria will often lose its ability to produce energy through cellular respiration. The respiratory insufficiency leads to altered metabolic function and the dependence upon glucose and amino acid fermentation to produce energy. This process also results in genomic instability and mutant DNA formation.

Normal cells have relatively low rates of glycolysis and derive most of their energy through aerobic metabolism of pyruvate in the mitochondria. Studies have demonstrated that cancer cells have lost their ability to produce energy through the process of aerobic metabolism even when oxygen is plentiful. These cells depend upon rapid glycolytic processes for all their energy demands. Fast growing metastatic cancers are seen to have glycolytic rates up to two hundred times higher than normal tissues.

Cancer cells need sugar

Dr. Thomas Seyfried has expanded upon Warburg's theories to show that cancer cells can produce energy through glucose and amino acid fermentation. In order to drive enough sugar to run their metabolic systems the cancer cells upregulate insulin receptors and contain ten times more than normal cells. This allows them to gobble up glucose and other nutrients from the blood stream at an accelerated rate.

The metabolism of fatty acids results in ketones that normal cells can utilize but cancer cells cannot. These ketone bodies provide a great anti-inflammatory fuel source for the body that also starves the cancer cells from their nutrient demands.

Ketones fuel normal cells and starve cancer cells

Dr. Seyfried's research has shown that optimal blood sugar levels for cancer starvation are between 55-65 mg/dl and ketone levels should get up over 3mM and stay under 7mM. This is done through a process of fasting and fueling with healthy fat sources without any carbohydrates for a period of three and up to ten days. Fast growing metastatic cancer should go the full 10 days on the cleanse if possible.

Coconut oil contains a wide array of small and medium chain saturated fats that the body metabolizes very easily for energy production. Coconut oil is also rich in the immune boosting lauric acid which is converted in our body to monolaurin.

Monolaurin contains extraordinarily powerful anti-biotic, anti-viral, and anti-fungal properties. Unlike man-made anti-biotics and anti-virals these fatty acids pose no danger within our bodies. This is especially helpful since individuals with cancer have dysbiotic guts that are contributing to the chronic inflammation that may have caused the genomic instability to begin with.

Coconut Oil Cleanse

Take 2 tbsp of coconut oil every 3 hours during the day (8-10 tablespoons daily)

Drink about a gallon of clean water with anti-oxidant extracts (fresh lemon, turmeric, chlorophyll, apple cider vinegar, fermented herbal extracts, etc.)

Use natural herbal laxatives and probiotics to ensure proper bowel elimination

Sources for this article include:

http://www.naturalhealth365.com/food_news/ketogenic_diet.html
Seyfried, Thomas. Cancer as a Metabolic Disease. John Wiley and Sons Publishing, 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warburg_effect

http://www.naturalnews.com/029841_coconut_superfood.html#ixzz2R6johKaQ

About the author:
Dr. David Jockers owns and operates Exodus Health Center in Kennesaw, Ga. He is a Maximized Living doctor. His expertise is in weight loss, customized nutrition & exercise, & structural corrective chiropractic care. For more information go to www.drjockers.com To find a Maximized Living doctor near you go to www.maximizedliving.com Dr. Jockers is also available for long distance phone consultations to help you beat disease and reach your health goals 

Are you eating for life or death? That is the question



by S. D. Wells 

(NaturalNews) Everything you purchase, whether it is to eat, drink, or put on your skin, is a choice you make which either supports life or supports death. What are you buying next? Are you buying aspartame, MSG, GMO, bleached foods and fluoridated water? Are you buying medicine that was made in a lab that makes you sicker, or are you buying organic food, nature's food, and herbs and natural remedies? Do you know about Superfoods, or are you not even aware of that choice? It's time to double think every choice, to plan ahead and make informed, educated choices. Are you buying organic seeds? Are you growing your food in organic soil? Are you watering that soil with non-fluoridated, non-chlorinated, non-medicated water? In fact, are you buying spring water to drink, and I mean real spring water, not bottled tap water?
(http://www.naturalnews.com/038840_Dasani_tap_water_purified.html)

Are you buying synthetic gum, formaldehyde candy, and insecticide corn sugar, or are you buying healthy food that fuels life, that fuels sustainable life? Are you sustaining planet Earth? Ask yourself right now, because YOU make the decisions, not the TV or the radio, not the ads in the magazines, or the stores or the politicians. You make the decisions, every moment. Every thing you buy either supports pollution or supports the environment. You choose. You make the choice. Use your brain and forethought to plan, to research, to live organic.

It's all about control and you using forethought to examine what is REALLY out there. Every choice matters. Every dollar matters. Every purchase is a vote. Carefully examine what you do all day to either support health or destroy the environment. You have control. Take for example your skin, which is your largest organ. What are you putting on it daily? Do you know it goes right through to the blood, just like food, just like water? Which shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, lotion, sunblock, suntan, cosmetics, toothpaste, powder, lip balm, lipstick, etc. are you using? Do you know about parabens and phthalates? Do you know the dangers of talc and petroleum? Everything is a choice.
(http://www.wiredmamas.com/what-are-parabens-and-phthalates/)

What water are you drinking? Did you know most bottled water is tap water and contains BPA (bisphenol-A), fluoride, chlorine, and maybe prescription medications? Most flavored water, Gatorade and Powerade contain chemicals. Nearly all sodas, sweet tea, corn syrup loaded "juices" and other popular beverages are made with tap water, have no doubts. This compounds the problem. This makes the bad health "drive" exponentially dangerous. This is mixed medication hidden inside sugary drinks and now, bottled water. This is very, very underrated by the general public. Toxic painkillers and artificial growth hormones are found in tap water. (http://www.thenhf.com/article.php?id=99)

"The Washington area's drinking water contains trace amounts of six commonly used drugs that typically turn up in wastewater and cannot be filtered out by most treatment systems. The pharmaceuticals - an anti-seizure medication, two anti-inflammatory drugs, two kinds of antibiotics and a common disinfectant - were found in very small concentrations in the water supply that serves more than 1 million people in the District, Arlington County, Falls Church and parts of Fairfax County. But scientists say the health effects of long-term exposure to such drugs are not known." (http://www.washingtonpost.com)

This was published in The New York Times back in 2008: "Scientists have known for a decade that low concentrations of antibiotics, heart medications and other drugs regularly find their way into drinking water supplies." In other words, they've known this for 15 years. So now you have some new choices to consider, daily. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/nyregion/04water.html?_r=0)

Please, do not drink weed killer and bug killer water

NaturalNews informs millions of readers weekly about not eating cancer causing foods that support huge corporations and the "Biotech Industry" of pesticide food, insecticide food, herbicide food and fungicide food. Don't eat bug killer! Don't buy worm killer food! DO NOT drink weed killer and bug killer water. Never choose RoundUp water as a beverage (http://articles.mercola.com). Your central nervous system needs nutrients and organic supplements, so don't "vote" for evil and food poison by buying it - not for yourself or your family, or your children.

What are you eating? What will be "contained" in your next bite? Are you eating cancer? You can choose not to eat it. Knowledge is power: (http://programs.webseed.com/Dont_Eat_Cancer__TV.htm)

Protect your assets, including your money and your health. You have control every moment of every day. Organic is not more expensive anymore. Just look at the rewards for good health. As a human being, every choice you make regarding food, drinks, and skin care products results in a "vote" either for sustainability and health or the destruction of health and the environment.http://www.naturalnews.com/036301_Rand_Paul_GMO_labeling_Senate.html)

Are you spending your money to help evil forces wreck our earth, or are you spending money to help people and promote a healthy way of life? Shop at local farmer's markets and make that difference. The choice is always yours.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.naturalnews.com/038840_Dasani_tap_water_purified.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/nyregion/04water.html?_r=0

http://www.washingtonpost.com

http://www.wiredmamas.com/what-are-parabens-and-phthalates/

http://www.thenhf.com/article.php?id=99

http://programs.webseed.com/Dont_Eat_Cancer__TV.htm

The Exercise and Nutrition Guide to Staying Young




Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:26pm -- Editor

It’s not something we think about every day, but once in a while this thought creeps into the mind of most everyone over 30; “I don’t feel as invincible as I use to”. That’s because sometime around 30 our bodies start to change, specifically our hormone production starts to decline. This declining hormone production affects the way we feel, perform and even think.
A reduction in testosterone production occurs as we age
The reduction in testosterone production that occurs as men age can contribute to increased feelings of fatigue, insomnia, weakness, increased body fat, lack of motivation, depression, and decreased sex drive. This decrease in testosterone level also adversely affects women (yes, women have testosterone to) causing low energy, diminished sex drive, anxiety and depression.
Growth hormone production also declines as we age
Our growth hormone production also declines as we age, in men and women alike. The decline in growth hormone also begins sometime around 30. This decline in growth hormone production has a significant impact on the aging process, including decreased lean body mass, lower bone density, less strength, and depression, as well as negatively impacting cell reproduction (affecting such aging issues as reduced skin elasticity, plus slower hair and nail growth).
Slow down the aging process through a combination of exercise and nutrition
Fortunately, you can significantly reduce the decline in hormone production and slow down the aging process through the proper combination of exercise and nutrition. Just a few (but highly critical) adjustments to your exercise and nutrition program can make a dramatic difference in the way we look, feel, perform, and our overall quality of life. Here are a few important guidelines we should all try to follow:
1) Incorporate High-Intensity Exercise
Short high-intensity exercise has been shown to boost testosterone as well as growth hormone production. There is probably no more important adjustment you can make to your fitness program when you are over the age of 30, than incorporating short-duration and high-intensity exercise. Explosive functional training or plyometrics burst type exercises (like we offer at G&L.com) will engage your fast muscle fibers and stimulate growth hormone production as well as lean muscle development.
As we age, the days of long and slow cardiovascular conditioning should be left behind, because a primary goal of our workouts should be to increase youthful hormone production. Unfortunately, excessive endurance training can have the exact opposite effect on overall good health, and when overdone can lead to a further decline in growth hormone production. Both Gabby and Laird make high intensity functional workouts the mainstay of their fitness program, as should we all.
2) Boost Intake of Essential Amino Acids
Our bodies depend on the availability of certain essential amino acids to both stimulate and optimize growth hormone production. The amino acids Glutamine, Arginine and Lysine when taken orally immediately after exercise and just prior to sleep is an effective growth hormone releasing agent, providing you combine high intensity training. These amino acids are found in protein such as fish, chicken, eggs and lean meat, but can more easily be obtained in the proper quality and timing through amino acid supplementation (such as TRUition Max).
3) Strength Training
As we age, it is also important to include strength training into your routine fitness program. Your body especially needs the benefits of weight barring exercise as we age, to maintain both skeletal and muscular strength. Unfortunately, you see far too many people gravitate to the treadmill and elliptical trainer as they age. When in fact the weight room or resistance equipment is what they really need. By simply moving to the next resistance exercise with minimal rest (circuit training), you can improve cardiovascular health while also providing your body all the benefits of strength training.
TRUition co-founder Don Wildman, who is still an avid cyclist and competitive racer at the age of 80, always reminds his friends and fans that he considers his infamous circuit training program far more important to youthfulness and overall good health than his cycling. “When time is at a premium, I always make sure my strength training workouts come first. If I had to make a choice, I would always choose circuit training over any other type of exercise”.
4) Consume More Protein
Without question, consuming plenty of fresh plants, fruits, and vegetables is important to overall good health. We all need the phytonutrient and immune boosting antioxidants from a broad diversity of fruits and vegetables (see TRUition Greens).However, because muscle development declines as we age; proper protein intake becomes even more important.
In order to get the full benefit of your strength training program, proper protein intake both before and after exercise is recommended. Such foods as eggs, lean meat, fish and chicken are high in protein. A cup of coffee before your morning workout is simply not the right fuel for muscle development, nor is pancakes or bagels with cream cheese. Some organic egg, or better yet an organic whey protein shake, is what you need (see TRUition Whey). Whey protein is actually more bioavailable than fish, meat, chicken or eggs, and therefor easier to digest and quicker for your body to utilize.
5) Get Proper Rest
There are two very important aspects of rest which can’t be overlooked or substituted in any way. During our periods of rest our muscles recover and rebuild. Without proper rest between high intensity workouts, we will not be able to effectively build more muscle. Additionally, hormone production is at its highest just after exercise and while you’re sleeping.
Once again, one of the primary fitness goals of anyone over 30 should be to offset declining hormone production in order to stay young. You simply must take the time to rest properly in order to get the maximum benefits from you exercise and nutrition program. There is no way around it.
Develop these few critical exercise and nutrition habits and stay young
It doesn’t take much to slow down (and in some cases reverse) the aging process. If you have been inactive for years, had a poor diet deficient in protein, fruits and vegetables, and a high stress lifestyle which lacks proper rest, then following the 5 anti-aging guidelines explained above will be life changing. We should all want to live a long and high quality life, and to help make that happen you just need to develop a few critical exercise and nutritional habits.
Written by
John Wildman
THE G&L Team

Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Best Exercise For Your Immune System: Rebounding!



Ok so I may have gotten a little carried away during the rebounding photo shoot…
Here’s the video I made about rebounding and below it is my blog post with more details.
Let’s be honest about the immune system, most of us really have no idea what it is, or exactly how it works, we’re just glad we have one.
The immune system is incredibly complex because your body has many lines of defense to rid itself of foreign invaders. In this post I’m going to address one critical component of your immune system. That is your lymphatic system.
Here’s a quick anatomy lesson (I’m going to try to keep this really simple)
Your lymphatic system is composed of your tonsils, thymus, bone marrow, spleen, lymphatic fluid, vessels, and lymph nodes.
The thymus and bone marrow produce white blood cells called lymphocytes.
Your blood vessels deliver oxygen and nutrients to your cells.
Your lymph vessels are like blood vessels except they are full of clear lymphatic fluid that carries white blood cells (B cell and T cell lymphocytes) throughout your body so they can attack invaders and infected cells.
Your lymphatic fluid also carries dead cells, metabolic waste, and toxins away from healthy tissue to be eliminated through sweat, mucus, urine, and liver bile which is carried out in your poop.
Lymph nodes are like holding stations that filter the lymph fluid and capture microbes for B and T cells to deal with. They are located in your armpits, groin, neck and around the blood vessels of your chest and abdomen.
(End of anatomy lesson)
Every day we are bombarded with toxins in our environment and in our food which is why detoxification is such a critical process in your body. If the detox process is hindered, toxins will build up in your body eventually causing acidity and toxemia. These are the root causes of nearly all disease.
You have about three times more lymphatic fluid than blood, but here’s the catch, there’s no pump!  Muscle contractions in your body encourage the lymphatic fluid to circulate through a series of one-way valves in your body. So the more you move your body, the more you move your lymphatic fluid.
One of the lesser talked about benefits of exercise is that it moves your lymphatic fluid, which promotes detoxification in your body.
Your skin is the largest detoxification organ and if you exercise vigorously enough to raise your body temperature  you will sweat, expelling toxins out through your skin.
The Best Exercise for the Lymph System
Back in 2004 when I first started to research natural therapies I read every natural cancer survival testimony I could find. I found many common threads, and one of them was jumping on a mini trampoline, aka Rebounding. I figured since so many natural survivors and health practitioners were doing it there must be something to it…
Rebounding creates an increased G-force resistance (gravitational load) and positively stresses every cell in your body. As a result, it strengthens your entire musculoskeletal system: your bones, muscles, connective tissue, and even organs.  And it promotes lymphatic circulation by stimulating the millions of one-way valves in your lymphatic system.
Sounds pretty good right?
In addition, rebounding is very low impact and allows you to do jumping and aerobic exercises for much longer intervals than you could on solid ground without tiring out or creating harmful oxidative and adrenal stress.
NASA produced an interesting report about the benefits of rebounding you can read Here.
Here are the three basic Rebounding Exercises:
The Health Bounce is gently bouncing up and down on a rebounder without your feet leaving the mat.  It is very low impact and very effective at moving your lymphatic system. Most folks can easily do this for an hour or more while watching tv.
The Strength Bounce is jumping as high as you can. It strengthens primary and stabilizer muscles throughout your body, improves your balance, and moves your lymphatic system like nothing else.  That’s what you want to work up to.
Aerobic Bouncing is jumping jacks, twisting, running in place, bouncing on one leg at a time, dancing, and any other crazy maneuvers you can think of. Doing these high intensity aerobic exercises will get your blood pumping and your sweat on.
If you are too weak to jump you can sit on the rebounder and bounce gently in a seated position. I bought my rebounder in 2004 a few months after abdominal surgery, and found it too painful to really jump on at first, so I just did the health bounce. As my body healed, the pain went away and I started doing the Strength and Aerobic Bouncing.
When fighting cancer I did this 2-3 times per day.
My typical routine is to warm up for a couple minutes with the health bounce, 5-10 minutes of strength and aerobic bounce variations, and finish up with another couple minutes of the health bounce. I put on headphones and listened to worship music or healing scriptures while bouncing. This is an amazing way to start the day.
To maximize the benefit of your rebound workout:
-Drink 12-16 oz of clean filtered water beforehand.
-Do it outside and connect with God and nature. (If nature permits)
-Take at least 10 deep breaths of fresh air. In through your nose, hold it for a few seconds, then push it out through your mouth.
-Get sunlight on as much of your body as you can.
-If possible do it with enough intensity to break a sweat. Give yourself 7-20 minutes.
Sweating is important but it also means you’ll need a shower afterward. The nice thing about rebounding is you can still get a benefit from it even if you don’t break a sweat. Try to get at least one sweaty rebounder workout per day. I do it first thing in the morning before I shower for the day. If you can’t do it outside, do it inside. Just do it!
My wife Micah even used rebounding workout dvd to lose her baby weight after Marin was born.
Not all rebounders are created equal.
The quality of the frame, springs and mat are extremely important. Cheap rebounders are harder on your joints and can cause injury, also they wear out quickly, and have no warranty.
I’ve used the ReboundAir Quarter-Fold Model (pictured above) since 2004 and I highly recommend it.
ReboundAir was founded by Al Carter, THE pioneer of rebound exercise.
In fact my mom even has his original book The Miracle of Rebound Exercise from 1979!
The ReboundAir is the only rebounder with a Lifetime All Parts Warranty.
They use them on The Biggest Loser campus and ReboundAir has been featured on CBS “The Doctors” television show twice. Cool right?
They make three models: the Standard rebounder, the Half-Fold, and the Quarter-Fold.
The Quarter-Fold model is really cool because it folds in half twice so I can store it under my bed and it’s easy to travel with. (I demonstrate how to fold and unfold it in the video)
If you order one over the phone please mention that you heard about it here. Thanks!
(((c)))

The Best Exercise For Your Immune System: Rebounding!



Ok so I may have gotten a little carried away during the rebounding photo shoot…
Here’s the video I made about rebounding and below it is my blog post with more details.
Let’s be honest about the immune system, most of us really have no idea what it is, or exactly how it works, we’re just glad we have one.
The immune system is incredibly complex because your body has many lines of defense to rid itself of foreign invaders. In this post I’m going to address one critical component of your immune system. That is your lymphatic system.
Here’s a quick anatomy lesson (I’m going to try to keep this really simple)
Your lymphatic system is composed of your tonsils, thymus, bone marrow, spleen, lymphatic fluid, vessels, and lymph nodes.
The thymus and bone marrow produce white blood cells called lymphocytes.
Your blood vessels deliver oxygen and nutrients to your cells.
Your lymph vessels are like blood vessels except they are full of clear lymphatic fluid that carries white blood cells (B cell and T cell lymphocytes) throughout your body so they can attack invaders and infected cells.
Your lymphatic fluid also carries dead cells, metabolic waste, and toxins away from healthy tissue to be eliminated through sweat, mucus, urine, and liver bile which is carried out in your poop.
Lymph nodes are like holding stations that filter the lymph fluid and capture microbes for B and T cells to deal with. They are located in your armpits, groin, neck and around the blood vessels of your chest and abdomen.
(End of anatomy lesson)
Every day we are bombarded with toxins in our environment and in our food which is why detoxification is such a critical process in your body. If the detox process is hindered, toxins will build up in your body eventually causing acidity and toxemia. These are the root causes of nearly all disease.
You have about three times more lymphatic fluid than blood, but here’s the catch, there’s no pump!  Muscle contractions in your body encourage the lymphatic fluid to circulate through a series of one-way valves in your body. So the more you move your body, the more you move your lymphatic fluid.
One of the lesser talked about benefits of exercise is that it moves your lymphatic fluid, which promotes detoxification in your body.
Your skin is the largest detoxification organ and if you exercise vigorously enough to raise your body temperature  you will sweat, expelling toxins out through your skin.
The Best Exercise for the Lymph System
Back in 2004 when I first started to research natural therapies I read every natural cancer survival testimony I could find. I found many common threads, and one of them was jumping on a mini trampoline, aka Rebounding. I figured since so many natural survivors and health practitioners were doing it there must be something to it…
Rebounding creates an increased G-force resistance (gravitational load) and positively stresses every cell in your body. As a result, it strengthens your entire musculoskeletal system: your bones, muscles, connective tissue, and even organs.  And it promotes lymphatic circulation by stimulating the millions of one-way valves in your lymphatic system.
Sounds pretty good right?
In addition, rebounding is very low impact and allows you to do jumping and aerobic exercises for much longer intervals than you could on solid ground without tiring out or creating harmful oxidative and adrenal stress.
NASA produced an interesting report about the benefits of rebounding you can read Here.
Here are the three basic Rebounding Exercises:
The Health Bounce is gently bouncing up and down on a rebounder without your feet leaving the mat.  It is very low impact and very effective at moving your lymphatic system. Most folks can easily do this for an hour or more while watching tv.
The Strength Bounce is jumping as high as you can. It strengthens primary and stabilizer muscles throughout your body, improves your balance, and moves your lymphatic system like nothing else.  That’s what you want to work up to.
Aerobic Bouncing is jumping jacks, twisting, running in place, bouncing on one leg at a time, dancing, and any other crazy maneuvers you can think of. Doing these high intensity aerobic exercises will get your blood pumping and your sweat on.
If you are too weak to jump you can sit on the rebounder and bounce gently in a seated position. I bought my rebounder in 2004 a few months after abdominal surgery, and found it too painful to really jump on at first, so I just did the health bounce. As my body healed, the pain went away and I started doing the Strength and Aerobic Bouncing.
When fighting cancer I did this 2-3 times per day.
My typical routine is to warm up for a couple minutes with the health bounce, 5-10 minutes of strength and aerobic bounce variations, and finish up with another couple minutes of the health bounce. I put on headphones and listened to worship music or healing scriptures while bouncing. This is an amazing way to start the day.
To maximize the benefit of your rebound workout:
-Drink 12-16 oz of clean filtered water beforehand.
-Do it outside and connect with God and nature. (If nature permits)
-Take at least 10 deep breaths of fresh air. In through your nose, hold it for a few seconds, then push it out through your mouth.
-Get sunlight on as much of your body as you can.
-If possible do it with enough intensity to break a sweat. Give yourself 7-20 minutes.
Sweating is important but it also means you’ll need a shower afterward. The nice thing about rebounding is you can still get a benefit from it even if you don’t break a sweat. Try to get at least one sweaty rebounder workout per day. I do it first thing in the morning before I shower for the day. If you can’t do it outside, do it inside. Just do it!
My wife Micah even used rebounding workout dvd to lose her baby weight after Marin was born.
Not all rebounders are created equal.
The quality of the frame, springs and mat are extremely important. Cheap rebounders are harder on your joints and can cause injury, also they wear out quickly, and have no warranty.
I’ve used the ReboundAir Quarter-Fold Model (pictured above) since 2004 and I highly recommend it.
ReboundAir was founded by Al Carter, THE pioneer of rebound exercise.
In fact my mom even has his original book The Miracle of Rebound Exercise from 1979!
The ReboundAir is the only rebounder with a Lifetime All Parts Warranty.
They use them on The Biggest Loser campus and ReboundAir has been featured on CBS “The Doctors” television show twice. Cool right?
They make three models: the Standard rebounder, the Half-Fold, and the Quarter-Fold.
The Quarter-Fold model is really cool because it folds in half twice so I can store it under my bed and it’s easy to travel with. (I demonstrate how to fold and unfold it in the video)
If you order one over the phone please mention that you heard about it here. Thanks!
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Améliorez votre vision avec ceci



La dégénérescence maculaire liée à l'âge (DMLA) est une maladie redoutable, qui entraîne une perte progressive de la vision. En 2007, on estimait à 608 000 le nombre de personnes atteintes de cette maladie en France métropolitaine. La chirurgie et la médecine conventionnelle n'ont jusqu'ici pas donné de résultats probants, mais la nutrithérapie (médecine naturelle par la nutrition) offre des pistes très prometteuses.

Avant de vous les donner, il faut toutefois comprendre ce qu'est la dégénérescence maculaire liée à l'âge (DMLA).

Qu'est-ce que la DMLA

La DMLA est une maladie de la rétine, cette membrane qui se trouve au fond de votre œil et qui contient les récepteurs de la vision. Cette maladie vous donne l'impression de voir flou. Simple désagrément au départ, le flou causé par la DMLA ne tarde pas à vous gêner dans vos activités de tous les jours, comme lire une pancarte ou un mode d'emploi, surtout après 65 ans. Il risque ensuite de provoquer des accidents de voiture lorsqu'un panneau de signalisation vous échappe, ou des chutes, lorsque vous ratez une marche ou un trottoir. Vous pouvez également commettre une erreur fatale lorsque, par exemple, vous ne parvenez plus à lire distinctement la notice d'un médicament.

Mais ce sont aussi les grands plaisirs de votre vie qui s'envolent avec votre vue : quand lire un livre, jardiner, s'émerveiller du spectacle de la nature, visiter une exposition ne procure plus la même joie parce que vous ne percevez plus les détails ; lorsque même les visages de vos proches ou le sourire d'un enfant ne vous apparaissent plus qu'à travers un brouillard ; lorsque vous ne pouvez plus réaliser aucune tâche nécessitant de manipuler de petits objets ou de faire des gestes précis ; vous réalisez alors que la source vive de l'existence vous échappe !

Pour diminuer vos risques, vous devez vous préoccuper de « nourrir » vos yeux : l'effet sera préventif, et retardera l'apparition de la DMLA si vous êtes proche de la cinquantaine. Au-delà de 60 ans et si votre vue s'est déjà dégradée, un programme intensif de nutrithérapie peut améliorer votre vision.

Ces nutriments que vous apporterez à vos yeux ont pour but de les protéger et de réactiver la circulation sanguine pour rétablir une vision fonctionnelle.

Vos yeux : l'organe le plus agressé

Les yeux sont un des organes les plus attaqués de votre organisme, surtout actuellement, avec l'usage généralisé des écrans lumineux (ordinateur ou smartphone) et la pollution.

En effet, vos yeux sont une machine à concentrer la lumière, grâce à un ingénieux empilement de cornée, iris, cristallin, rétine, macula.

Cela vous permet de percevoir une incroyable profusion de détails de votre environnement proche et éloigné : on estime que 80 % de nos perceptions sensorielles proviennent de la vue ! Mais rendez-vous compte que ces quantités énormes de lumière frappent toutes une surfacede quelques centimètres carrés au fond de votre œil, la rétine, et plus spécifiquement, une minuscule zone appelée « macula » qui est responsable de la vision centrale. C'est la macula qui vous permet de voir les formes, les couleurs et les détails de façon claire et nette.

Votre rétine et votre macula sont tapissées de cellules. Ces cellules ont la forme de cônes, et de bâtonnets, les bâtonnets permettant de voir le noir et blanc, les cônes les couleurs. 

Ces cellules sont bombardées toute la journée de particules de lumière hautement énergétiques, les photons, et par tous les oxydants produits dans notre organisme à cause du stress, de la pollution ou tout simplement du vieillissement. Elles finissent alors par s'abîmer. Cônes et bâtonnets peuvent mourir et c'est ainsi que votre vue devient floue.

Mais vous n'avez pas besoin d'attendre les bras croisés que la fatalité s'abatte sur vous.

La dégénérescence maculaire peut être ralentie

La Nature produit des substances végétales et animales qui peuvent vous aider à entretenir vos yeux. Je ne vous dis pas qu'elles vous garantiront une vue de faucon jusqu'à plus de 90 ans. Mais :

  • si vous n'avez pas encore de problème de vue ;
  • si vous avez plus de 55 ans, et surtout si vous êtes une femme ;
  • ou si vous avez un début de dégénérescence maculaire ;
alors vous pouvez entreprendre aujourd'hui certaines choses qui préviendront bien des ennuis futurs :

Six stratégies pour protéger vos yeux naturellement

Quoique vous dise votre médecin, il existe des moyens de protéger vos yeux :

  • arrêtez de fumer : toute fumée qui s'introduit dans votre corps, y compris les gaz d'échappement, apporte avec elle des milliers de milliards de radicaux libres, des molécules agressives qui sont capables d'endommager ou de détruire vos cellules. Les cellules de votre rétine et de votre macula sont particulièrement sensibles aux radicaux libres, car leur forte exposition à la lumière leur impose déjà une contrainte permanente. N'en rajoutez pas avec de la fumée de cigarette.
  • surveillez votre tension : votre œil est tapissé de vaisseaux sanguins microscopiques, les capillaires, qui irriguent les cellules de la vue. Si votre pression sanguine est trop forte (et rappelez-vous que vous n'avez aucun moyen de le savoir si ce n'est de vous la faire mesurer régulièrement), vos capillaires vont s'endommager ;
  • attention à votre sucre sanguin : un taux excessif de glucose dans le sang endommage fortement les capillaires. C'est pourquoi les personnes diabétiques risquent de devenir aveugles, ou même de subir une amputation lorsque leurs vaisseaux sanguins sont détruits et que leurs membres ne sont plus irrigués ;
  • mangez beaucoup de légumes verts, en particulier les choux verts frisés, les épinards et les brocolis : les études ont montré qu'un tel régime améliore la vue, ces légumes étant riches en caroténoïdes, en particulier la lutéine ;
  • augmentez vos apports en oméga-3, en consommant plus de poissons gras ou en prenant des compléments d'oméga-3. Une étude parue en août 2001 dans la revue Archives of Ophtalmology a montré qu'une alimentation bien équilibrée en oméga-3 améliore la vue.
  • mangez des petits fruits noirs : cassis, myrtilles, mûres. Ils sont riches en anthocyanines, des pigments qui agissent comme de la « crème solaire » pour les cellules, les protégeant des dommages causés par l'absorption de rayons bleu-vert et ultraviolets.
  • mangez des jaunes d'œufs tous les jours : le jaune d'œuf est la source alimentaire la plus importante de zéaxanthine, un pigment antioxydant qui protège la macula des agressions extérieures. Les chercheurs conseillent de manger 2 œufs entiers chaque jour pour protéger nos yeux (1, 2). Je vous le disais l'autre jour : les jaunes d'œufs sont bons pour la santé !
Pour les personnes de plus de 55 ans et qui craignent pour l'évolution de leur vue, la prise en outre de compléments alimentaires peut être envisagée :

Deux boucliers pour la santé de vos yeux

La lutéine et la zéaxanthine sont des composés appelés xanthophylles qui, dans la nature, servent à absorber la lumière excessive qui risquerait d'abimer les plantes, en particulier les rayons hautement énergétiques de la lumière bleue solaire.

Chez l'être humain, la lutéine et la zéaxanthine alimentaires se concentrent, sans qu'on sache exactement comment, dans la macula de l'œil.

Elles semblent avoir une puissante fonction antioxydante pour protéger les cellules de l'œil contre les effets destructeurs des radicaux libres, en particulier contre la dégénérescence maculaire :

  • des recherches publiées dans Nutrition & Metabolism ont conclu que la lutéine et la zéaxanthine augmentent la densité optique des pigments maculaires dans l'œil chez la majorité des sujets. Ces pigments maculaires sont considérés comme protecteurs contre la dégénérescence maculaire ;
  • des études publiées dans les revues scientifiques American Journal of Epidemiology, Ophthalmology and Archives of Ophthalmology ont constaté qu'un taux plus élevé de lutéine et de zéaxanthine dans le régime alimentaire est associé à une moindre incidence de la dégénérescence maculaire ;
  • deux études publiées dans la revue Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science ont constaté que les yeux contenant le niveau le plus élevé de pigments maculaires étaient moins susceptibles d'avoir ou de développer une dégénérescence maculaire ;
  • dans un article de recherche publié dans la revue Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics en août 2010, les auteurs de l'étude ont conclu que la lutéine et la zéaxanthine filtrent la lumière à courte longueur d'onde et préviennent ou réduisent la formation des radicaux libres dans l'épithélium pigmentaire rétinien et dans la choroïde (la couche vascularisée de l'œil). Ils suggèrent également qu'un mélange de xanthophylles est plus efficace qu'un seul, à même concentration.

Agit aussi contre la cataracte

En plus de protéger la rétine, la lutéine et la zéaxanthine pourraient aussi réduire le risque de cataracte.

De récentes études publiées dans la revue Archives of Ophthalmology ont conclu qu'un régime alimentaire riche en ces deux composés ainsi que d'autres caroténoïdes était associé à un risque plus faible de cataracte chez les femmes.

Astaxanthine : le secret de l'œil de faucon

Mais protéger vos yeux des radicaux libres ne suffit pas pour retrouver une vue perçante. Il faut également rétablir la capacité d'adaptation de l'œil.

Un autre micronutriment, l'astaxanthine, peut avoir cet effet. Huit études cliniques récentes ont montré que l'astaxanthine avait un effet positif sur la vue. Ce composé, que l'on trouve principalement dans une petite crevette appelée « krill de l'antarctique » et dans une micro-algue de Suède, réduit l'inflammation de l'œil, augmente de façon significative sa capacité d'adaptation, pour mieux ajuster la vision, et soulage la fatigue oculaire, provoquée notamment par le travail sur écran ou ordinateur, en augmentant l'irrigation sanguine des yeux. (3)

C'est un nutriment qui est aujourd'hui en très forte demande aux Etats-Unis et qu'il est difficile de se procurer en Europe mais vous en trouvezdans le complément alimentaire pour les yeux Macula Plus (rendez-vous ici pour ceux qui sont intéressés), qui contient aussi la lutéine, la zéaxanthine et la mésozéaxanthine, un autre composé encore peu connu mais qui semble prometteur qui plus est à bonnes doses, pour une efficacité rapide (respectivement 10 mg, 1,5 mg et 2,5 mg). 

Macula Plus me semble aussi intéressant parce qu'il contient du cyanidine-3-glucoside (C3G), un anthocyanine pourpre méconnu qui protège les cellules photoréceptrices de l'œil, et qui peut renforcer la vision nocturne.

L'inconvénient de ce produit est son prix élevé, qui s'explique par la qualité des ingrédients choisis (49 euros par boîte, correspondant à 2 mois de cure), et il est illusoire d'espérer un effet durable avec une seule boîte (3 paraissent le minimum, pour 6 mois de cure). 

Pour les personnes qui n'auraient vraiment pas les moyens d'acheter ce produit, je recommande tout simplement de se procurer de la lutéine en pharmacie, par exemple Ocuvite, même si l'effet à en attendre sera, forcément, bien inférieur. Et pour finir, ne négligez pas l'alimentation, je mange régulièrement une bonne omelette aux œufs biologiques avec des épinards !

A votre santé !

Jean-Marc Dupuis