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What Is Wrong With Our Health?

We are sicker and fatter than ever before! Consider the following:

*    Excessive weight accounts for 1 in 3 deaths in the US among middle-aged people.
*    A billion people around the world suffer from  Diabetes and   Obesity .
*    655,000 people die of Heart Disease  each year in the US.
*    One-third of Americans suffer from  High Blood Pressure, which contributes to almost 900,000  Strokes  each year.
*    55 million   people in the US (1 in 6 Americans) suffer from autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s, Rheumatoid  Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, and Crohn’s Disease.

Depression is now the leading cause of disability, affecting more than 120 million people worldwide. This is the first generation of American children that are expected to live a shorter lifespan than their parents. First and foremost, the problem starts with our Standard American Diet (SAD)!!!

For over 50 years, we have been trusting and religiously following the guidelines of our government agencies, such as, FDA, USDA, AHA, CDC, etc. for our health and well-being. All those Low-Fat Diet, Vegetarian Diet, Low Cholesterol Diet, etc. basically tell us to avoid eating Saturated Fats, and eating more vegetables and whole wheat grains. Their slogan sounds logical…

"if you eat more fats, you will be fat "

Those advices on diet SADly (no punt intended) have been doing us more harm than good, evidenced by drastic increase of Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Attacks, Strokes, Dementia and Cancers over the past 60 years. To compound this epidemic further, pharmaceutical drugs available now are NOT curing any of these diseases. They merely suppress the symptoms, so you need to keep taking them forever in order to function decently…a perfect money-making formula for the big pharmaceutical companies! You would think our government should be all over these scams. Wrong!

Just look at the top people sitting on the board of these government agencies. They are mostly ex-CEO, ex-CFO, ex-COO of big pharmaceutical and food manufacturing corporations. Where do you think these people's interest and loyalty lay? Further, most congressmen/congresswomen, senators, medical researches and medical schools are bought by big corporations and billionaires through generous funding and campaign donations...just follow the MONEY.

As a result, there is hardly any sign of improvement over the years on curbing toxic chemicals (Pesticides) and wastes in our soil; stopping the expansion of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) products in our food supplies; eliminating the use of highly toxic Vegetable Oils for cooking; and the patching/plugging loop-holes in our product labeling system, etc. etc. The future looks grim for our next generations! ......WHEN MONEY TALKS, ETHICS WALK!

What is inflammation?

Inflammation is essential to protect against viral and bacterial infection, as well as noxious stimuli. It is an integral part of the healing process, though prolonged inflammation can be detrimental. The network dynamics of inflammation change with age, and factors such as genes, lifestyle, and environment contribute to these changes. Current research studying inflammaging is focused on understanding the interaction of dynamic molecular pathways underlying both aging and inflammation and how they change with chronological age. When your body encounters an offending agent (like viruses, bacteria, or toxic chemicals) or suffers an injury, it activates your immune system. Your immune system sends out its first responders: inflammatory cells and cytokines (substances that stimulate more inflammatory cells). These cells begin an inflammatory response to trap bacteria and other offending agents or start healing injured tissue. The result can be pain, swelling, bruising or redness. But inflammation also affects body systems you can’t see.

Inflammaging (also known as inflamm-aging or inflamm-ageing) is a chronic, sterile low-grade inflammation that develops with advanced age, in the absence of overt infection, and may contribute to clinical manifestations of other age-related pathologies. Inflammaging is thought to be caused by a loss of control over systemic inflammation resulting in chronic overstimulation of the innate immune system. Inflammaging is a significant risk factor in mortality and morbidity in aged individuals.

Inflammaging

LONGEVITY without Health and Wealth is pointless! Assuming everyone is already wealthy, we are addressing Health only here to stay Young, and even reverse the aging process while growing Old gracefully!

The greatest risk to human health span and lifespan are cancer, heart disease, neurodegenerative disease, and type 2 diabetes. These conditions are interconnected with metabolic dysfunction and chronic inflammation, commonly referred to as The Four Horsemen:

1. Cancer: Abnormal cell growth that can spread throughout the body.
2. Heart Disease: Also known as cardiovascular disease, it involves conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels.
3. Neurodegenerative Disease: Progressive damage to the brain and nervous system, such as Alzheimer's disease.
4. Type 2 Diabetes: A metabolic disorder characterized by high blood sugar levels, often linked to insulin resistance.

Common underlying factors:

Metabolic Dysfunction: Problems with the body's ability to turn food into energy, which can lead to conditions like metabolic syndrome (high blood pressure, high triglycerides, low HDL, central adiposity, elevated fasting glucose).
Chronic Inflammation: A persistent, low-grade immune response that is a common risk factor for the development of all four of these conditions.

What is Aging?

Aging is the decreasing ability to repair cellular damage, results in low level of inflammation which causes Aging. Therefore, this aging process is called INFLAMMAGING (also known as inflamm-ageing). Conversely, if you are aging while staying healthy by reducing or eliminating inflammation in your body to achieve Healthy Aging, you are on your way towards Longevity.

Many of us religiously followed the recommended diet guidelines (e.g. the Food Pyramid) promoted by our government and food manufacturers for years. However, it is simply not adequate, accurate and sometimes even dangerous. Most importantly, you must do your own thorough research and follow a healthy lifestyle. Hence, for people who want to Live a Long & Healthy Life, despite living in this toxic environment and sometimes bad advice from our government & experts, we could follow this simple ABIDES Program:

***Nothing Worthwhile in Life Comes Easy***