Before I get too far into the subject of this post, I should point out that the point of exercise, at least as discussed on this site, is not to get six pack abs so you can show off, but rather to avoid aging prematurely (see my post Exercise, Longevity and Anti-Aging for more details). I’ll […]

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE EAT HIGH GLYCEMIC INDEX FOODS?
The bloodstream is flooded with glucose. The pancreas responds to this high level of glucose in the blood by secreting insulin by the bucket load to assist the glucose in entering our cells, where some of it is burned as energy. Unfortunately, so much glucose is crammed […]

WHAT ARE HIGH GLYCEMIC INDEX FOODS, ANYWAY?
These are foods that rapidly convert to sugar in the bloodstream, flooding the body with glucose.
What kinds of foods? Chiefly beans, grains, and roots, or substances derived from these foods (for a list of these foods, see my post Foods to Avoid Like the Plague). It should be noted […]

KEEPING TRACK OF YOUR HEART RATE
How do you keep track of your heart rate? Well, if you can carry on a normal conversation, then you are probably not exceeding your target heart rate. This is the standard to use if you are engaged in some kind of sport, like tennis or basketball, where you don’t […]

CALCULATING YOUR TARGET HEART RATE
So, how do you calculate your target heart rate? You start with your maximum heart rate, which is calculated:
Maximum Heart Rate = 220 - Your Age.
So, if you were 60 years old, your Maximum Heart Rate would be 160 beats per minute. So, the lower end of your Target […]

INTENSITY LEVEL IS IMPORTANT
There are many ways to perform cardiovascular exercise, having to do with varying intensity levels and duration, each having different benefits and risks. For the purpose of anti-aging, not all are equivalently helpful.
Moderately strenuous and sustained activities seem to work best for anti-aging (see my post Exercise, Longevity, and Anti-Aging for more […]

Pretty much everyone knows that exercise is a major component of good health. Most people are well aware that cardiovascular exercise can help to prevent heart disease, but the benefits of exercise go way beyond that.
CARDIOVASCULAR TRAINING
In a study of 17,000 Harvard alumni over a 30 year period, it was found that moderate exercise, such […]

WHAT AGING REALLY IS
Normally, we think of aging as an inevitable part of life. And to a certain extent this is true, but not to the extent that we think.
Many doctors now believe that aging can more appropriately be viewed as a collection of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Angina, Cataracts, Gallstones, Glaucoma, and […]

THE PROBLEM WITH GRAINS, BEANS AND POTATOES
If you attempt to eat these foods raw, you will get very sick because these lectins and enzyme blockers are poisonous to human beings. Of course, lectins are present in meat and some vegetables, but since these foods were available to man as he evolved (or when he was […]

HOW GRAINS, BEANS AND POTATOES BECAME STAPLE FOODS
Grains, beans and potatoes store very well. In fact, this storage ability, taken together with their density in calories and easy portability, freed up mankind from food gathering, allowing him the time to develop skills that allowed mankind to progress from nomadic, to agrariarian, to industrial, and eventually […]