The Simple Seven

My mother turns 87 today. She’s in terrific health! Knock on wood, she doesn’t have or has ever had any major illnesses, and she isn’t on any medications. In today’s world, that’s unheard of. She’s strong and vital and has always looked ten or twenty years younger. She’s taken good care of herself and it’s paid off. Join me as I honor my mother and share about her vibrant health on this day, her 87th birthday.

Obtaining vibrant health begins with eating healthy — or eating fresh food, as I call it. Food that comes straight from the land or seas. But eating fresh food alone doesn’t guarantee that your body can assimilate food nutrients. It depends on how well your body can break down food into nutrients. In today’s podcast, I’ll talk about the importance of good digestion and a healthy gut.

Vibrant health is hard to attain living in the modern world. Scientifically-speaking, we’re not using our bodies in the way they were designed to be used. But we also don’t make a commitment to health; we don’t have the time. And there are some obstacles that can’t be avoided. Yet, medical experts agree that chronic diseases and conditions — such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, and obesity — are preventable, and your lifestyle is key. You must make a commitment to your health. You’d be foolish not to. In today’s podcast, I’ll explain what your options are.

When we think about anxiety, we tend to think of it as having one root cause. That may be because of how anxiety is treated — in physical terms, as one set of symptoms. Yet there can be any number of emotional reasons for our anxiety and it will differ from one person to the next. All anxiety begins with a thought, which can be conscious or unconscious. Unconscious thoughts pose the greater problem. Learn how it happens and how anxiety can be uncovered and healed using a technique that is designed to help you let go of what is bothering you.

Do you sometimes overdo healthy things? It’s easy to do. It’s exciting when you hear about a compelling, new idea. The idea may be beneficial, but overdoing it usually is not. In part, overdoing it has to do with some of our common attitudes that include “all or nothing” thinking. Instead of “less is more” , “more is more.” And ”no pain, no gain.” And yet, that’s not how the human body is designed to work. Learn about the science that supports why overdoing healthy things can be unhealthy.

In today’s podcast, I’ll talk about the relationship between cognitive decline and lifestyle using the example of a therapeutic protocol designed by Alzheimer’s expert, Dr. Dale Bredesen, MD, to reverse memory and thinking problems.

There are seven things that you and I are responsible for doing in caring for the health of our bodies. It’s like an owner’s manual, and it’s based on how the human body is designed. How we do the seven things determines a healthy or unhealthy lifestyle. Learn about the science that points to lifestyle and how to achieve vibrant health.