Scientific Evidence: Sugar can Permanently Change DNA
An Australian research team from the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne has found that genes remember a sugar hit for two weeks. What’s more, continued poor eating habits can permanently alter your DNA and potentially pass the genetic damage onto your descendants.1
The team studied how diet impacted heart tissue and found sugar caused cells to switch off the genetic controls that protect that body against diabetes and heart disease for a period of two weeks.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Aristotle
- According to self-development experts and in my own experience, it takes about 30 days to change a habit. 30 days are less daunting because you know you can just quit and go back to old habits after that time is up.
- Within this time, you will give your brain circuits a chance to form new neuro-connections and neuro-pathways …
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Garlic is not just a weapon against vampires – it scares away bacteria, viruses, parasites, ticks and possibly even mosquitoes!
- Garlic Reduces Heart Disease Risk & High Blood Pressure
Helps induce relaxation and enlargement of blood vessels, improving blood flow. This can help prevent high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. 1
- Garlic Crushes Parasites, Bacteria and Viral Infections
Garlic works like a broad-spectrum antibiotic against parasites, bacteria and viruses…
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“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”
~ Walter Hagen
The slow food movement originated in Italy in 1986, and Slow Food, a non-profit, eco-gastronomic organization was officially created in 1989. The antithesis of fast food, Slow Food is focused on reminding people of local foods, where they come from, their different tastes and how we affect the rest of the world by what we eat…
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“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.”
~William Shakespeare
You’ve probably heard this before…slow down! But not as often as…hurry up! Quit stalling! You need to multi-task!
Meanwhile, we are starved for time and a feeling of connection, are missing the random, unexpected and simple beauties of life. Is it worth it?
It’s ok for technology to evolve at hyper-speed. Humans don’t evolve that way though, or at least not in a positive direction. Nerves are shredded, patience is thinned, health suffers, vision narrows…
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