Longevity….My Dad’s Goal to Reach 100 and Beyond!

Sorry, I have lost my blogging focus for awhile, as I have been researching longevity, due to the day, at just over 90 years old when Dad said ” on my journey to 100 I will ” and there followed a long list of to do’s to help him reach his goal. Dad will reach 95 on May 21st of this year and with 5 years to go I hope to launch myjourneyto100.com and yourjourneyto100.com by the spring of this year in honor of Dad reaching his goal.
The site will focus as is obvious on healthy aging, and ways and means to help those who also aspire to the lofty goal of reaching 100 years of age and beyond.
But hopefully it will also be a place where people of age can interact and share information with each other and have access to information to help them maintain a healthy and active life and be self sufficient as long as possible. We will have cutting age information on everything healthy as it pertains to aging. If you know anyone who this pertains to please leave your or their email in a comment to be added to the myjourneyto100.com list, to be kept on top of what’s coming soon to the world of aging, and how you can help those you know and love, to live, a robust and active old age.To your Health/JT

What’s a Healthy Portion Size?

Description

A portion
is the amount of food a person eats. When you are given a larger
portion of food you are likely to eat more. These larger portions can
make you gain weight. The portions you eat in a restaurant or at home
are often larger than what you need to feel full. Eating smaller
portions of food can help you control your weight.

What does a serving from Canada’s Food Guide look like?

A Food Guide Serving is a measured amount of food
according to Canada’s Food Guide. You don’t need to weigh or measure
foods to know the serving size. This handout will help you figure out
how many servings are in the portion of food on your plate. The table
below shows common items that are the same portion as food serving
sizes from Canada’s Food Guide.

Item	Quantity Represented	Foods Represented One	Food Guide Serving * some exceptions
Baseball, light bulb or fist	1 cup (250 mL)	cold cereal	Grain Products
		salad	Vegetables and Fruit
		fruit, 1 medium	Vegetables and Fruit
		milk	Milk and Alternatives
Tennis ball	3/4 cup (175 mL)	hot cereal	Grain Products
		yogurt	Milk and Alternatives
		beans or lentils	Meat and Alternatives
Computer mouse	1/2 cup (125 mL)	vegetables, cooked	Vegetables and Fruit
		tomato sauce	Vegetables and Fruit
		potato, 1 medium	Vegetables and Fruit
		pasta and rice	Grain Products
Deck of cards or palm of hand	2 1/2 oz (75 g)	meat, chicken or fish	Meat and Alternatives
Hockey puck*	-	bagel, mini	2 Grain Products
		bun: hamburger or hotdog	2 Grain Products
		potato chips, mini bag, 30 g	High Sugar, Fat & Salt Food
Dice or thumb tip	1 tsp (5 mL)	butter	High Sugar, Fat & Salt Food
		sugar cube	High Sugar, Fat & Salt Food
Two 9 volt batteries or two thumb tips	1 1/2 oz (50 g)	cheese	Milk and Alternatives

Portions of Food on a Healthy Plate

Imagine your plate divided into three sections like the picture
below. At least half (1/2) of your plate should be vegetables and
fruit. The other half of your plate can be split into quarters. One
quarter (1/4) for grains or potato, and one quarter (1/4) for meat and
alternatives. This is what a healthy plate looks like.

Choose a medium sized plate (about the size of a Frisbee) to help
you keep your portions healthy. If you have a large plate, fill only
the middle of the plate. Don’t fill a larger plate right to the edge
with food.

Choose the right portion size for your body size and activity level.

Tips to Help You Eat Smaller Portions

• Eat within the first 2 hours of waking up.
• Eat at least 3 balanced meals a day.
• At meals eat more vegetables and fruit than other foods.
• If meals are more than 5 hours apart have a snack. Make it a fruit or vegetable.
• Use smaller bowls, plates and glasses.
• Don’t eat food like ice cream and chips out of the container or
  bag. Put a smaller portion on a plate or in a bowl and put the bag away.
• Serve yourself in the kitchen. Put leftovers away before you eat.
  Large bowls of food on the table makes it easy to eat more food.
• Try not to eat in front of the TV.
• Stop eating when you no longer feel hungry. You don’t have to “clean your plate”. Your body can tell you when you are full.
• Wait 20 minutes before you take a second helping.

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Last Modified: 11/20/2007 5:02:17 PM

Health Benefits of Eating Hemp Hearts!

Hemp Hearts™ – raw shelled hemp seed is one of nature’s perfect foods – a Super Food. This is one of the most potent foods available, supporting optimal health and well being, for life. Raw hemp provides a broad spectrum of health benefits, including: weight loss, increased and sustained energy, rapid recovery from disease or injury, lowered cholesterol and blood pressure, reduced inflammation, improvement in circulation and immune system as well as natural blood sugar control.

Results will vary by individual, but reports from thousands of our customers over the years, who take the minimum recommended dosage of 4 – 5 tablespoons per day, reveal that their experiences are consistent with clinical studies that relate to these issues. Many health care professionals are using Hemp Hearts™ to achieve great results with their clients. They attribute their success to the superior balance of proteins, essential fats, vitamins and enzymes in Hemp Hearts™ and to the relative absence of sugar, starches and saturated fats.

Heart Health and Lowered Blood Pressure: Premature health failure may first appear as high blood pressure – a sign that the heart is over worked, required to force blood through too many miles of sluggish blood vessels. Clinical studies indicate that hemp products reduce inflammation and improve circulation, factors of primary importance in the cure and prevention of many diseases. A large percentage of our elderly customers have selected Hemp Hearts™ in desperation because of failing health. Within three months they report significant improvements in cholesterol and blood pressure.

Improved Digestion: Our customers report efficient digestive systems without sluggishness, able to derive much more benefit from much less food. Because Hemp Hearts™ are so easily digested, our customers claim that Hemp Hearts™ have cured or reduced the effects of chronic problems of the digestive system. There are no known allergies to Hemp Hearts™ and they are of special benefit to those who are unable to eat gluten, lactose, sugar, fish, nuts, meat and other common foods. Combined with high fibre grains, fruits and vegetables in the diet, expect regular bowel movements synchronized with the frequency of meals – a sign of a naturally health bowel.

Losing Weight Naturally: By taking Hemp Hearts™ as directed, expect to be hunger free until mid-afternoon. Expect reduced cravings for foods with stimulants, sugars, starches and saturated fats. You can safely opt for food choices that are fruit, salads and vegetables knowing that with Hemp Hearts™ you have already consumed all of the essential fats, proteins and most vitamins and other nutrients necessary for promoting good health. With less hunger you will less frequently desire starches and carbohydrates. Customers report losing up to one pound a day.

Increased Energy: Many customers notice increased, long-lasting energy. One elderly lady reported that after her first use of Hemp Hearts™ she cleaned her entire house – her first experience of abundant energy in 20 years. Another elderly lady, who previously found little to value in life, remarked that because of Hemp Hearts™ she now often feels like dancing. Many comment that they are more productive, much more energetic and less affected by stress. Those who eat Hemp Hearts™ every morning, unless they are obese, always experience sufficient energy that they have no need to “pep up” with sweet foods, soft drinks or stimulants.

Healthy Cholesterol Levels: Premature health failure appear as high cholesterol – a sign that veins and arteries have lost their elasticity as a result of an imperfect diet. Hemp Hearts™ are not only cholesterol free, but contain the optimum ratio of the polyunsaturated essential fatty acids, Omega 3 and 6 – hemp oil contains 57% linoleic (LA) and 19% linolenic (LNA) acids. When added to the diet, in a whole, natural and a cold processed food, like Hemp Hearts™, improves cholesterol profiles. Hemp oil also contains some GLA (gamma-linolenic acid) that is absent from the fats we normally eat, but considered to be beneficial to health by nutritional experts.

A Natural Way to Control Blood Sugars: Premature health failure may also appear as Type II diabetes – a sign that relevant organs are no longer capable of processing the sweet and starchy foods that are too often consumed. The first steps in naturally balancing blood sugars is to introduce a high quality lean protein in your diet – the glucagon released when you eat protein helps keep insulin in check, then incorporate essential fatty acids, both found in Hemp Hearts™. By avoiding refined carbohydrates – sugars and starches, in favour of high fibre vegetable and whole grain foods, our customers naturally control their blood sugar levels. Diabetics especially, report that circulation improves, often to the extent that they no longer fear losing their feet.

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Get Your pH Balanced!

PH balance, is the balance of acid and alkaline, in all fluids and cells in the body. Body pH Balance is critical to maintaining wellness and preventing illness. , if body pH balance is not in equilibrium it will create an environment where disease can thrive. Yet few medical practitioners in Western medicine are even aware of how it plays a major role in causing almost all disease.
The foundation of healthy pH balance is in drinking plenty of alkaline water. Seaweed is a great supplement for restoring your pH balance as it contains a mixture of red, brown and green marine algae.

If you suspect your Ph balance is out of order, and most of the Western world falls in that category, it is important to consider a change in lifestyle and nutrition.

Realizing the importance of pH balance to good health and an overall disease free body is the first step to good health. You will know when your pH balance is corrected as you will have more energy and vitality.
It is easy to check your pH balance with a saliva litmus test. You can get the tester at your local pharmacy. The human body’s ideal pH balance is around 7.

Medicine does not cure; it simply treats symptoms. In the case of cancer, it will attempt to kill malignant cells. Proper nutrition, on the other hand, may not only keep you from those dreaded diseases but fortify cells that are out of pH balance.

The concept of pH balance may be novel to you and somewhat confusing, but it is actually fairly simple. By becoming aware of acidic and akaline foods that you eat it should be relatively easy to maintain a healhty pH balance.

In conclusion, since pH balance is maintained through the proper nutrition the body needs, it is most crucial to consider taking the steps you can to help avoid cancer and disease. pH balance is indeed foundational to experiencing a higher quality of health, and thus a higher quality of life.

Talked Lifestyle with your Doctor?

Not long ago, I asked a friend of mine if he had seen his doctor recently?

He scoffed and said “why, so we can discuss lifestyle” I laughed, but it brings to mind the fact that I believe we all know the difference between right and wrong, in the literal sense, and in the sense of how it relates to our overall health.

We certainly know, that fast food is, for the most part NO GOOD for us, and that whole unprocessed foods are good for us. Sounds simple enough, but unfortunately, few people actually follow through on their hunches, about what is good for them.

I believe, you can insure your health yourself, by following a few simple principals, and we will be exploring those principals, here in, The Thrash. But at the end of the day, it still boils down to diet and exercise, and finding the right combination of it all for YOU! We are all unique and different, therefore what is right for one of us, is not necessarily, what is right for all of us.

Individuality of diet and exercise plans, is what we need to concentrate on, to find our own personal Optimum Health Zone! This blog is my personal journey to find MINE and I hope the information contained in this blog helps you find YOURS!

Insure Your Health Yourself!

I have always believed in the human body’s ability to heal itself, on it’s own, if given the time that is needed for it to do it’s job! Having said that there is a lot more that goes into preparing oneself for self healing.

One of the biggest steps, is having the belief that it is possible. It really starts with some form of cleansing and/or fasting to allow the body to use it’s vital force to heal rather than digest food.

True health cannot be reached until one is at one’s own, shall we say, “fighting weight”.

This must first be done with exercise and diet and ridding the body of any processed or refined food or beverages. Then begin anew with whole healthy foods and lots of water prior to starting any kind of fast or cleansing.

I would suggest that it would take the typical North American a year or so to really make these lifestlye changes towards Optimum Health.