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  • How to Live Forever or at least to 100

    How to Live Forever or at least to 100

     

    imageNewsweek, US News and World Report and the National Geographic Magazines have all written articles about living a long life.  Each of the articles was unique and interesting in their own right. But one thing each had in common…they all recommend living like a Seventh-day Adventist!  What’s so special about how Seventh-day Adventists live you may ask?  Being a Seventh-day Adventist myself I was a bit curious what the scientists thought myself.
    imageI had my own ideas of the benefits, but I wanted to learn more about what the research said and what I learned was compelling! I wanted to share all that information with you along with some great family recipes!  That is really why we wrote our book to tell everyone about the secrets of the Adventist lifestyle.  So more people could enjoy healthier, happier lives!
    So if you want to learn the secrets that keep Seventh-day Adventists on top of the list of long living people, get a copy of the book and give your family “Something Better”.image

  • Learning From The Blue Zones: Get Moving

     

    imageBeing active is very important to health and longevity.  Not necessarily “exercise” fore the sake of exercising but getting up and moving everyday.  Doing daily activities that require movement walking and playing with the kids, gardening, volunteering, packing and moving boxes.  Unfortunately in today’s society with all of it’s conveniences make it it is harder to find ways to be active. So we must be deliberate about it if we want to receive the short and long term benefits.
    In the short term, it can produce such benefits as reducing stress, boosting brain power, and improving your mood. At the same time, an active lifestyle can also protect in the long run against high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes—cutting your risk right in half. Living the Adventist lifestyle doesn’t guarantee you will live to be 100 or never get sick, but the studies do show that the choice to be active now definitely affects your quality of life—both now and in the future.

  • The One Thing You Can Do To Help Your Kids Resist Peer Pressure! And Save You A Lot of Heartache!

    The One Thing You Can Do To Help Your Kids Resist Peer Pressure! And Save You A Lot of Heartache!

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    Did you know that less than 25% of families sit down to eat together?  Are you one of those families?  Just sitting down together as a family will help your kids be…

    42% less likely to drink
    50% less likely to smoke
    66% Less likely to smoke marijuana

    and they do much better academically.
    Don’t you want those things for you kids!  If you don’t have a plan to succeed, you plan to fail.  So make meal planning a priority for your family and eat together more often starting this week.

     
    Here is my menu plan. Check out Meal Planning Monday for other great ideas.
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    Monday:  Pot Roast and Veggies (from the Vegan Diner)
    PLAN AHEAD: Soak Beans, Make Granola
    Tuesday:  Burritos with roasted vegetables
    Wednesday: Leftover Day
    Thursday: Chili and Baked Potato
    PLAN AHEAD: Make sauce and Tofu Ricotta
    Friday: Baked Ziti (Make for the school hot lunch)
    Saturday: Sandwiches and Fruit for Pathfinders

  • Blue Zone Living–Getting Older without Growing “OLD”–Part 2

    Blue Zone Living–Getting Older without Growing “OLD”–Part 2

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    This is the reason we wrote Give Them Something Better….

    Dan Buettner found four Blue Zones or areas where people live longer and happier lives.  As you would expect, most of these people were found in secluded places. They were found in Okinawa, Japan, consuming soy foods on a regular basis. They were discovered in Sardinia, Italy, enjoying a Mediterranean diet. They were located in the pristine serenity of the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. However, The one I found most intriguing was the American Blue Zone.

     

    Specifically the research centered in Loma Linda California, a small suburb of Los Angels of all places. However Buettner admits that the American Blue Zone is really more of a cultural Blue Zone than a geographical one.

    You see, the majority of people that live in Loma Linda are Seventh-day Adventist Christians and all of the Seventh-day Adventists across America who follow the church teachings about health live an average of 10 years longer than their American counterparts. How do they do it?  They live in the same society, surrounded by the same choices, fast food at every corner, yet they have a lower risk of all of the big lifestyle diseases that plague our country.

    The study showed four major factors in their longevity; exercising regularly; eating a plant-based diet; taking a day off each week; and living with a purpose.

     

    Since Sarah and I are both Seventh-day Adventists we decided to share our recipes with you so that we can all live longer and happier lives.

  • Blue Zone Living–How to grow older without getting “old”

    Blue Zone Living–How to grow older without getting “old”

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    This is Ellsworth Wareham he is 95 years old and lives in a beautiful home in the mountains of San Bernardino Valley He needed an 8-foot-high wooden fence to border the steep edge of his property. A local contractor quoted a price of $5,000 to build the fence.He did a little math and realized he could buy the materials from a local hardware store and do it himself for just $2,000.

    He had the money and he was more than 90 years old but he decided to build it himself…Why? How?   And for that matter why and how does he still perform heart surgery at his age? 
    His story is truly amazing.  Did he just get good genes or does he eat some special berry that keeps him fit and active at 95 years old?  I think we need to find out!
    Dan Buettner author of the National Geographic Study “Secrets of Longevity” and New York Times best-seller “Blue Zones,” has spent years learning what makes people live longer healthier and happier lives. He found four areas where people live the longest and he has dubbed them the “Blue Zones”. 
    I am part of that Blue Zone culture who has been promoting healthy, plant-based diet for more than 150 years.  I made the change myself 15 years ago from a standard American diet to a healthy, whole-foods, plant-based diet and love to help others make that life changing decision to eat healthy and give their own families something better

    Buettner, Dan. The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest. National Geographic Society, 2008.