A Balanced Lifestyle Can Be Beneficial For Your Good Health and Longevity
Recently I saw an article on sciencedaily.com how caffeine improved memory loss in aged mice induced to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The article began with the angle that “Coffee drinkers may have another reason to pour that extra cup.” It went on to discuss back-to-back studies published online July 6 in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease that showed that caffeine significantly decreased abnormal levels of the protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease, both in the brains and in the blood of mice exhibiting symptoms of the disease.
However, before you opt to add an extra cuppa to your daily intake, let me, Dr. Jamie Phillips warn you that also on the website, under “Related Stories,” were at least two articles regarding studies that professed to prove the negative effects of caffeine, “Morning Jolt of Caffeine May Mask Serious Sleep Problems,” and “Coffee Consumption Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Attack For Persons With Certain Gene Variation.”
In my experience, I’ve noticed that there are conceivably many studies that will confirm, or at least give credence to, almost any point of view, especially when it has to do with health and longevity. The “yin-yang” of caffeine benefits-deficits certainly aren’t, by any means, the only ones. But, it did get me to thinking about the likelihood that there will not ever be just “one thing” that will with absolute certainty assist we, humans, in living longer, healthier lives. We are dynamic, biological beings. We aren’t raised in unnatural confinement We are free to participate in life. And, furthermore, though Alzheimer’s disease apparently is on the rise, obviously we, cage-free humans, have not been “singled out to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease,” therefore caffeine isn’t entirely the “one thing” that will reverse or prevent it.
Our body is a splendid, intricate system that is designed to function homeostasis (balance). It is likely, then, that good health has more to do with a healthy, balanced attitude towards living, instead of our being briefly convinced by the latest health study and “doing” or “overdoing” one particular thing fooling ourselves into believing that it will reverse all of the other over-indulgent and harmful things we do to our bodies.
As a doctor of chiropractic in Santa Barbara, it is my belief that every single day we have an opportunity to make decisions that will assist us to live longer, healthier lives, healthy choices for our body and mind. When it comes to what is good for us, we know what genuinely “feels” right and what doesn’t. So, the next time you reach for that extra cup of coffee or that second glass of red wine, I hope that you’ll think about this. Neither one of those things is the “one thing” that will do “everything” for your age-related health issues.
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