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A Balanced Lifestyle Is The Key to Good Health and LongevityRecently I found an article on sciencedaily.com about a study performed on aged mice raised to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and the boost that caffeine gave to improving memory loss. The article began with the angle that “Coffee drinkers may have another reason to pour that extra cup.” It continued by reporting on a sequence of studies published online July 6 in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease that proved that caffeine significantly decreased abnormal levels of the protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease, both in the brains and in the blood of mice displaying symptoms of the disease. But, before you decide to add another cup of coffee to your daily routine, let me, Dr. Jamie Phillips elaborate by saying that also on the website, under “Related Stories,” were a couple of articles reporting on studies that showed 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.” It seems to me that there are conceivably many studies that will confirm, or at least bolster, almost any point of view, particularly when it comes to health and longevity. The “yin-yang” of caffeine benefits-deficits certainly aren’t, of course, the only ones. Even so, it did get me to considering about the likelihood that there will never be just “one thing” that will incontrovertibly help we, humans, to live longer, healthier lives. Humans are dynamic, biological beings. We aren’t raised in a cage! We are actively engaged in life. And, furthermore, though Alzheimer’s disease apparently is on the rise, obviously none of us has been “artificially induced to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease,” therefore caffeine isn’t absolutely the “one thing” that will reverse or prevent it. Our body is an exquisite, intricate system that is designed to function homeostasis, that is to say, balance. It makes sense, then, that good health has more to do with a healthy, balanced way of living, rather than our being momentarily 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 unhealthy things we have done to our bodies. I believe, as a doctor of chiropractic in Santa Barbara, 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. We know what actually “feels” beneficial and what doesn’t when it comes to what is good for us. So, I just wanted to offer a little something for you to keep in mind the next time you consider having that extra cup of coffee or second glass of red wine. There is no “one thing” that will do “everything” for your good health.
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