{"id":2336,"date":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","slug":"three-foods-to-avoid-if-you-want-to-live-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/08\/three-foods-to-avoid-if-you-want-to-live-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Foods to Avoid If You Want to Live Longer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n What you put into your body can have a significant impact on your long-term health.\n <\/p>\n

\n And while it\u2019s true that the occasional junk food snack won\u2019t have a lasting impact, chronically eating junk foods is a sure-fire way to slowly kill yourself and shorten your life span.\n <\/p>\n

\n If you want to live a long and healthy life, there are some foods you simply must avoid.\n <\/p>\n

\n 1. White Bread
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\n White bread has a few major flaws. Most white bread is made from little more than high fructose corn syrup and all-purpose flour. The flour has had all of the nutrients, including fat, fiber, and vitamins, removed from it in order to make it shelf stable.\n <\/p>\n

\n It\u2019s considered a simple carbohydrate which means that your body begins digesting it almost before you finish chewing.\n <\/p>\n

\n The sugars from the white bread are almost immediately absorbed into your body and cause a spike in blood sugar. Over time this constant spike in blood sugar causes your body to become out of balance and can lead to insulin resistance and
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\n diabetes
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\n It causes systemic inflammation which is the precursor to all disease including cancer and
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\n cardiovascular disease
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\n Essentially, white bread doesn\u2019t do your body any favors and it can cause harm if it\u2019s consumed often. Instead, look for whole grain bread that is naturally sweetened.\n <\/p>\n

\n The same is true for any bread type food including bagels, biscuits, muffins, and pancakes and waffles too.\n <\/p>\n

\n 2. Fried Food
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\n Fried foods are generally high in saturated fat, usually from a genetically modified crop like canola or soy, and they\u2019re often high in sugar and starchy carbohydrates. Let\u2019s take a piece of chicken as an example.\n <\/p>\n

\n The chicken is coated in white flour and then dropped into a vat of processed oil. The oil likely contains trans-fats, which have been shown to cause
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\n heart disease
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\n Additionally, fried foods are associated with
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\n high blood pressure
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\n , high cholesterol,
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\n diabetes
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\n ,
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\n cardiovascular disease
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\n and a higher incidence of stroke. And frying foods in processed oils causes a carcinogenic substance called acrylamide to form.\n <\/p>\n

\n 3. Sugar
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\n Sugar is difficult to avoid. It\u2019s in everything from ketchup to deli meat. It\u2019s even added to reduced and low fat milk. What many people are unaware of is that sugar causes inflammation in your cells and tissues. Inflammation is the first sign of disease.\n <\/p>\n

\n It\u2019s the foundation of any condition including cancer and
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\n heart disease
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\n . Reducing your consumption of sugar can have a significant impact on your health. You\u2019ll lose weight almost immediately. You\u2019ll also have more energy and vitality.\n <\/p>\n

\n Consider stevia as a healthy sugar alternative.\n <\/p>\n

\n Eliminating sugar isn\u2019t easy but it can be done. Pay attention to the sugar you\u2019re eating and one by one, start eliminating sugary foods from your diet.\n <\/p>\n

\n Changing your diet is easier when you make small changes. Identify one unhealthy eating habit and work to change that one. One small step at a time and you\u2019ll be on the path to a healthy diet and a happy life.\n <\/p>\n

\n What is Aging?
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\n Some scientists and physicians suggest that aging is a \u2018disease\u2019. This is not a fair description. Aging is not a disease but part of the process of life itself!\n <\/p>\n

\n You cannot reverse aging but you can help slow it down to an optimal level which nature intended. So, how long should we live for? This is a subject of much debate and disagreement.\n <\/p>\n

\n Some scientists claim extraordinary times\u2026200+ years. However, this is really in the realm of science fiction.\n <\/p>\n

\n The position of
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\n Xtend-Life
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\n is that it is possible to live to the projected maximum human life span of 120 years. To achieve this, your life has to be well balanced! In other words, your lifestyle, your diet, the amount of exercise you do, the environment you live in and your nutrient intake have to be as close as possible to optimal.\n <\/p>\n

\n To learn more about how aging occurs and ways to slow down your biological clock, visit
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\n Xtend-Life’s Overview of Anti-Aging
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\n research page today.
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What you put into your body can have a significant impact on your long-term health. And while it\u2019s true that the occasional junk food snack won\u2019t have a lasting impact, chronically eating junk foods is a sure-fire way to slowly kill yourself and shorten your life span. If you want to live a long and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}