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Two Main Secrets of Hunza Longevity

By Ramesh Bjonnes 

In 2010, a couple of years after we opened the Prama Institute, we hosted a retreat with Mayan Abdominal Massage Therapist Rosita Arvigo. Each morning, before breakfast, I would see Dr. Arvigo stir a brown paste in a cup and then consume it with a spoon.

When I asked her what it was, she said: “Oh, it’s just cacao. My teacher, Don Elijo Panti, told me that if I want to live as long as him, then I have to eat this every morning.”

In the form of liquid cacao, Dr. Arvigo was ingesting a concentrated form of antioxidants, since cacao has almost three times as many of these health and longevity nutrients as wild blue berries.

Her teacher, Don Elijo Panti, heralded by the New York Times as “The last Maya master healer in Belize,” was promoting something that nutritional science has recently discovered: large doses of antioxidants are important for longevity. Don Elijo, I later learned, died at 103.

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Alkaline vs Acidic Foods: Dispelling the Main Myths

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By Ramesh Bjonnes

Are you confused about all the hoopla about whether an alkaline diet is good for you or not? Have you started to think that drinking lots of water and juice to become alkaline is just another diet hype? Then you are not alone.

Just Google the concepts, or go on youtube, and you will hear from various experts claiming to tell the truth. Vegan and raw food proponents will tell you that alkaline food is important, because an acidic body is an unhealthy and toxic body. While experts who adhere to the paleo or the ketogenic diets, which are high in animal protein, will claim that the need for alkaline food is just a myth. So who is telling the truth?

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The Case for Universal, Single-Payer Health Care

Full medicare for all is the goal of Ralph Nader and others who believe that universal health care is a basic human right.  In this essay consumer advocate Ralph Nader explains why the Affordable Health Care Law (Obamacare) doesn't go far enough.

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Should Garlic Be a Staple?

Bad breath is the least of the problems caused by eating garlic, writes Ravi Logan who looks at evidence that garlic impairs mental functions and clouds spiritual clarity.

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Herbs for Living

Two researchers from India present the medicinal benefits of three widely used herbs

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