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habits and replacing them with proven healthy ones.In 1973 Dr. Grossarth-Maticek gave a brief test measuring habitual feelings of pleasure and well-being to thousands of elderly residents of Heidelberg, Germany. Twenty-one years later, he compared the test scores with health status. The results (graph) were amazing: the 300 people who had scored highest turned out to be thirty times more likely to be alive and well 21 years later than the 200 lowest! The practical implications of this experiment are staggering! Though the test focused only on mental factors, it predicted future health more effectively than a much longer test on traditional risk factors such as genetics, lifestyle, smoking and diet. This means that improving your attitudes can make even more difference in your health than, for example, quitting smoking or losing weight. If you take that test right now, you will get an immediate free report on your health prospects based on the data from the experiment.After you have completed the first test, you can take the much longer (20 minutes) second test. The free report from that test will give you very specific suggestions on things you should work on to improve your prospects for a long, healthy life. After you have finished both tests, you can browse through the FAQ page and the Table of Contents which lists a wealth of further details about these experiments and the amazing connection between mental attitudes and good health. Improving health with attitude trainingThough the idea of improving your health prospects by changing attitudes may sound like a fantasy, experiments have shown that a small amount of training spread over a year can be amazingly effective. In 1973 Dr. Grossarth-Maticek, the creator of both of the attitude tests included in this site, also did an amazing experiment which proved just that. He randomly divided 1200 people who had scored poorly on his tests into two equal-sized groups. One group of 600 was given a self-help brochure and six, one-hour training sessions spread over a one year period. The other 600 were given no training or placebo training.When the health status of the two groups was checked 13 years later, 409 of the people given the training were still alive versus only 97 of the equal-sized control group! If you think it's too late for you to change, think again: the average age of the people in the experiment was 58!Can the same kind of amazing improvement in health prospects be done by an interactive web site? I think the answer is yes and I plan to prove it with your help. If you take both tests you will be given an opportunity to enroll in this one-year course for free. All I ask is that you give me feedback to help me improve the effectiveness of the system. If anything is unclear, boring or ineffective please send me E-mail with your specific suggestions. If we succeed together we will make a significant contribution to preventative health care and you will live a longer, healthier life.This web site is created and maintained by
Thomas R Blakeslee, author of The Attitude Factor, a book published in London by Thorsons/Harper-Collins. I hope to see the day when the medical profession and public health agencies will finally integrate this important knowledge into their practice.
virtues of online class discussion boards, live audio and video chats, email exchanges and online team projects that build an active community and lifelong associations. Many classes include telephone conferences, and students meet for coffee.Don't Be a Brain PotatoOnly a pessimist would complain that there isn't an online class or degree program that would fire the imagination and fuel mental well-being. Adult learners can start small and build up a continuing educational repertoire, or they can hitch their minds to an extensive advanced degree program. What better way to complete unfinished educational business and fulfill a lifelong dream of accomplishment?Some colleges require re-entry students to satisfy degree or major requirements; others allow you to enroll in a single course at a time. For those with a strong academic bent, there are associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs. Trade enthusiasts can enroll in an extensive range of career-training programs and vocational education.The wide spectrum of online continuing and adult education offerings will dazzle your forebrain. Consider classes in landscaping, travel and tourism, cooking, locksmithing, automotive mechanics, cosmetology, interior decorating, electronics, bridal consulting, appliance repair, drafting, photography, animal care, nutrition or holistic health. Recently, two Seattle senior citizens who graduated high school in 1933 returned to classes to learn basic computer skills. A single course in software or email programs can reconnect isolated aging Americans with friends and family members who live abroad or in distant cities. Looking to improve your computer skills? You can enroll in a technical course or a simple "how-to" class in using e-mail, graphics design, word processing or artistic rendering software. Retired but want to consult or mentor other business professionals? Enroll in an online M.B.A. degree program and build your credentials.Learn to Live, Live to LearnExcited about finding a new career to augment retirement from your previous career? Enroll in an online teacher training program and prepare for a second life at the head of the class. Or take a real estate sales training course. Devoted to a spiritual life? Sign up for online college or adult-education courses in religious studies.Maybe you'll decide to learn just for the fun of it. Discover online memory development courses, an online clown school, classes in Freud and Shakespeare, and courses in Tarot reading, cloth doll design, aviation ground school, jewelry making, stand-up comedy, star gazing, wine tasting, massage and acupressure, screenwriting, and furniture making.
Philip was a bright, nervous child. He was younger than average in his grade, his mother having started him a year early. He was close to his parents, who divorced when he was 13, and then lived with his mother, who struggled to make ends meet. As he grew up, married, and became a father, he evolved into a worrier. He divorced, remarried shortly after. He joined the military and seemed to enjoy it, but later reported that his job was not fully satisfying, and he felt he hadn't lived up to his potential. He died early, before his 65th birthday, of a heart attack. Philip was one of 1,500 bright children who were tracked for more than 80 years in a massive longitudinal study begun in 1921 by psychologist Lewis Terman. Terman and his successorshe died before many of the childrencollected millions of details about these subjects, including whether they were breast-fed, how much they exercised, what their marriages were like, how satisfying their sex lives were, how satisfying their jobs were. Could this sea of information teach us how to avoid Philip's fate? "Take it easy; don't work so hard, and you will stay healthier." This is rotten advicethe stress that comes from an ambitious career can be beneficial to health.In The Longevity Project (Penguin, $25.95, March 3) the psychology professors Howard S. Friedman and Leslie Martin describe their two-decade-long odyssey to answer that question using Terman's data. Eventually publishing about 50 scholarly papers on the subject, they discovered that many adages promising long lifeget married, exercise regularly, think happy thoughts, don't work so hardare not shortcuts to immortality, and for certain groups of people, they can actually have the opposite effect. For instance, optimistic people have a tendency to ignore details, meaning they don't follow doctor's orders correctly or lead themselves into unhealthy situations or addictions. It was the conscientious peoplecareful, sometimes even neurotic, but not catastrophizingwho lived longer, write Friedman and Martin, researchers at the University of California, Riverside. And, their studies show, some of what we think will benefit our children may actually rob them of years later in life. In the Terman study, precocious, active children who were sent to school a year early, as Philip was, tended to have emotional problems that led to unhealthy behaviors and shortened life span. The list of findings goes on and on, and what emerges is that each individual, like Philip, has a constellation of behaviors and experiences that determine the quality and the quantity of their life. Though some of them are not under our controldid your parents divorce? Too bad for you!others, like finding a community of friends who need your help and can help you, are eminently achievable. I spoke with Dr. Friedman about what we can learn from The Longevity Project.Most psychological studies collect data from small groups of subjects over relatively short periods of time. How is working with this giant trove of information different?An 80-year rich archive on so many people is simply unprecedented. After we discover some important correlationsay, women who are
religious tend to live longer than nonreligious womenit allows us to return to the archive to do another study investigating the reasons for what we have found. (In that case, the added longevity turned out to be because of increased social interactions through a church, a benefit the nonreligious can reap too.)For example, when we discovered that the people who were hard workers, accomplished, and successful lived the longest, we of course looked at what specific behaviors of successful people might contribute to health. But we were also able to look back and study what larger patterns in their lifestyles led these people to be both successful and long-lived. It can take a year or more to do each follow-up study, but we get a deep understanding that hasn't otherwise been possible. This is what is thrilling to meto go beyond the trivial. I don't really much care whether walnuts have more omega-3 fatty acids than pecans; I want to know which fundamental patterns of living lead to long, healthy lives. You found that certain clusters of behaviors and personality traits relate to longevity. What were a few of the most counterintuitive connections you uncovered? One of our longevity myths is "Get married, and you will live longer." The data tell a different story. Marriage was health-promoting primarily for men who were well-suited to marriage and had a good marriage. For the rest, there were all kinds of complications. For example, women who got divorced often thrived. Even women who were widowed often did exceptionally well. It often seemed as if women who got rid of their troublesome husbands stayed healthymost women, it seemed, can rely on their friends and other social ties. Men who got and stayed divorced, on the other hand, were at really high risk for premature mortality. It would have been better had they not married at all. "Take it easy; don't work so hard, and you will stay healthier." This is rotten advicethe stress that comes from an ambitious career can be beneficial to health. "Worrying is very bad for your health." This is not all true. We found lots of instances where worrying was healthy, especially for men.And which, on the flip side, were intuitive? Some of our findings seem obvious in retrospect. But they were mostly overlooked by health scientists until we published our findings. One breakthrough finding was that conscientious children and conscientious adults stay healthier and live significantly longer. This discovery has now been widely replicated by other scientists and is a focus of current research worldwide. There are three reasons conscientious people tend to stay healthier and live longer. The first, and perhaps most obvious, is that conscientious people do more things to protect their health. They engage in fewer risky activities like smoking, drinking to excess, abusing drugs, or driving too fast. The second, and not obvious, reason for the health benefits of conscientiousness is that some people actually seem to be biologically predisposed both to have that personality trait and to be healthier. They are less prone to a whole
host of diseases, not just those caused by dangerous habits. It appears likely that conscientious and unconscientious people have different levels of certain chemicals in their brains, including serotonin, which may be involved. The third and most intriguing reason they live longer is that having a conscientious personality leads people into healthier situations and relationships. They find their way to happier marriages, better friendships, and healthier work environments. And these things, we found, were key for longer life. One especially interesting connection was that career accomplishments, rather than indicating increased stressed and shortened life, indicated longer life. How can people apply this to their choice of career, or the way they approach their career?We found that it didn't much matter whether you found your dream job. All you young people out there, take note. Many Terman subjects found themselves in less-than-ideal jobs and yet attained great success and satisfaction; they thrived. It was clear that working hard to overcome adversity or biting off more than you can chewand then chewing itdoes not generally pose a health risk. Striving to accomplish your goals, setting new aims when milestones are reached, and staying engaged and productive are exactly what those heading to a long life tend to do. The long-lived didn't shy away from hard work; the exact opposite seemed true. On the other hand, if you hate your co-workers and have many job demands but inadequate resources to accomplish anything worthwhile, then it is time to look for new employment. Some of the connections you uncovered relate not only to what we might want to change in our own lives, but what we might do to cause our children to follow healthy paths.Yesas it turned out, starting formal schooling at a very early age turned out not to be a very good idea for most. Children need unstructured play time, and they need to get along with their peers; starting out young seemed to alienate them. On the other hand, those children who faced stresses early in life but who bounced back by young adulthood were able to overcome early threats to their later health and lived long lives. Depending on the circumstances, a traumatic event such as parental divorce could actually contribute to a longer life, if the child learned to be resilient. You found that many of the stopgap measures we force on ourselves don't have the expected effects. What should we give up on, as longevity promoters, and what should we strive for instead? Health advice has been mostly a public health failure. When John F. Kennedy became president he immediately began emphasizing the importance of physical health and the role of government in promoting fitness. Fifty-mile hikes became a fad. This was the same year that Dr. Ancel Keys, a prominent doctor who also happened to be a Terman subject, was featured on the cover of Time magazine telling Americans that they ate too much. Now, half a century later, most segments of the American population are more obese and less fit than ever. This doesn't mean that President
Kennedy's efforts were misguided or caused today's problems. But it does suggest that such traditional approacheslists of recommendations, New Year's resolutions, and so onare often ineffective over the long term. You need to make changes that will be sustainable in the long term. We say, if you don't like jogging, don't jog! Instead, begin doing things that you really enjoy and can keep up, like a walk at lunchtime with a friend or vigorous gardening. Follow the healthy Terman participants, who grew up before gyms or running shoes even existed: develop those patterns, whatever they are, that get you up and out of your chair. I hope the findings and perspectives we report in The Longevity Project change the nature of the discussion of how to stay healthy. Our studies suggest that a society with more conscientious and goal-oriented citizens, well-integrated into their communities, is likely to be a society of health and long life. Of course, this will be especially helpful if the community also has clean and safe air, water, and food, as well as good schools and safe streets. But few appreciate the extent to which mental health and social health are the close companions of physical health. And few fully grasp the importance of developing the social patterns that let each individual find an appropriate way forward, step by step. This is why we emphasize both the uniqueness of each person and the common healthy behavioral patterns we uncovered. Each of us has to make our own way to long life.
lifestyle changes can not only help overall health, but also improve memory and brain function," Small said. "Our next step is to assess the individual effects of each lifestyle strategy, which may help us develop an optimal combination.The study was funded by the Fran and Ray Stark Foundation Fund for Alzheimer's Disease Research, the Judith Olenick Elgart Fund for Research on Brain Aging and the Parlow Solomon Professorship on Aging. Study co-authors also were from UCLA and included Dr. Daniel Silverman, Prabha Siddarth, Linda Ercoli, Karen Miller, Dr. Helen Lavretsky, Dr. Benjamin Wright, Susan Bookheimer, Jorge Barrio and Michael Phelps. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, published monthly, is the official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and can be found online at http://www.ajgponline.org/.
These approaches can be thought of as "hurdles" the pathogen has to overcome if it is to remain active in the food. The right combination of hurdles can ensure all pathogens are eliminated or rendered harmless in the final product.[25]Hurdle technology has been defined by Leistner (2000) as an intelligent combination of hurdles that secures the microbial safety and stability as well as theorganoleptic and nutritional quality and the economic viability of food products.[26] The organoleptic quality of the food refers to its sensory properties, that is its look, taste, smell, and texture.Examples of hurdles in a food system are high temperature during processing, low temperature during storage, increasing the acidity, lowering the water activity or redox potential, and the presence of preservatives or biopreservatives. According to the type of pathogens and how risky they are, the intensity of the hurdles can be adjusted individually to meet consumer preferences in an economical way, without sacrificing the safety of the product.[25]Principal hurdles used for food preservation (after Leistner, 1995)[27][28]ParameterSymbolApplicationHigh temperatureFHeatingLow temperatureTChilling, freezingReduced water activityawDrying, curing, conservingIncreased aciditypHAcid addition or formationReduced redox potentialEhRemoval of oxygen or addition of ascorbateBiopreservativesCompetitive flora such as microbial fermentationOther preservativesSorbates, sulfites, nitritesSee also[edit]Food portalBlast chillingFood engineeringFood microbiologyFood packagingFood rheologyFood scienceFood spoilageFreeze-dryingFresherizedList of dried foodsList of pickled foodsList of smoked foodsRefrigerate after openingShelf-life
trazidas de volta. O cerebro nao armazena cada uma de suas memorias em celulas cerebrais distintas ou isoladas, ou seja neuronios. Em vez disso , a memoria esta armazenada em redes de neuronios interligados. Se um morre, o cerebro pode restabelecer essa conexao, atraves de circuitos redundantes com outros neuronios. A medida que envelhecemos nossas ramificacoes aumentam, como uma arvore do crescimento. As ramificacoes extras compensam a morte dos neuronios. Todas as celulas cerebrais tem ramificacoes chamadas dendritos. E atraves dessas conexoes que os pensamentos viajam Quanto mais conexoes melhor o cerebro funciona. Quando uma conexao deixa de existir ela pode ser substituida por outra. As frequencias cerebrais -ONDAS CEREBRAIS FREQUENCIA (*CPS) NIVEL DELTA: de 1/2 a 4 CPS - Inconsciencia TETA: de 5 a 7 CPS - Sono Profundo ALFA: de 8 a 13 CPS - Sono Confortavel BETA: de 14 a 40 CPS - Consciencia Tranquilidade <---- 19 ----> Excitacao * CPS = A ciclos por segundo Frequencia ideal : 19 CPS Boa saude, Inteligencia, Concentracao e Relaxamento Frequencia de risco : 21 CPS Estresse e ansiedade, Imunidades vulneraveis. Perda de concentracao e da memoria. Frequencia patologica : 80 CPS Ataque Epileptico Convulsoes. Problemas psicossomaticos sao problemas simplesmente causados pela mente, (Psique) que interferem no corpo (Soma). Em ALFA podemos separar o "Psique" do "Soma" . Dessa forma a mente encontra as solucoes para os problemas fisicos. Durante a atividade diaria, normalmente as pessoas encontram-se no nivel BETA , isto , emitindo 21 ondas cerebrais por segundo. Se ha uma excitacao, raiva, contrariedade, apreensao, ou emocao , o nivel se eleva para a faixa dos 21 a 25 CPS. De acordo com o grau de excitacao esses valores poderao subir ainda mais. Quase todos estao de acordo e, dentre eles a comunidade medica e cientifica , de que a ansiedade e o estresse sao os grandes agressores do homem moderno, que vive nas grandes cidades. O corpo somatiza o que se passa na mente, e aparecem as doencas. Isso acontece porque os mecanismos que controlam as imunidades se enfraquecem, propiciando a acao dos germes e virus que circulam no sangue. Quando o sistema imunologico esta OK ele se encarrega de propiciar as defesas necessarias das doencas. Os niveis elevados das ondas cerebrais, provocam a perda de concentracao e a memoria se torna fraca . Com o ciclo excessivamente alto, os pensamentos se substituem com grande rapidez , sem se fixarem, tornando a mente confusa. Uma grande energia e produzida e a mente a dissipa atraves de reacoes fisicas . Pessoas mais idosas, retemperam-se cochilando. Estao em ALFA. Isso e muito bom. Uma das maneiras de entrar no nivel ALFA e atraves da meditacao. Ela reduz as ondas cerebrais e separa a mente do corpo. Quando voce chega cansado da rua e senta-se numa poltrona descontraidamente, de olhos fechados e sem nenhuma preocupacao, o seu cerebro comeca a produzir o ritmo ALFA. A diferenca entre sentar descontraido numa poltrona e entrar no ritmo ALFA e que ao entrar cientificamente nos niveis inferiores voce permanece o tempo que desejar. Sabe que esta
profundamente relaxado. Ao sair dele sabe que ao abrir os olhos tera entrado no estado BETA. Para minimizar o estresse e bom lembrar de que voce caminha nas batidas de seu coracao e nao no ritmo do tique-taque do seu relogio.