Are longevity tips really "secrets"?

Since I was young,  I have  been fascinated by the effects of nutrition, exercise and lifestyle on the quality of one's health, fitness and happiness in general.

By reading extensively on wellness related subjects, I discovered new ideas and concepts, and  wanted to try them on myself, to verify their validity.

With pleasant surprise,  most of them really had an impact on me and made a tremendous difference in the quality  and enjoyment of my life.

Now that, I am approaching my 7th decade as a living human, I feel a vigour and zest for life that I don't even remember I had when I was in my 30s.

The subject of longevity and the prolongation of youth is a complex one. And there is not a single formula that applies like a blanket to everyone.  Nor all the experts have a consensus on everything it’s been thought and said.

There are of course genetical factors - that is, an individual’s own make up, which plays a determining role. This is so in spite of many violations of  good health pivotal principles. For example, sometimes one hears about a 98 year old man in South America who smoked big cigars during all his life, and, in spite of that seems to be leading a relatively active and  normal life, and one can’t help but to become dumbfounded.

There are also nutritional, lifestyle and psychological factors, which can have a huge impact on one’s life expectancy and enjoyment.

Some of the healthy discoveries  or “secrets” in this blog were made by doctors and nutrition scientists. Some others  were tested empirically, by ‘trial and success’, usually by unknown peoples  from ancient and exotic  cultures.

The reason they are called “secrets”, is simply because  they are so  little known by the general public. This is due to many reasons, among which the misinformation created by mass advertising by the big sickness-oriented food corporations of this world, including the milk dairies and sugar stuffed products of big corporations sold as good nutritional food.

By sheer personal interest, I discovered these  “secrets” by reading and travelling; by talking to the people who practice these things, or eat this stuff, or do these exercises.   

I'm just back from a visit to Paraguay, in South America,  where I visited a Stevia processing plant. Don’t worry if you don’t know at the moment what Stevia is. I will be telling you all about it in future posts.

I also visited in Paraguay a sugar refinery, which laid bare to me the appalling methods and ingredients used by these factories for the refining process of white sugar. It is no wonder there was a sharp decline in heart related diseases during War World II in Europe due to the rationing of sugar.

I will be uncovering them to you through the posts in this blog. And I’m sure you have done your own discoveries, and I will be delighted to hear your experiences, and to listen to your comments. I look forward to learning from them and sharing them with the readers.

 My goal with this Blogg is to inform you, the reader, of discoveries, past and present, of what we, as individuals, can  do to stay young for longer. I would like to hear from you too because this is an area of no monopoly by any single individual.