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Heart attack is now better understood as a symptom of widespread inflammation within our body. This inflammation happens for various reasons: Widespread presence of added sugar in our diet, GMO foods introducing unknown proteins in our diet, and also the emotional clogging of our systems due to stress. Here are nine tips to avoid heart attacks:

1. Go to a “zero sugar” diet. Sugar is not just a problem for diabetics. Its pervasive presence in our diet has now turned it into an inflammatory agent. In 1800s we were consuming less than 10 pounds of sugar per year. Today we consume more than 100 pounds! Sugar clogs up our livers causing inflammation in our bodies.

2. Eat whole, fresh, organic, and balanced food. If you must consume animal protein then make sure that it comes from grass fed and farm raised source. Otherwise it is inflammatory. Avoid GMO food. Some of our GMO foods are “engineered” so that they become pest resistant. This happens by introducing genes in the food that produce proteins that bugs do not like. Guess what happens when our bodies have to deal with these proteins? Sometimes these become source of inflammation in our bodies.

3. Get your sun. Get 10 to 30 minutes of daily exposure to the sun. You want direct exposure on the skin without intervening glass. Direct exposure to sun rays reduces blood pressure, softens arteries, improves mood, produces Vitamin D and other hormones that are vital for our well being.
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Have you ever driven down a road and seen a homeless man with a sign and not known what to do to help? A couple in Tacoma Washington have done some research and come up with a $20 backpack that they build and hand over to the homeless.

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Fasting or abstaining from food is a practice held in many religions. Now there is scientific evidence that shows that this can have health benefits too. Prolonged fasting (abstaining from food for a period of 48 hours to 72 hours) is now being researched and the following benefits have been found:

1. Provides protection to the immune system from damage including damage from chemotherapy toxicity. In mice it has been shown to reduce mortality from chemotherapy treatment.
2. “Reboots” and regenerates the immune system. Prolonged fasting cycles done over a period of six months were found to completely regenerate the immune system and get rid of damaged immune cells.

The author of one study said, “Now, if you start with a system heavily damaged by chemotherapy or aging, fasting cycles can generate, literally, a new immune system.” When we starve, our system begins to conserve energy and to do this it kills off old and damaged immune cells. When we begin to eat again, our stem cells kick in and begin to regenerate our immune cells. So when this cycle is repeated multiple times over a period of six months it is equivalent to building a brand new immune system from scratch.

This is exciting news. Those undergoing chemotherapy or those with compromised immune systems can take recourse to a simple tool: Just undergo periodic cycles of fasting over a period of six months to build up a new immune system. For the rest of us there are implications too. We can use fasting to not only help us with our spiritual goals, but also to help tone up our system and improve its health.

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