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In the November issue of Men’s Health they have a fantastic article of 50 Ways to Beat the Reaper. It’s a great read with many tips to help you add years to your life. Each tip is backed by some scientific study. I thought I’d mix it up and create a plan to incorporate as many of them as possible into one day.
7:00AM - Wake up
7:15AM - Have some Shreaded Wheat for breakfast (it has no refined grains or sugar unlike many other cereals). (Also, having breakfast within the first 90 minutes of your day will make you less likely to be obese). Or consider this cheap and healthy breakfast.)
7:15AM - Have a red grapefruit (lowers bad LDL cholesterol by 20%)
7:15AM - Have an 8-ounce glass of water with that cereal. 5 glasses reduce your chance of a fatal heart attack by 54%.
7:15AM - Take a 250 Magnesium pill with that class of water
10:15AM - Drink an 8-ounce glass of water (become 40% less likely to die of any cause)
12:15PM - Have some berries with your lunch (reduce risk of stroke and cut risk of cancer)
12:25PM - Pop a couple of Hershey’s Kisses (Dark Chocolate). Reduces risk of dying of heart disease.
12:25PM - Take a multivitamin (helps prevent DNA damage that causes cancer)
12:25PM - Take a fish oil pill (reduce your risk of stroke)
12:25PM - Have some mint tea with lunch (reduce risks associated with diabetes by 52%)
12:30PM - Watch a funny video (improves the bloodflow to your heart by 50%)
2:30PM - If possible grab a 30-minute nap (reduce your risk of coronary death by 37%)
1:15PM - Drink an 8-ounce glass of water
4:15PM - Drink an 8-ounce glass of water
6:00PM - Exercise off 150 calories (burning 1,100 calories a week prevents the accumulation of body fat… it can lower your blood pressure by 13 points as well… you’ll feel 61% less stressed ). I recommend swimming
6:20PM - Lift some weights (reduce stroke risk by 40% and heart attack risk by 15%)
6:45PM - Have a watercress salad with dinner (increase lutein and betacarotene to fight cancer)
6:45PM - Top that salad with olive oil and vinegar (olive oil reduces cancer risk, vinegar slows the absorption of carbs, limiting insulin spikes)
7:15PM - Drink an 8-ounce glass of water
11:00PM - Go to sleep. (getting the right amount of sleep is healthy)
This isn’t meant to be an all inclusive plan. I left some things off like specific lunch and dinner options as they weren’t mentioned in the article.
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November 28th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Nice post! Although I find it hard that a person can go swimming, lift weights and have a salad all within 45 minutes!! This seems like a very nice plan but for beginners it will probably be a very strict schedule to follow.