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16/06/2026

To Age or Not to Age
Community Northwood HIlls

“I’m just getting old” Is a phrase I often hear, it is said to explain why we can do the things we used to, something close to saying “I’m giving up”, but is this even true?

Yes it is true that age is (for the time being) inevitable, but does that mean we should give up on what we love doing… absolutely not! Do we need to adapt, absolutely we do!

There are a great number of elderly people that still hike mountains, perform marathons, dance… live their best lives. So what is going on at a cellular level? Can we heal and grow at any age?

A recent study looking at stem cell therapy in mice. They took stem cells from young mice and implanted them in older mice and visa versa. So what a happenned? . What they found was the old cell behaved like young cells and were able to build cell damage with ease and again visa versa the young cell when in the older mice behaved older.

The answer is the environment in which the stem cells are placed. What I mean is that stem cells when fed with nutrient and oxygen-rich blood, with a good flow of lymphatic fluid to transport them to where they needed to be was all they needed. So what we need to do to remain young forever, OK, we cant do that but we can help. Eat well and do sensible exercises that make sure the blood can flow around the body to where damaged or developing tissue is.

One of the main principles of osteopathy is, if we improve the blood flow to the cells they will start to grow like seeds in the soil or “watering the withering fields” a famous quote from Dr. A.T Still founder of osteopathy was well aware of the regenerative capabilities of the human body.

23/07/2024

More Good news. Love Scientista nd a useful post about how to keep your back ache away for longer.

People who regularly have lower back pain go longer without the discomfort if they incorporate walks into their weekly routines

04/05/2024

Our Last Tip from M Mosley.
We will talk about, sleep, olive oil, light and other factors another time, but for now. MYTH 10
Diet Myth 10. Doing exercise helps you lose weight
It seems incredibly obvious. Do some exercise, burn some calories, lose weight. But that isn’t what actually happens. Part of the problem is that fat is very energy dense. You would need to run for about 36 miles to burn off a single lb of fat. The other problem is that people often reward themselves for doing exercise by having a treat. If you run for a mile you will burn about 120 calories; but if you then decide to eat a small bar of chocolate, you will consume 240 calories. There are lots of benefits to be had from doing exercise, but losing weight is unlikely to be one of them. That said, exercise is a great way of stopping you putting weight back on once you’ve lost it.
Now the above myth needs to be looked into.

We disagree here, see Tim Ferris work and a host of others, on metabolic involvement of exercise on sugars and subsequently weight.

02/05/2024

Diet Myth 8. Don’t weigh yourself more than once a week
Only 2 more myths to go from M Mosley but enjoying them so far.
There is a widely held belief that you shouldn’t weigh yourself more than once a week because then you will become overly obsessed with your weight. Well, I weigh myself several times a week, sometimes more and I have science on my side In a recent study they followed 40 people attending a weight loss programme. Some weighed themselves daily, others weekly, monthly or hardly at all. What they found was that the more often people weighed themselves the more weight they lost.