Can YOU Slow Down YOUR Aging Process?

What if there was something you could do that would slow down the rate at which you were aging?

Sounds too good to be true?

Not according to the latest developments in the Anti-Aging market.

Many top researches believe that the bio-marker responsible for determining a person’s aging process is the Telomere of the chromosome.

The human body is made up of 100 trillion cells and every cell contains a nucleus.  Inside the nucleus are the chromosomes that contain your genes.  The chromosome is made up of two “arms,” and each arm contains a single molecule DNA, which is essentially a string of beads made up of units called bases.

A typical DNA molecule is about 100 million bases long.    The last 15,000 of these bases is the Telomere.   It is believed that you are conceived with 15,000 Telomeres, born with 10,000, and die when the number reaches approximately 5,000.

Bad News! Diet and Exercise won’t STOP the shortening process!

You can, however, ACCELERATE your telomere shortening with an unhealthy lifestyle such as obesity, lack of exercise, psychological stress and smoking, which all cause FREE RADICALS.

Decrease YOUR Free Radicals and Live Longer!

If you eat healthy, exercise, reduce your stress levels, and take antioxidants you will DECREASE the free radicals in your body and the rate of your telomere shortening.

The best and most powerful antioxidant available is Glutathione (GSH), AND your body makes it!

Yes, that’s right!  Your body makes one of the most powerful antioxidants available and by INCREASING its levels in your body you will decrease the rate of your telomere shortening.

How do you Increase Glutathione levels?

Here is the dilemma.  Unfortunately, simply taking glutathione as a supplement is not possible. You must create an environment in your body that naturally produces it. . This process requires certain precursors: glycine, glutamate and cysteine.

Most people Can’t make glutathione!

Due to chronic inflammation of the lipid bilayers of most people’s cells, they are unable to produce glutathione.  Despite consuming glutathione precursor foods such as whey protein, animal foods and eggs, people are unable to increase their glutathione levels because of the chronic inflammation present.

The key is to provide the right precursors to create glutathione, as well as, decrease the inflammation of the cell.  One of the ONLY products that I have see that does this is CytoCleanse distributed by Zylene International.  CytoCleanse is not yet available but is scheduled to be released in the very near future.   I plan on personally using this amazing product, as well as, make it available to my patients and family.

So How Old Are You?

Are you a 45 year old that “feels 60” or a 65 year old that “feels 40”?

Knowing the length of YOUR telomeres may give you a good indication on how fast you are aging.   SpectaCell Laboratories offers a Telomere test that will show you how you are aging by measuring how long your Telomeres are.   This information can be used to indicate to you just how well your body is aging and may provide some insight to help you live longer.   Many doctors, including myself, can order this lab for you so if you are interested simply ask your doctor or contact my office.

The rate at which you age CAN be influenced by YOU.   By decreasing you weight, exercising, reducing your stress levels, and increasing your glutathione levels you can dramatically slow down your telomere shortening and your aging process.

I encourage everyone to get a Telomere test and then implement the necessary lifestyle factors to ensure a healthy and LONG life.   By doing this you will take one more step to Achieving Optimal Health!

About the Author: Dr Tunis Hunt Jr is a wellness adviser specializing in nutrition, chiropractic, and weight loss.  In addition to serving his clients, Dr. Hunt lectures and educates the public on nutrition and health based information, as well as, is a contributing author to several publications and websites.  To reach Dr. Hunt for questions and comments or to schedule him to speak to your group or company please call 704-588-1792 or email him at drtunisjr@HuntChiropractic.com. www.HuntChiropractic.com

How To Turn YOUR Body Into a FAT Burning Machine (Part 4)

Today I wanted to continue on telling you how to turn your body into a FAT Burning Machine.

The next element that we must address is Exercise.

Yes, Exercise!

Did you really think you were going to reach ALL of your goals without it?

Anyway, exercise can be tricky and unfortunately many people don’t know how to perform it correctly to ensure FAT Burning.

I often see people in the gym doing ALL the WRONG stuff and they aren’t experiencing the results they desire.  You probably have seen them too.

These are the people that are there ALL THE TIME and they NEVER seem to lose ANY weight!

In fact, YOU may be one of them!

Unfortunately, it is these NON-results that eventually cause people to give up exercising and return to a sedentary lifestyle.

So what is the best way to exercise to burn FAT?

The best way to become a fat burner is NOT to walk or run on a treadmill for extended lengths of time.

Although these aren’t BAD exercises, they just don’t create a fat burning environment in your body.

Aerobic exercises like jogging, using an elliptical machine, and walking fast are great ways to get your heart pumping.   These exercises increase the levels of oxygen in your blood, as well as, endorphins and can improve your immune system.  Great benefits, but NOT FAT Burning.

Research is showing that the BEST way to condition your heart and burn fat is to alternate short bursts of high-intensity exercise with gentle recovery periods.

This type of exercise, known as interval training or burst type training, can dramatically improve your cardiovascular fitness and fat-burning capabilities.

Another major benefit of this approach is that it radically decreases the amount of time you spend exercising, while giving you even more benefits.

For example, intermittent sprinting produces high levels of chemical compounds called catecholamines, which allow more fat to be burned from under your skin within the exercising muscles.   The resulting increase in fat oxidation increases weight loss.   So, short bursts of activity done at a very high intensity can help you reach your optimal weight and level of fitness, in a shorter amount of time

In fact a study in the Journal of Applied Physiology, showed that interval training enhances the body’s ability to burn fat.   Eight women in their early 20s were told to cycle for 10 sets of four minutes of hard riding, followed by two minutes of rest.   After two weeks, the amount of fat burned in an hour of continuous moderate cycling increased by 36 percent, and their cardiovascular fitness improved by 13 percent.

So how do you perform burst training?

The concept is to pick an exercise, running, biking, elliptical, jumping, etc. and do it with ALL OF YOUR MIGHT for approximately 45 sec to 1 minute.   This should render you exhausted and will require a 2-3 minute break or cool down period.   After the cool down or break you then repeat the exercise for 45 sec to 1 min. followed by a break. You repeat this for 4 to 5 cycles.

A great short video to watch is Dr. Dan Pompa’s Burst training video on YouTube.   Dr. Pompa is friend and mentor of mine and has been helping people become Fat Burners for years. I recently attended one of his training sessions and am now implementing his protocols in my office.

Burst training is the exercise to perform for fat burning and if that is your goal I highly recommend you begin to implement it in your workout routine.  You will begin to love your shortened workouts and most of all, the decrease of fat.   Begin a burst training exercise program today and take another step closer to achieving Optimal Wellness.

About the Author: Dr. Tunis Hunt Jr is a chiropractor serving the Charlotte/Steele Creek Area. In addition to chiropractic services, Dr. Tunis Jr lectures and educates the public on health and nutritional related subjects. He writes for several publications and is the author of the popular health Blog: Dr Tunis Jr’s Blog (www.drtunisjr.wordpress.com) Dr. Tunis Jr can be contacted at: drtunisjr@HuntChiropractic.com www.HuntChiropractic.com

The Secret To Get YOUR Body To Burn Fat (Part 3)

So how is it going with your transformation into becoming a FAT BURNING machine?

Still struggling with eliminating grains and sugars?  No problem.  Please remember this is a process, so don’t beat yourself up if you haven’t been able to master it yet.

Anyway, I wanted to continue with some more info on how to help you BURN MORE FAT.

The best part about today’s information is it actually encourages you to eat more of something instead of restricting it from your diet.  In fact, I am willing to bet you don’t eat enough of this “health food” and is one of the reasons you aren’t a fat burner.

So what is this wonderful substance that you should be consuming more of? It’s FAT!

Yes, to burn more fat you must EAT MORE FAT!

I know this seems counter intuitive and is completely different than what the media has told you, but it’s TRUE.

The truth is, FAT is essential to health and when you restrict it you actually encourage your body to hold on to the amount that it has.

Fat’s Role In Your Body:

• Essential for Fat Soluble vitamins such as Vit. A, D, E, and K
• Maintaining healthly hair and skin
• Insulates body organs
• Maintains body temperature
• Promotes Healthy Cell Function
• Serves as Buffer to many diseases

So, as you can see, Fats are actually good for you and are ESSENTIAL for your body to operate normally.

This is why when you restrict your fat intake with LOW FAT diets and foods you are actually doing more harm than good.  The body also knows that it requires fat for survival and will hold onto the fat it does have.  This is why despite your diet and exercise your Body Fat Percentage never changes.

When you are constantly giving your body a healthy supply of GOOD fats it will have no reason to hold onto its supply of fat and will utilize it for fuel.   This is when you are truly a FAT BURNER!

Now, for the catch.   Although fat IS good for you, this truth only applies to GOOD FATS.

So what are GOOD FATS?

The healthiest sources of GOOD FATS are:

• Coconut oil
• Grape seed Oil
• Sesame Oil
• Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
• Butter
• Flax Oil
• Hemp Oil
• Avocados
• Grass Fed Beef
• Fish Oil
• nuts

Check out this link for guide on what oils to cook with. CLICK HERE

The fats you should AVOID are TRANS-FATS.  These are products such has margarine and other Hydrogenated or Partially- hydrogenated products.   This type of fat is found in ALMOST EVERY cookie, cracker, boxed or processed food product found on the grocery store shelf.

Hydrogenation is a way of making vegetable oil harden at room temperature.

Small particles of nickel or copper are added and the mix is heated to very high temperatures under pressure for up to eight hours while hydrogen gas is injected. This process destroys the essential fatty acids in the oil and replaces them with deformed trans fatty acids.

These trans fats formed by hydrogenation are unnatural and as a result the human body is not well-equipped to deal with them.  They also compete with essential fatty acids for absorption in the body.

This blocks or delays the work of the essential fatty acids, creating deficiencies and imbalance throughout the metabolism, including fatty deposits in the arteries.

Adding good fats and avoiding trans fats can be one of the HEALTHIEST things you do for yourself.   Fat is essential for health and is not the villain our society has made it out to be.  I encourage you to continue to do your best to eliminate grains and sugars from your diet and begin to add GOOD FATS to your life. This will help you move closer to a life of Optimal Health!

About the Author: Dr Tunis Hunt Jr is a chiropractor serving the Charlotte area. In addition to administering chiropractic care, Dr. Hunt lectures and educates the public on nutrition and health based information. Dr. Hunt is also is an author of a popular blog: Dr Tunis Jr’s Blog. To reach Dr. Hunt for questions and comments or to schedule him to speak to your group or company please call 704-588-1792 or email him at drtunisjr@HuntChiropractic.com. www.HuntChiropractic.com

The Secret To Get YOUR Body To Burn FAT (Part 2)

In my previous blog I shared with you the secret to get your body to burn fat.  I had such an overwhelming response I have decided to dedicate the next several weeks to providing more information that will help you turn into a FAT burner.

I know many of you are trying to recover from hearing that you had to give up your rice, bread and pasta so I wanted to follow up with some information that will help you “jump start” your efforts to losing FAT.

As I mentioned above, I have received many questions and comments concerning this lifestyle change and most of them have been excellent.  It appears many of you are fed up with your current weight plateau and are ready to experience real change.  Many, however, just don’t know where to start and what you can do to achieve success.

In the last blog I discussed that you had to give up Sugar and Grains in order to transform your body into a fat burning machine.  As you remember this is because your Leptin receptors must heal so your body can recognize and utilize Fat for fuel.   Unless, you give your body this break it will never become the fat burning machine it was designed to be. This is why ALL GRAINS must be eliminated initially for this process to work.

One of the most prominent questions that I received was whether or not FRUITS were OK to eat.

Most people realize that fruits contain HIGH amounts of sugar (although natural) and can wreak havoc on your insulin levels.  It is for this reason, that I strongly encourage you to ELIMINATE most fruits from your diet IF weight loss is your desire.

Some fruits are OK in moderation. Fruits such as:

• Berries – (blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, elderberries, gooseberries, loganberries, raspberries, strawberries)
• Avocados
• Lemons
• Limes
• Granny Smith Apples (very sparingly)

Fruits containing the MOST sugar and should be avoided (if weight loss is desired):

• Banana
• Grapes
• Mango
• Pineapple
• Watermelon
• Papaya

So, as you can see, you CAN eat some fruit but it needs to be mostly berries and in moderation.  Once you achieve your desired weight loss you can introduce the other types of fruit back into your life.

One of the hardest things to do is locate recipes and ideas to begin to implement into your daily life.   There are fortunately, tons of resources and ideas available and I am going to share with you some these with you now.

Day 1

• Breakfast- Florentine omelet (2 eggs, spinach, mushrooms, feta)
• Snack- ½ cup of almonds
• Lunch- Greek Chicken salad (Romaine, olives, cucumber, peppers, tomatoes, (oil/viniger))
• Snack- 1 Bell pepper, Guacamole (avocado and salsa)
• Dinner- Dilled Salmon & Asparagus

Day 2

• Breakfast- Almond butter, Flaxmeal, ½ cup of blueberries
• Snack- ½ cup of pumpkin seeds
• Lunch- Hard boiled egg salad (spinach, sprouts, tomato cucumber)
• Snack- Hummus, Celery
• Dinner- Grilled chicken breast, Green beans

Bonus Recipe: (I am actually having this Tonight!)

Pan-Roasted Salmon with Mushrooms

• Two 6 oz wild salmon portions
• Juice of half a lemon
• Curry salt (1/3 curry powder to 2/3 sea salt) to taste
• 1-2 tablespoons organic extra virgin olive oil or organic macadamia nut oil
• 2 varieties of mushroom, whole (e.g., button, crimini, oyster, morel, shiitake)
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• Splash organic balsamic vinegar
• Pinch of sea salt and organic pepper
• Handful fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped (chopped basil leaves may be substituted if desired)

1. Rub the salmon with lemon juice and sprinkle with the curry salt.
2. Heat a pan medium-high and add a little oil. Lay the salmon on the hot pan and reduce the heat to medium-low. Flip the salmon when it is 2/3 cooked should cook a total of 6 to 8 minutes.
3. Heat a little oil in another pan. Add the mushrooms and garlic and toss. Add a little balsamic vinegar. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Reduce the heat and cook until the garlic is translucent.
4. Scatter the parsley on the mushrooms.
5. Serve the salmon on top of the mushrooms.

Hopefully, this information will help you continue down the path of becoming a FAT burner.  I the next several weeks I will continue to share secrets and recipes that will help you achieve your weight loss goal.  Health isn’t a result of a “magic pill” or procedure, but as a result of conscious healthy choices.  I encourage you to continue to educate yourself so you can make the healthiest choices for your and your family and enjoy a life of Optimal Wellness.

About the Author: Dr Tunis Hunt Jr is a chiropractor serving the Charlotte area.  In addition to administering chiropractic care, Dr. Hunt lectures and educates the public on nutrition and health based information.  Dr. Hunt is also is an author of a popular blog: Dr Tunis Jr’s Blog. To reach Dr. Hunt for questions and comments or to schedule him to speak to your group or company please call 704-588-1792 or email him at drtunisjr@HuntChiropractic.com. www.HuntChiropractic.com