Law of Attraction Magazine December, 2015 | Page 39

She said this second gene, DAF 16 (which she dubbed Sweet Sixteen), brings many anti-aging benefits such as boosting compounds that make the skin and muscle-building proteins work properly, and stimulating the immune system. Reducing carbohydrates and increasing antioxidants also lessen the impact of free radicals. Those are the rascals that lead to inflammation, which is a key component in most common diseases associated with aging today. If you need scientific evidence to believe we can impact our health and aging now and that totally reversing aging is a possibility in the near future, this is one study to boost that claim. You?ll find many more research studies at www.maxlife.org, a website of Maximum Life Foundation. They have a free newsletter so you may want to sign up for it. Reducing carbs and calories can be an important step to growing younger, but not if it takes the JOY out of the season. So on the day of the holiday, go ahead and feast ? eat as much as you want. It?s the rest of the holiday season and afterwards that it?s a good idea to practice ?hara hachi bu.? Ellen Wood of Taos, NM, is a humorous inspirational speaker who shares techniques to rejuvenate your life and ?Live Happy.? She is also the award-winning author of ?Think and Grow Young: Powerful Steps to Create a Life of Joy.? Her website is www.ellenwoodspeaks.com. Contact her at [email protected] Page 39 -December , 2015