Actual Age: How Old Are You Really?

By Mary Mucci

The truth is tests don’t tell the whole story…but  they can help us see things that we just wouldn’t see otherwise.

My ability to squeeze the strength meter in my actual age assessment was equivalent to a seventy year old.  My hands are obviously not strong.  But I can do twenty push-ups and that is what would be expected of a thirty five year old.  So there is clearly a discrepancy there.

At least I know what the standard is….for strength,  for heart function,  for percentage of body fat.  It gives me a point of reference, a goal to shoot for.  Mostly, the value of the actual age experience is that

It leaves no doubt that the overproduction of insulin is my enemy and yours.

And that is something we can all work on.  Cutting simple carbs, and exercising…are the main things.  But according to Dr. Garry D’Brant, caffeine stimulates the production of cortisol, a stress hormone and we end up with higher insulin levels.  So caffeine is something to watch carefully. 

Most any chiropractor can asses you if you ask.  Some don’t like to do it  because no one wants to hear they are not as young as they would like to be.  But it could be helpful to you.  It was to me.

To Your Health,

Mary

Contacts:

Dr. Garry D’Brant

D’Brant Holistic Chiropractic Clinic

Clinical Nutrition

Glen Head   516 609 0890

 

Dr Scott Banks

Holistic Chiropractic and Clinical Nutrition

Total Health Assessments

Huntington  631 271 0770

Comments

[Dr. Steven Silverman]

Your friend, Dr. Garry D’Brant better go back to medical school so that he will learn that
coffee (WITH OR WITHOUT CAFFEINE) stimulates the production of cortisol.

There are other factors in coffee (whether regular or decaf) which stimulate cortisol, not just the caffeine.

I hope his lack of knowledge is not typical of all the "contacts" you recommend.