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Turning back the hands of time-it's a quest for many women who simply refuse to age gracefully. And with all that's available aesthetically (Botox, wrinkle creams , etc.), the visible signs of aging can be erased altogether. But what about on the inside? Are there ways we can beat the clock for life when it comes to overall physical and mental health and well-being? Dr. Jennifer Landa, MD, Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD and author of The Sex Drive Solution for Women says yes.
"Staying young and beautiful forever used to be science fiction, but fiction is rapidly becoming fact, thanks to new medical advances," Landa says. "Yesterday's advances focused on disease management; today's new frontier is staving off sickness and aging altogether.

1. Feed your brain: What you put in your mouth can affect your mind. And it's important to start eating right as early as your teens and twenties to stave off mental stress. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American adults between the ages of 18-24 suffer the most mental health distress.
"This age group is under a great deal of pressure, especially today with the poor economy," Landa says. "Proper nutrition is a key factor in combating conditions associated with mental distress such as avoiding processed foods, sugar, caffeine, and alcohol. This will reduce the demand on the adrenal glands, which are responsible for secreting cortisol (the stress hormone) and play a role in managing your metabolism."
Dr. Landa recommends taking supplements containing vitamins B, C, and magnesium to support overall adrenal health. Certain herbs such as Ashwagandha and Rhodiola are also useful for combating stress and boosting adrenal health.

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London, June 8 (ANI): Researchers say practicing meditation increases our ability to tap into the hidden recesses of our brain that are usually outside the reach of our conscious awareness.

The brain registers subliminal messages, but we are often unable to recall them consciously.

To test whether meditation has an effect on our ability to pick up subliminal messages, Madelijn Strick of Utrecht University in the Netherlands and colleagues recruited 34 experienced practitioners of Zen meditation and randomly assigned them to either a meditation group or a control group.

The meditation group was asked to meditate for 20 minutes in a session led by a professional Zen master. The control group was asked to merely relax for 20 minutes.

The volunteers were then asked 20 questions, each with three or four correct answers - for instance: "Name one of the four seasons".

Just before the subjects saw the question on a computer screen one potential answer - such as "spring" - flashed up for a subliminal 16 milliseconds.

While the meditation group gave 6.8 answers, on average, that matched the subliminal words, the control group gave just 4.9, New Scientist reported.

Strick thinks that the explanation lies in the difference between what the brain is paying attention to and what we are conscious of.

She said meditators are potentially accessing more of what the brain has paid attention to than non-meditators. (ANI)