Summary: Hey and welcome to the Get Fit with Jodelle podcast. I am Jodelle as usual and Today let’s talk longevity and optimal health for the long haul. Many of you listening into the podcasts I upload will agree that you too are seeking how to live the most optimal life and seeking to fine the most bang out your human being buck if you will.... So it’s important to you to understand the key to a quality existence veruss just a quantity of years. Because people are living longer now but it’s not what I would call quality of life. It’s living in a nursing home or tied to a walker or able to only sit most of the day while on 15 different medications with no energy and no stamina. That’s not living. That’s just existing longer. So what is the key to quality of life and living optimally long into old age? And what does this simple topic have to do with fat loss and thyroid function and sleep too? I will be addressing these in this podcast. There are many factors but I’m convinced that we are slowly losing the most important one and that’s what I want to address today. My professional and personal opinion after being the industry of health for over 18 years is: the village You’ve heard it said, “it takes a village to raise a family” but it’s not just about family as in moms dads and kids. In traditional villages as families you have those unrelated to you and those related and you needed each other as each person served an intricate role in the survival and surthrival of the village. And today is no different....our immediate village is one of main lifelines and yet sadly it’s being taken for granted. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4067905/ modern technology has allowed us to grow our village to world wide, where we have social media support groups with friends in Africa while we might live in Brazil or companions in England while we might reside in the USA. While this isn’t wrong or bad and it’s neat to be able to communicate with the world anytime we want to, what’s happening to our immediate village when we are so immersed in the world? Low dopamine and vitamin P The key to unlock our world begins with one of the 7 devices most people carry around.... but the danger of our optimal health and quality of life also begins here. Smartphone, tablet, computer, Xbox, even doorbells that ring to your cell phone! Touch more, hug, kiss, hold hands. This releases oxytocin, the (love and trust) hormone and regulates social interaction and sexual reproduction. Oxytocin according to a 2013 study is responsible for also regulating body fat loss and inhibiting body fat gain, as well as healing any leptin resistance. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213929/ Mitochondrial tips: When reading on phone, turn off data, wifi, and Bluetooth to avoid radiation This reduces oxidative stress caused by radiation. Use aux port in your car instead of Bluetooth to avoid unnecessary radiation. Purchase anti-radiation earbuds Dim the lights after the sun is down and wear blue blockers. What would you do at night if you didn’t have light, tv, or cell phone? Read? Be intimate with your spouse? Go to bed? Ground your children..... outside. And ground with them. Workout outdoors. Call your mom, don’t text her. Go visit that person in th nursing home you’ve been meaning too. Send a card instead of an email thank you. Call someone to meet you for coffee and don’t show them pics on your phone, just listen to them. Read to your kids from a book. For more tips, consider a Nutrition Therapy and Life Coaching session with myself, Jodelle Fitzwater, Certified Nutrition Therapy Practitioner and EMF Educator by calling 417-230-0554. Worldwide online coaching available at affordable rates and times that fit your lifestyle. Online coaching and exclusive content also available at patreon.com/jodelle and any support there is greatly appreciated. Follow me: @getfitwithjodelle
