This video talks about the many health benefits of rosemary, drawing inspiration from the long-living residents of Acciaroli, Italy, who use it abundantly in their daily lives. The speaker highlights five main advantages: boosting brain function and memory, supporting digestive and metabolic health, reducing inflammation for heart health, enhancing immune function and detoxification, and promoting hair growth. The video explains how rosemary's natural compounds contribute to these benefits and offers practical ways to incorporate it into your routine.
Key Takeaways
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The people of Acciaroli, Italy, live exceptionally long lives, with 30% of their population over 100 years old, and their diet heavily features rosemary.
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Rosemary contains compounds like carnosic acid and rosmarinic acid that protect brain cells from stress and inflammation, improving memory, focus, and potentially reducing the risk of diseases like Alzheimer's.
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Rosemary supports digestive health by stimulating bile production to break down fats and absorb nutrients, and its antimicrobial properties balance gut bacteria, which helps with metabolism and weight management.
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Rosemary's polyphenols, like rosmarinic acid and carnosol, have strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits that can lower blood pressure and cholesterol, improving cardiovascular health.
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Rosemary enhances immune function with its antimicrobial, antifungal, and antiviral properties, and aids liver detoxification and lymphatic drainage, which are crucial for clearing toxins.
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Rosemary can promote hair growth by improving circulation to the scalp, stimulating follicles, strengthening roots, and preventing premature hair loss, with studies showing results similar to minoxidil without side effects.
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To use rosemary for hair growth, you can massage diluted rosemary essential oil into your scalp, use a rosemary water rinse, or add rosemary oil to your shampoo.
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Consistency is key when using rosemary for health benefits, as results for things like hair growth can take six to seven months.
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good morning and welcome to another
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edition of today's nutrition where we
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look at what is new in research what's
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hot in the news or any topic that can
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help us lose weight feel great or live
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longer better yep usually all three and
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you know this is going to be some new
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research but it's a really old old herb
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that's been used a lot so today I'm
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going to dive into five big benefits of
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rosemary giving you the current
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research and talk about what some
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cultures around the world have been
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doing that benefit from its liberal use
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and yes I am talking about my favorite
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little town aeri Italy been hearing
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about it since last year honestly I'm
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making plans to go there and according
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to some papers many visitors stay for a
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long time often forever but I promise
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I'll come back so there's you know
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plenty of press outlining a study led by
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Allan masel who was an American
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cardiologist and when he was there he
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noticed like a lot of old people in fact
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out of a population of about a thousand
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residents 300 of them are over 100 years
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old I mean that's almost 30% so what's
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their secret let's look at what
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researchers are zeroing in on and of
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course they're just like what I outline
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in my book get out of hormone hell the
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six Heavenly steps so dialing them in h
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first yes they hibernate they get great
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sleep e in the Heavenly
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exercise we all know regular exercise
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should be something we do every day
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Modern Life that's against us you now
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we're sitting at the computers and you
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know lots of time in front of screens
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sitting down and that's exactly the
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opposite of what residents in aeri do
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you know the mild Mediterranean client
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climate lets them be outside almost all
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year long and those salty fresh seab
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breezes clean Mountain Air I mean the
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toxins are virtually nil and walking is
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the main form of transportation they go
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to the market daily and because they
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live on kind of a rocky Hillside they're
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going up and down with these packages
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every day so they're getting their
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weight training as well okay next one a
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for avoiding
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aggravations some people say that Ernest
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Hemingways the old man in the sea was
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based on his time spent in
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aeri and he was forever drawn back there
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and it seems like time just stands still
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there and life is
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stressfree so they got the a down really
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good V Viewpoint yeah they're mindset is
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good positivity and
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simplicity ah boy you know there's no
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Glitz there's no bling there Italian
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artist Leonardo da Vinci even said
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simplicity
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is the ultimate s
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sophistication so they live by that in
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aeri no
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pressure you know just living every day
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to the best now Heavenly here's the next
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e it's probably the biggest the diet
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mostly consists of fruits and vegetables
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olive oil some
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unrefined grains not your typical what
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you think of and all that stuff from
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Northern Italy no this is like unrefined
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grains fish lots of anchovies that are
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really rich in omega-3 they don't eat
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shellfish basically there's
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anchovies honestly if you've got a
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recipe for anchovies that's good let me
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know cuz I have still to find a way I
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can enjoy
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anchovies I I'm going to keep working on
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it took me a long time to like brussels
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sprouts and I know I'm going to start
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loving anchovies maybe when I go there I
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can get some recipes aha so that that
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makes up most of their protein and they
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drink mostly water with a little bit of
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red wine one big difference in the diet
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in the people of aeri
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Rosemary that aromatic Woody herb grown
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thickly on the hillsides grown in window
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boxes so it smells really good I hear
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just walking down the street they put it
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in just about every dish so every day
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they are getting lots of Rosemary
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breakfast lunch and
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dinner and the benefits oh yeah with the
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population having excellent
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cardiovascular rates Alzheimer's disease
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really low compared to the average
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Italian to put it in perspective they
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live to be 100
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okay 30% of the
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population typically in Italy the
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average female lifespan is 84 men
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85 and the national average
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79 Americans are life expectancy it's
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dropping but um 78 with only
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0.02% of our population getting to 100
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and healthfully maybe not 30% of the
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people are not ji Beyond 100 now that's
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my town okay and in heaven you know they
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avoid noxious toxins that's a given
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nothing processed Purity is the norm see
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why I love this place I'm going to go
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check it out firsthand and then come
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back and give you the real scoop so
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let's let's dig into this Rosemary
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undoubtedly one of the reasons they have
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a cardiovascular profile of a
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20-year-old it's because of the Rosemary
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oh also didn't tell you but they don't
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have cataracts even though they live by
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the sea with all that reflection of the
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Sun and Sh an active love life till the
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very end yeah they don't need hormone
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replacement therapy they don't do drugs
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they just live beautifully and The Way
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They Live rewards them with longevity
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and health so I got two big Rosemary
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bushes in my kitchen for easy
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use the reason SE Arch on Rosemary and
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this information from aeri has changed
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my routines you know it's a Powerhouse
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herb with so many benefits so here are
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the five I'm going to go into first of
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all it boosts brain function and
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memory Rosemary
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contains carcino acid and Ros manic
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acid that helps protect the brain cell
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cells from oxidative stress and
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inflammation no rusting of the brain
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cells studies also show it enhances
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cognitive performance I mean you just
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are able to answer things quicker memory
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and focus potentially lowering the risk
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for neurodegenerative diseases like
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Alzheimer's yeah they have aerol has a
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very low rate of
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that even the scent of Rosemary has been
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shown to improve testing in memory
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recall and
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alertness so including memory
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concentration you know taking powdered
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rosemary leaves might improve the memory
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speed so that carnosic acid super strong
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antioxidant that may protect the brain
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cells from damage we know that's huge
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because oxidative stress plays a big big
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role in cognitive
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decline so Rosemary is you know it's
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it's got so many different compounds
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they uh have really decided that it's a
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multi-target
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multi-pathway u benefits so it's not
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just one target not just beta ameloid
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that we've found is not what we need to
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be looking at but multiple targets more
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like what Dale breson is talking about
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out the findings highlight the
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effectiveness of Rosemary in helping to
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increase the cells strength and reduce
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apoptosis so the cells live longer
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healthfully and they've notice that in
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watching how the hippocampal cells in
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mice react okay that's the memory Center
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so it also Rosemary also increases
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circulation to the brain which means
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more oxygen more nutrients get where
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they need to go and what's my favorite
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part just smelling Rosemary can boost
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the memory seriously Studies have shown
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that inhaling the aroma is going to be
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able to enhance cognitive performance
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meaning you can think faster and better
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so whether you're cooking with it
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drinking the tea using the essential oil
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or sometimes I just take capsules you're
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giving your brain a little bit of love
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so keeping your brain sharp Rosemary may
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just be one of your best allies second
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thing supports Digestive and metabolic
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Health okay little plant known for
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centuries boy it does a lot of things
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one helps digestion by stimulating
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bioproduction which is essential to
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break down fats and absorb those fat
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soluble vitamins and nutrients properly
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so not only your a d and K but also your
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omegas so if you've ever felt bloated or
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sluggish after a big heavy meal Rosemary
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may be the thing to to get to to help
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reduce the discomfort may help with gas
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bloating and indigestion also I have to
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mention that it has natural
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antimicrobial properties that supports
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the gut health balances gut bacteria
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that goes a long way way in metabolic
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health and also weight
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management when your gut is functioning
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better everything else is going to be
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better your immune system your hormones
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your metabolism everything is better and
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here's something interesting Rosemary
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has even been shown to support healthy
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blood sugar balance improving insulin
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sensitivity okay oh gosh it just keeps
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going on and on and on so whether you're
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going to add it to your meals Brew it
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put in your tea get some of those
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essential oils that we carry you are
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giving your digestive system and your
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metabolism a little extra support you
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know I often just pop a few capsules
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sometimes the simplest changes like
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adding this little herb can have the
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biggest difference long term third thing
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because it's reducing inflammation it
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also supports heart health okay so the
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reason I really want you to eat a lot of
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colorful vegetables and fruits and herbs
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and spices is because of those
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polyphenols and there are polyphenols in
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Rosemary rosem marinic acid and carnosol
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those have strong
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anti-inflammatory and antioxidant
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benefits helps lower blood pressure and
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cholesterol so that's going to be good
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for the cardiovascular health is this
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why they have the cardiovascular profile
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of a 20-year-old H May improve
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circulation reducing the risk for stroke
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and heart attack so many good things so
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many good things so then an inflammation
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chronic inflammation you know is at the
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root cause of so many of our chronic
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health problems heart disease metabolic
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problems arthritis you name it let's
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look at carnosic acid and rosem marinic
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acid
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powerful no cellular rusting because
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there's High
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antioxidants so Rosemary helping
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circulation lowering blood pressure
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healthy cholesterol levels also nitric
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oxide you know that's the big thing with
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beets but Rosemary relaxes blood vessels
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improves blood
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flow and keeps those arteries clear and
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flexible oh my gosh so it doesn't happen
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overnight of course I mean these things
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it's it's kind of what you do day in and
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day out is what makes the difference so
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if you're looking for a natural way to
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support your heart and fight
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inflammation Rosemary boy maybe a real
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effective addition to your daily routine
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small changes add up and this one may be
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worth making so then number four
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enhances immune function and
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detoxification okay it just keeps going
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all the B bics antimicrobial antifungal
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antiviral they even use that as a
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preservative in many
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products there's more of the rosem
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marinic acid in carnosol so they're
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helping your immune cells work better
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reducing oxidative stress there are
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literally dozens of Articles proving
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this also AIDS liver
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detoxification not only through the bile
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but in other methods as well and here's
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something really cool Rosemary has been
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shown to support lymphatic drainage you
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know the lymph is where kind of your
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body's cleaning system it kind of cleans
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up all the old debris that's coming out
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of the cells goes into the lymphatic
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system and then your kidneys and liver
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take care of it it's essential for
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clearing out toxins and keeping the
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immune system working so if your detox
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pathways are sluggish toxins are going
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to build up that's going to lead to
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inflammation brain fog and and maybe low
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energy so Rosemary here again is
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something natural that helps your body
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do what it's designed to do heal and
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Thrive now fifth this is just kind of
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fun forever it's been known to promote
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hair growth and yes there's research
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lots and lots of research so it helps
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improve circul relation to the SC scalp
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so that's going to bring oxygen and
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nutrients to reach those hair follicles
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it also stimulates hair growth
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strengthens the roots and may prevent
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premature hair loss Rosemary also has
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antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory so
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it's going to keep that scalp healthy
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free of buildup free of
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dandruff okay all sorts of things there
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was one study I loved it people with
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hair loss m L it into their scalp um and
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some of them you know some studies
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showed other herbs they used with it but
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for the most part it's Rosemary 7 months
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they saw significant hair regrowth
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compared to those that didn't and there
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was even one study that compared it to
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the drug
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minoxidil comparing that to Rosemary and
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the results were equal but no side
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effects or hormone issues with rosemary
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so if you're dealing with with thinning
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hair breakage or just want stronger
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healthier hair Rosemary may be the
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ticket so now to get practical how are
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you going to use rosemary for hair
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growth you know CU it's it needs to be
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topical so you could put a few drops of
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rosemary oil in with what they call a
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carrier oil so that could be hoba oil
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would probably be my favorite or castor
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oil and you're going to use about five
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drops per tablespoon massage this into
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your scalp for at least five minutes
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leave it on half hour you could even do
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overnight and then you wash it out do
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that a couple times a week you could do
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a rosemary Water Rinse where you're
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going to boil Rosemary sprigs and that's
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going to be about 2 tablespoons of
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Rosemary and you boil that for about uh
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15 minutes in a couple cups of water let
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it cool of course you strain it you
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don't want to have little spr in your
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hair and pour it into a spray bottle and
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you can use that as a leave-in Scalp
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Treatment after washing your hair or
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Spritz it on your roots daily just get a
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little 1 oz Spritz bottle mix it in
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there and just put it on your roots at
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least once a day or you could just add
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Rosemary to your shampoo you know 5 10
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drops of rosemary oil while you're
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shampooing it that would be good key
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with all this is
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consistency like everything else else
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it's not what you do now and then it is
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what you do day in and day out healthy
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habits or unhealthy habits little things
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over time make a big difference studies
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showed results after six or seven months
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so whether you're putting it on the
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outside or taking it inside results take
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time but the results are there I mean
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look at acheri right okay so thanks for
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listening to another edition of today's
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nutrition I hope it helped you or
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someone you love as always you can
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listen again on my website Deb for.com
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on YouTube under Dr Deb Ford or any
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place you listen to podcast have a great
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day and I recommend spicing it up with a
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little Rosemary
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Deb Ford DCN RDN
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Mar 10, 2025
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Why is it that the people of Acciaroli, Italy live so long and so well? Researchers are zeroing in on the the reasons. Dr. Alan Maisel, Ernest Hemingway, and others enjoyed the life in this small town where 30% of the population is over 100. No cataracts, no heart disease, no broken bone, and in fact, they have the cardiovascular profile of a 20 year old. Learn why.