What is the most efficient way to slow down aging and enjoy higher levels of energy? The title says it all: skip the sugar. From all the diseases that afflicted humankind, there is none that will age you as fast as diabetes, which is a civilization disease in most cases. There are two types of…… Continue reading Skip the sugar
Author: Anca Ioviţă
The entrepreneurial spirit and longevity
I live and work in Eastern Europe, a place where the entrepreneurial spirit was silenced for many decades during the Communist regime. The centenarians I see during my medical praxis were employees for most of their lives – they didn’t have a chance to develop a formal enterprise; that would have been frowned upon by…… Continue reading The entrepreneurial spirit and longevity
Life in the freezer
Longevity is built step by step and second by second – each little decision that you take will affect your near future in ways you wouldn’t even expect. The fourth age patients that I see almost every day support this gut instinct of mine – they were mostly moderate people, enjoying life’s pleasures in…… Continue reading Life in the freezer
Work won’t love you back
There are stigmatizing addictions..and then there is a pretty one: workaholism. Because it is a socially-acceptable one, there are very few clinicians who know how to treat it – or even to recognize it in the first place! Workaholism even has a derived niche addiction called “careaholism” and it’s blatant in the medical profession. Basically,…… Continue reading Work won’t love you back