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Start with a 12- to 16-hour overnight fast daily. Incorporate into your diet phytochemicals (see Chapter 7), known to activate longevity pathways, including those in strawberries, turmeric, broccoli, green tea, pomegranate, Himalayan Tartary buckwheat, and mushrooms. Take a 2-minute cold shower or a cold plunge every morning, followed by short bursts of sprinting three or four times a week. Do strength training for 20 to 30 minutes three times a week. Add a sauna or steam as often as you can. Get blue-blocker glasses for the evening and replace your LED and fluorescent light bulbs with smart bulbs that adjust the light spectrum for the time of day, full spectrum in the day and red light for nighttime. Try a home red-light-therapy device. Explore intravenous ozone therapy or get an inexpensive home unit for rectal ozone therapy. Consider a course of hyperbaric oxygen therapy or try a Cellgym if there is one in your area or a low-oxygen exercise mask, which are available for $50. These tools are safe and available to us now, and they can provide a host of health and longevity benefits.
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Mark Hyman (Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life (The Dr. Mark Hyman Library Book 11))