HEALTHY LIFESTYLES | SILVERSPAIN

What animal lives for the longest amount of time?

NORMALLY, WE TEND TO THINK ABOUT THE AGE OF ANIMALS FROM OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN LONGEVITY. HOWEVER, SOME ANIMALS CAN LIVE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. The Guinness World Records recorded the oldest person ever was a French woman who lived for 122 years and 164 days. Practically a little girl in the eyes of Ming and her more than 500 years of age, who also has her own Guinness World Record. Ming is the name that the researchers gave a type of clam from Iceland (Arctica islandica) for having been born during the reign of the Ming dynasty...

5 mental benefits of doing exercise

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE DOING EXERCISE TO IMPROVE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH, DEVELOP MUSCLE, AND OF COURSE, HAVE A SPECTACULAR BODY! HOWEVER, TRAINING ON A REGULAR BASIS ALSO PROVIDES BENEFITS FOR OUR BRAIN. In the last 15-20 years, science has proven the beneficial effects of physical activity on different brain functions. These effects can be noticed quite quickly and they occur independently of age or the level of fitness of the people that incorporate physical activity in their lifestyles. Get motivated and keep your body active and you will see how exercise can improve your mental health, the way you...

How do I know if I can tolerate gluten?

GET TO KNOW THE SYMPTOMS THAT YOU SHOULD DISCUSS WITH YOUR DOCTOR TO DETECT IF YOU SUFFER FROM NON-CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY. I am sure that you have heard people talk about the disorder celiac and gluten intolerance (which doctors define as non-celiac gluten sensitivity). In both cases, the result is a disruption of the small intestine caused by a complex immune response by our body to gluten. Gluten is a protein that carries out reserve functions in wheat and other cereals such as rye, barley and oats, which are widely used in the preparation of many daily foods. For...

The curious case of a 68-year-old woman with a 100-year-old kidney

THIS BRITISH WOMAN LIVES WITH A KIDNEY THAT WAS DONATED TO HER BY HER 100-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WHILST SHE WAS STILL ALIVE, TO TREAT THE RENAL INSUFFICIENCY THAT SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH WHEN SHE WAS 25. The case of Sue Westhead was headline news in the British press this summer. This 68-year-old woman who lives in the north of England was 25 when they diagnosed her with renal insufficiency in 1973. When they told her that the only way she would survive was through a kidney transplant, her mother Ann Metcalfe, who then was 57 years of age, did not...

Wines with Designation of Origin Malaga

MALAGA IS A LAND OF WINES. THE MORE THAN 3,000-YEAR-OLD HISTORY OF THE CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN LINKED TO UNIQUE VINEYARDS AND WINES WITH AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION. The next time that you walk pass the area surrounding the Malaga Cathedral, remember that in this location, over three thousand years ago, there was an important human settlement where the founders of Malaka built the first sanctuary know to the city. With the arrival of the Phoenicians in the VIII Century of our era, also came the first references related to wine. These references included the wines that the active traders...

Category: HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

What animal lives for the longest amount of time?

5 mental benefits of doing exercise

How do I know if I can tolerate gluten?

The curious case of a 68-year-old woman with a 100-year-old kidney

Wines with Designation of Origin Malaga