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About Jack LaLanne
Have you ever looked at someone and thought
they were 60 years old, only to find out they were
40, or thought someone was 40 and found out
they were 70? This reminds me of one of my
health super heroes, Jack LaLanne.
Jack was a chiropractor, nutrition expert, and
fitness trainer. At age 66, he tied 10 boats
around his waist carrying 77 people and swam
the boat 1 mile in less than 1 hour, and
performed a similar feat at age 95! How’d Jack
do it? I think his number one rule for nutrition
sums it up: If man made it, don’t eat it.
Jack aged incredibly slower than most people
because he ate healthy and exercised daily.
There’s also a whole region of people to model
our health after: Okinawa, Japan. According to
the Pittsburgh Tribune, Japan had a
record-breaking 28,000 centurions in 2005
where America had only 8,000. One reason
people in Okinawa may live so long is the fact
that they consume 8x the levels of antioxidants
(flavonoids) compared to North Americans. “If man made it, don’t eat it”
Jack LaLanne
