Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life (The Dr. Mark Hyman Library Book 11)

by Mark Hyman

1. Eat the Young Forever Longevity Diet, which includes many foods that help improve blood vessel and lymph health. 2. Move. Any type of exercise supports the health of your circulatory system and lymphatic circulation. 3. Start a regular yoga practice. Combining deep breathing and stretching is one of the most powerful detoxifying practices and supports your lymph flow and stimulation of your intestines, liver, and kidneys. Hot yoga gives the added benefit of sweating. Also, consider a daily Wim Hof breathing practice, outlined in Chapter 16. This moves (or exercises) the diaphragm, the main muscle that brings lymph flow back into your heart. 4. Use sauna therapy or take hot baths regularly. This increases circulation and helps reset your nervous system and boosts your overall health and longevity. 5. Follow heat therapy with a cold plunge. The cold helps to boost lymph circulation.5 6. Get massage regularly if you can, especially lymphatic massage. This helps flush out muscles and supports lymph flow. 7. Try muscle-recovery devices that passively increase lymph flow using pneumatic compression of lower extremities, such as Hyperice (hyperice.com).