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How To Age Gracefully & Live Longer
Anyone over 50 can probably remember who "old" people were 30 or 40 years ago. Usually they were people over 50!
With life expectancy increasing year after year, most baby boomers no longer think of themselves as old. But in order to assure ourselves of a good quality of life into our sixties, seventies and beyond we need to maintain our health.
Here are some really good, simple tips to consider in order to grow old slowly, gracefully and healthfully.
1. Stop smoking. This is one of the most important tips. We can not emphasize this point enough. We have all heard the many reasons not to smoke and to stay away from others' smoke.
2. Keep your weight down. Fat cells have several bad effects including weight, hardening of the arteries and a tendency to cause type 2 diabetes.
3. Take supplements. Particularly alpha-lipoic acid and acetyl-L-carnitine. Both increase energy, in addition to having other beneficial effects.
4. Skip a meal each day or fast one day each week. Eating less food appears to reduce tissue wear and tear from excess blood sugar, inflammation and free radicals. Drink plenty of water to replace the meal and help curb your appetite.
5. Get a pet. Pet owners tend to visit the doctor less, survive longer even after a heart attack, and suffer less from depression and high blood pressure.
6. If you are in pain, see a doctor. If you experience chronic pain, see a doctor. Chronic pain dampens the immune system, can cause depression and tends to elevate levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
7. Take up walking. As we age, the walls of our blood vessel tend to harden and exercise keeps blood vessels pliable. Light exercise also reduces the likelihood of diabetes, cancer, depression, dementia and even aging of the skin. And one other benefit, if you take your walk outside, is the positive effect of sunlight. A mere 5 to 10 minutes of sun, three times a week on your face, arms and legs gives you all the Vitamin D you need.
8. Control your temper and argue less. Arguing and bickering increase the risk of clogged arteries. Instead of allowing arguments to simmer, agree that it is OK to have differing points of view.
9. Keep plants around. Having a garden or greenhouse to grow plants in is a wonderful way to decrease stress or recuperate from illness. Just being able to see plants in a room or through windows has been proven to be beneficial to bed-ridden patients.
10. Do some weight-training. Strength training is almost as important as cardio exercise to the aging body. This is because from age 40 on the body can lose a quarter-pound of muscle each year which and replace it with fat. Lifting weights 3 times a week for half an hour can easily replace that muscle lost through aging.
Experience a transformation in your health that will have you experiencing energy pulsing thru your body, crystal clarity, and a passion for living. Here's your chance to turn the clock back, and look and feel years younger.