STAY YOUNG – Fox the Biological
Ageing
The Anatomy
o Telomeres
are nucleoprotein caps positioned at the end of chromosomes.
o Aging causes
telomeres to shorten significantly and results in gradual cell deterioration.
o Regular
physical activity reduces disease risk, possibly due to the preservation of
telomeres.
o Results
showed that regular activity accounted for significantly longer telomeres in
U.S. adults.
o The longer
telomeres found in active adults accounted for 9 years of reduced cellular
aging.
The Do’s
1. Throw out nonessential
numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them.
That is why you pay “them".
2. Treat your friends like how you want them to treat you. Keep only cheerful
friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, line
dancing, whatever. Never let the brain idle." An idle mind is the devil's
workshop." and the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with
us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, friends, pets,
keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve
it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to
a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
AND
ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life
is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take
our breath away. Share this with someone. We all need to live life to its
fullest each day.
Healthy Diet
Eating a healthy
diet with green leafy vegetables, fresh fruits provides vitamins like Vit C, A,
E, and K, which works as an antioxidant and kill free radicals. It provides a
complete nourishment to the cells.
Whole Grains like
Brown Rice, oats, buckwheat, barley, millet, quinoa are a great source of
vitamins, minerals, fibre, and some protein.
Fresh Vegetables are
filled with vitamins and minerals and are good sources of phytochemicals that
protect the body from disease and aging. They are the ‘heavy weights’ in
regeneration. This includes the power foods like spinach, lettuce, asparagus,
cabbage and carrots.
Fresh Fruits are filled
with vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that protect the body. This includes
the power foods like lemons, apples, bananas, mangos and watermelon. Each of
these fruits has a host of health benefits.
Hydration Water the
basic element of life is the most important ingredient in the process of
rejuvenation. Water therapy is one of the oldest therapies used since ancient
times in India. It’s known that water carries all the nutrient in the body
through blood, lack of water causes shrinking of cells, making fewer nutrients
available to it.
As we age our
skin gets dehydrated which results in wrinkles and sagging. Drinking enough water,
a day keeps you hydrated. And It keeps the skin wrinkle free and moist. Water
is needed for digestion, circulation of body fluids and joint lubrication.
The Mind’s Make-Over
Keep stress under control: Among the major culprit behind
the premature aging is the stress that affects the physical, mental and outer
look of your body in a negative and undesired way. Stress results in low
libido, have the connection with skin wrinkles development, low testosterone
levels, and unhealthy eating habits.
Deep breath: Breathing is such an important
thing in our life, but we are extremely busy in our work that we never care
about how we inhale and exhale OXYGEN (I think it is precious than anything
else) inside our body. So, from now onwards take care of your breathing.
If you want to stay fit for long time take deep breathe specially if you are
not in so much pollution.
Early to bed and early to rise: If you don’t get time for
exercising regularly at least try to wake up early in the morning and sleep
early in night. You can manage your tasks in a great way if you wake
up early in the morning.
Exercise: One of the
most important things to grow younger and live longer is to exercise regularly.
The powerful exercise effects have positive anti-aging benefits including
muscle mass, strength, aerobic capacity, bone density, and cholesterol. Not
only exercise can keep the body young, but it also can keep your mind vital and
promote emotional well-being. A complete fitness program can help you to
develop flexibility, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength training. Find
your own activity that you can do regularly 3-4 sessions weekly.
Maintain a youthful mind: To maintain a youthful mind, write down
a few things you can do that are totally childlike. Think of something that
evokes childhood for you: going to a playground to swing, eating an ice cream
cone, colouring a picture, jumping rope, or building a sand castle. Find
something that brings back the fun in your life, of you, had as a child, even
if you think you’ve outgrown it, do it.
Utilize your mind: Dr. Geula, who has contemplated
80-year-olds who perform at an indistinguishable level from individuals in
their 50s on neuropsychological tests, has discovered that the superaged have
less cerebrum tangles—stores of protein connected to Alzheimer's—proposing that
their brains have security that ordinary brains don't. While researchers
confuse this out, there's a considerable measure you can do to keep your own neural
connections terminating. Learn Italian, take up the cello—notwithstanding
driving another course to work can wake up sluggish cerebrum cells.
Do more exercises: Life lies in movement. Don't underestimate the energy of
exercise! Life should form good habits, exercise more running, walking,
playing, exercise, dance... Not only... Exercise is very pleasant. Exercise
makes metabolism faster, and your body cells become more active than all
cosmetics. Young women who want to be young always join the ranks!
Stay happy: The only
way to stay happy is by managing stress. Believe me, Stress is your biggest
enemy. It may be Anxiety or Worry. Everyone has a common tendency to Stress out
over teensy weensy things to the great problems of life. When you flunk a test,
if you haven’t prepared for the exam, when you look unappealing with a big
tummy, you didn’t ace something, have loads of work to do in the office, when
the company is at a huge loss, the first dish you try is a big flop, at times
of hardships, when you want to buy a big car like your neighbour, having
unsatisfied cravings, when your girlfriend/boyfriend ditched you, all these
lead to the hideous feeling “worry”.
The happier you are with your life and people, then
younger you will look. The more stressed, angry, jealous you are, the older you
will look.
Never stop learning. The day you stop learning
you become old—at any age. Just as weight lifting is to your muscles, learning
is to your brain. To keep it sharp, strong, and high functioning, take a class,
engage in self-study, do more challenging reading, take music lessons, learn a
new language, talk to people who do something different from you. Learning
keeps you young and makes you feel alive and engaged in life.
Eat lots of greens, veggies, and fruits. Exercise every
day. Practice yoga and meditation. Laugh and share joy.
Youthfulness is about your vitality and spirit. As
we age, we naturally lose flexibility, not only in our joints and muscles, but
also in our thinking. It requires discipline to overcome this natural entropy.
Furthermore, I prefer to use the term "staying youthful" rather than
"staying young".
