Staying Young

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How to Stay Young

How is it that some people appear to stay younger than others? Are they just lucky or is it a reflection of the work and habits they implemented, or invested, in themselves. I'm not one to believe in luck, rather I like to think that we reap what we harvest. Why not harvest better years from your body and stay younger than those who choose not to bother?

How many times do we meet people who are young in calendar years but whose attitude makes them appear much older. We all have heard it said of someone that they were born old and if they were not, they quickly became old before they turned thirty!

Age is really an attitude of mind, rather than a number on a piece of paper. There is a wonderful child like quality in every one that appreciates a beautiful rainbow or a colourful butterfly. What a shame it is when this quality gives over to materialistic attitudes and worries about our daily needs. Let us define some goals that will help us stay young, both in body and in spirit.

Keep fit! Embark on a lifetime of gentle exercise and keep to the rules that you set for yourself. You know that exercise produces chemicals that help fight disease, keep you relaxed and feeling better. Exercise is the best thing you can do to ward off depression, maintain weight and keep you immunity kicking along.

Have a regular pattern of sleep. This is essential for replenishing your store of energy. Keep to a sensible weight by eating correctly. As you get older, reduce the amount of food that you eat as you will be needing less to maintain a lower metabolic rate.

Avoid alcohol except in small quantities. It ages one rapidly. Avoid smoking completely.
The nicotine hardens the arteries. Drink 6 glasses of water each day. This will help flush out toxins from the body. Did you know that drinking water more often can help keep weight down?

Dress younger than you are. Nothing makes us look and feel older than we are if we wear "old peoples' clothes". The fitter you keep, the younger you'll feel like dressing.

Think young. By this I mean that we must involve ourselves in the language and manners of the younger generation. We will then be able to socialise with people younger than ourselves and not feel that we are slipping behind in the generational gap.

When conversing with people older or younger than ourselves do not act in a condescending manner to them but rather treat them exactly as our equals in age. We will then not give the impression of being out of sync with time.

Be involved in a wide range of activities that involves meeting with people of all age groups.
Be as comfortable with talking to a very old person as with a very young person and encourage them to call you by your first name.

Do not be overly formal. This will place you clearly in a time frame that you do not want to be in. This includes using phrases that are clearly from the past and not in current usage by younger people.

Have regular medical and chiropractic check ups to ensure that your body is able to function at its peak efficiency. It will function well with regular service, just like your car. Your chiropractor can talk to you about nutrition, fitness, stretching and food supplements. Use your chiropractor as a resource to help you stay young, feel young and get the best out of your engine - it only has to keep you running for around 90 years!

Author Description :

Dr David Black is an Australian chiropractor in private practice. After 25 years as a pharmacist, he went back to study in 1980 as a mature aged student and has now practiced chiropractic for 25 years. He is passionate about patient education and giving people the tools to help themselves. Dr Black believes that everyone can enjoy better health and that spinal health and fitness is a key start in this journey. His website at http://blackchiropractic.com.au has many articles and chiropractic resources.

Top Tips For Staying Healthy All Year Round

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It is getting harder than ever to stay feeling good and healthy these days, with all of the stress and pollution. But there are a few things that you can do in order to keep life going smoothly, all you have to do is know what they are. This article is going to help you learn what is the most important factors in your good health.

Here are the most important things for you to consider when trying to stay healthy:

Sleep
Good sleep each night is essential to your good health. During sleep your body will recharge itself and your immune system will get built back up to where it should be. Getting a good nights sleep will also help you to fight depression and anxiety. When you sleep you look better and feel better so start trying to devote a solid 8 hours to sleep each and every night.

Healthy eating
Healthy eating is another important part of good health. Remember that old saying, you are what you eat? Well, it is true, you really are what you eat. The better you eat each day the better you are going to look and the better you are going to feel. Healthy eating will keep you looking young and fresh faced. Your skin will be smoother and softer and you will start to have that healthy glow that people talk about. Banish that sallow complexion starting today by eating healthy once and for all.

Exercise
There are all kinds of great ways to exercise and no matter who you are or how fit you are at this time. If you are not into the hard core aerobic workout then consider walking. Walking every day is a great way to stay healthy and feeling good and young. You can get a treadmill or you can walk around the block. You should even consider taking the stairs at work instead of the elevator. Every little bit of exercise each day will help you to stay in tip top shape.

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Resist The Force Of Aging

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If you’re the type of person who would rather watch TV and eat all day long than giving you’re muscles a little more stretch, better think twice. Here’s the deal: this lifestyle speeds up aging. How? Well, inactivity accelerates aging in two ways: it decreases our muscle strength and gives us extra pounds.

Muscle meltdown

As we age, the quantity and strength of our muscle fibers diminish. Truth to the matter is, we lose two to four pounds of muscles every ten years. Decreased number and strength of muscles causes our muscles to lose flexibility, losing our usual range of motion and optimal strength.

Lack of exercise is to blame. It was found out that not exercising for even just a week weakens our muscles significantly. In fact, if you don’t exercise for a month, you will lose almost 50% of your original muscle strength. Some people may not even notice their atrophied muscles because of the fatty buildup in their body. Blame that too to lack of exercise.

Gaining extra pounds

The simple logic here is that if you are inactive, you gain extra pounds, and extra pounds can age you. But hey, there’s a missing link. How does an increase in weight speed up aging?

Researchers have recently found out that as people become heavier and became more insulin resistant (a common side effect of being fat and heavy), their telomeres (strands of DNA at the end of a chromosome that protect the tip from destruction and classically shorten with age) shrank more than those of people who didn't increase their weight and developed more insulin resistance, an apparent sign that the aging process was speeding up among overweight. Researchers suppose that the stress caused by increased weight and insulin resistance spawn inflammation and free radicals that damage cells. Simply put, a heavier body ages its own DNA.

The Solution

But the good news is, you can recover what you have lost and slice off what you have gained. Research clearly shows that a healthy lifestyle and exercise can help keep your DNA younger.

In studies, regular exercise has been proven to keep you from diabetes, muscle atrophy, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer’s, and heart diseases. Regular workout helps prevent hypertension, reduces body fat, raises High Density Lipoprotein (good cholesterol), lowers Low-Density Lipoprotein (bad cholesterol), improves circulation, keeps the bowel healthy, and regulates key hormones.

An anti-aging workout is best for you! This includes consistent cardio, yoga, and weight training.

You can do jogging, cycling, walking, and swimming for thirty minutes a day for about five times a week. Doing these of higher intensity everyday can be helpful in bringing more blood and oxygen to our brain. These activities also guard your heart by lowering blood pressure, reducing LDL, and keeping arteries flexible to improve circulation.

Lifting weights should also be part of your roster of activities. Weightlifting for 20 minutes a day, twice a week can be of great help in having strong bones, and muscles, which of course includes the heart. For beginners, 3-5 pound dumbbells will do.

Doing yoga is one of the best activities to fight stress. It relaxes the body, thereby, keeping stress from burning you out. It also protects the body against free radicals that break down the elasticity of the skin.

More Benefits

Exercise does not only keep you young, it also helps you sleep, firms you up, improves your mood, keeps you slim, and take note of this, charges up your sex life :D