Aging actually happens in a short time at specific ages. Physiological studies has found, we are getting older rapidly around age 44 and especially around age 60. During these periods, thousands of molecules in our body dramatically spike up or crash down.
Think about it. This would explain why some people literally seem to age overnight, why certain health problems suddenly appear, and why we might feel like our body betrayed us seemingly out of nowhere.
The study found that at around age 44, our body undergoes massive changes in cardiovascular disease markers, lipid metabolism, and how we process alcohol. This is why heart disease risk starts climbing more steeply in our 40s and why that glass of wine might hit us harder than it once used to.
Next, we have the age 60. Around this age, our immune system and carbohydrate metabolism take center stage. Our body's ability to fight off infections weakens and our blood sugar regulation becomes less efficient, which would go a long way to explaining why diabetes and immune related diseases spike after 60.
These changes are programmed in our DNA but that doesn't mean we're powerless against them. The same research revealed the solutions. Science has identified that physical exercise is literally the most powerful anti-aging intervention we have. Targeted exercise attacks aging at the cellular level by reducing inflammation, improving your cardiovascular system, boosting brain function, maintaining muscle mass, and even helping your gut bacteria stay young. The key is consistency.
We should aim for at least once a day simple exercise session, with both strength training and some cardiovascular work. This is essential if we're to avoid or at least minimize the age related loss of muscle mass known as sarcopenia which so often leads to the early onset of weakness in later life.
The second thing that slows aging is sleep. Poor sleep accelerates aging and increases your risk of age related diseases. Regular quality sleep regulates our hormones, reduces inflammation, and helps our body repair cellular damage. A good sleep increases levels of proteins that suppress cellular aging.
We have all noticed the chaos around us. The anxiety, deadlines, drama, uncertainty, makes us look older than we actually are. Well, this constant state of mental noise can be stopped just by changing where our attention goes.
The things that bother you aren't actually bothering you. Your thoughts about those things are bothering you. And those thoughts are there because you give them attention. They're never happening in the moment. They require story, passed and future.
We are not stressed about what is happening right now. We are stressed about what might happen later or what we or someone said or did yesterday.
If we combine optimized sleep and exercise and awareness during day, we can slower our aging process significantly.
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I would also include spending time and sharing laughter with loved ones, along with a few supplements—that’s the perfect balance :)
ReplyDeleteHow did I miss that? Yes, love, tenderness, human touch...all that works against aging. Thank you.
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