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Don’t get old by biologically Don’t get old by biologically. Every day that you stay healthy and alive is another day medical science comes closer to finding the ultimate cure for aging. Anti-aging medicine is an important tool in increasing your longevity. But you, yourself, are your most important tool – you, your mind, and your body.
- Avoid stress and depression. There are major causes for premature aging.
- Exercise at least 30 minutes daily. It is your number-one defense against the infirmities of old age.
- Limit harmful fats such as saturated fats and trans fatty acids in your diet. They are directly associated with an increased risk of both heart disease and cancer.
- Sleep seven to eight hours a night. Quality sleep is essential for rejuvenation and repair. If you are like the 20 million Americans who suffer from insomnia or other sleeping problems – get help!
- Consume little or no alcohol. It is neurotoxic.
- Don’t smoke. Not only does it stain your teeth and smell bad, it also kills more Americans than all foreign wars combined. With every minute you smoke, a minute of your life is taken away.
- Try to keep your weight at, or even 5 percent below, ideal body weight (IBW). Mortality increases significantly at 20 percent or more above IBW and 10 percent or more below IBW.
- Maintain optimum antioxidant vitamin blood levels. Animal studies indicate a 20 percent increase in longevity with optimum nutrient supplementation.
- Early detection is the key to a cure for both heart disease and cancer – get blood tests and comprehensive anti-aging physical exams yearly.
- If age fifty-five or older, consider hormone replacement therapy, if needed, administered by a knowledgeable physician.
- Drink eight to ten 8-ounce glasses of purified or bottled water. As much as 70 percent of municipal water systems surveyed were polluted with potentially toxic amounts of fluorine and chlorine. According to recent Environmental Protection Agency reports, these chemicals have been associated with an increased risk of urinary tract cancers.
- Think young. Aging is as much a state of mind as it is a state of physiology. Lie about your age (especially to yourself). Keep young-feeling friends around to remind yourself what “youth” feels and thinks like.
- Do not accept “just getting old.” Fight tooth and nail to remain youthful and vigorous. At least forty anti-aging drugs now exist, and hundreds more are under development, for everything from bone loss and Alzheimer’s treatments, to wrinkle reduction and gray hair. It is the whole point
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