Ask yourself what it would take to live to be a hundred years old, what about one hundred twenty five? Some experts believe we could be able to extend human life to as much as one hundred fifty years of age within a couple of decades. Due to the innately cynical society we live in today, there is much skepticism surrounding those numbers. Interestingly enough, even after doing the required research into scientific and medical breakthroughs of dramatic life extension, many still remain pessimistic to this train of thought.
Some believe the first step toward prolonged life is to have faith that it can come about for you personally. Believing in something, having faith that it will come to pass is a time honored tradition amongst most people. After all, this is what drives humans to greatness, underdogs the world over have achieved great things through their belief system. Likewise here, achieving the ripe old age of one hundred – to one hundred fifty years of age for the average citizen is a worthy objective.
Sure, there are esoteric theories that abound regarding methods of staying alive for a long time, some might even work.
However, there are numerous tools in the average person’s utility belt that can level the playing field between science fiction and scientific fact. There are copious amounts of things we can do to increase our odds of long term survival and well being. These wellness proposals come from all corners of the world some traditional and others based on medical and scientific research.
To begin with, our system of belief and faith may well have an impact on our physiology at the molecular level; it could be in our DNA. There is no base of evidence to here to support this statement, but think about it for a moment. Why is it that all we need to do is think about something and our pulse pounds and the hair on the back of our neck raises? Or how about looking at a family photo album and the feeling you get, the association that links the mind with our spirit is essentially your mind delivering a message to all the cells in your body.
The power exists for us to direct our genes by managing our thoughts and what foods we consume. Hence the adage – you are what you eat! How about – you are what your thoughts say you are? Think about our ability to use our minds to control our stress and anxiety, something is working within us physiologically that we can benefit from. So now it’s time to study a plan of accomplishment – one that will take us to new levels of longevity.
How often have you been told to eat a piece of fruit or eat your vegetables? Probably straight through your childhood I suspect. You now need to heed this advice and consume more of these fresh and healthy delights. Our body requires up to nine serving of fruits and veggies on a daily basis, so say the experts. Most people cannot even come close to this number and lettuce on a Big Mac doesn’t qualify as a serving. This means we do what we can to consume fresh fruits and veggies then supplement the balance in capsule or a powdered dietary formulation. Even one of the commercial vegetable drinks will work.
Some of what we ingest as food is actually toxic to our systems like hydrogenated oils, fructose or sugar like corn syrups. Much of our produce is treated with pesticides or herbicides, irrigated by filthy water, there are food preservatives and impurities in our potable water to be concerned with. Ecological hazards like dirty polluted air surround most of us but this is a tough one to fix. Our own homes become a toxic soup of airborne contaminates. In the winter months we should open our windows for fifteen minutes a day to move the air about. Keeping numerous houseplants is helpful as well. They absorb CO2 and return oxygen into your home. Useful plants for this are bamboo, Chinese evergreen plants, spider plants and Aloe Vera.
We must fight the good fight against free radicals that we produce from within us by ingesting antioxidants as allied combatants. We get these antioxidants from many foods but berries such as the blueberry; fruits like pomegranates are laden with them. This is where the health supplement comes into play since we do not store antioxidants they need to be replenished regularly to continue their effectiveness.
Grape seed extract available at any health counter is extremely effective as are vitamin C, A and E, Lycopene from tomatoes, CoQ10, Alpha Lipoic acid, L-Carnosine and all the brightly hued fruits. I know I am throwing a lot of words at you here but if you begin supplementing your diet with these you WILL notice the difference in short order.
We all need exercise to remain healthy and fit. Strengthening our muscles is a proven way to elevate the levels of Human Growth Hormones, significant for their anti aging tendencies. There are spas and clinics the world over providing anti aging therapies and these are fine if you can afford them. Nevertheless, many of the identical results can be achieved through strength regimens. Sleep is yet another manner of triggering human growth hormones in your system. Getting enough restorative sleep is vital and investigations have revealed those who receive less than five hours or above ten hours o sleep have a sixty percent higher risk of perishing.
There are some foods that are getting all the hype for their anti aging properties. Resveratrol is an element found in the skins of grapes, grape seeds, peanuts, raspberries and mulberries and is touted as an exceptional anti aging substance and yet the majority who have heard of it believe they must drink wine to benefit from it. A glass or two of wine is fine but overdoing it on the vino causes a whole host of other problems that weaken any positive advantages from resveratrol – wait for the magic pill that will inevitably follow – save your liver.
Every once and a while we need to remind ourselves to eat less food. Fasting for a day each month or at least cutting back on your caloric count is good for you. Some people cannot indulge in this like diabetics or high performance athletes who require the utmost energy. Though, it would be beneficial to make the attempt during down periods of training and competition since there is confirmation that less food consumption can improve your health and longevity.
It would not hurt to have your physician test your body’s pH balance. We benefit from having higher quantities of alkaline in our systems. Cancer cells cannot exist in alkali laden surroundings so we should ingest alkaline foods when possible, drink alkaline water and by monitoring our level of stress our body’s retain more alkaline that aid the mineral retention where it needs to be instead of drafting their support to increase your alkali content. When you feel stressed out try practicing deep breathing because that stress will kill you quick, this no doubt will impact your life span!
All of this needs to be considered a way of life and not seen as a full time job. Someone said that your eventual net worth will be the median of your five closest companions. Perhaps so too will your health be a manifestation of those same five individuals you are closest with. It is difficult to choose who we spend time with, they may be forced upon us at work or maybe bad relationships in general plague us. It is up to the individual to choose how they will live their life and set an objective to be the one who influences all around you. What I am saying here is not exactly novel information nor is it the stuff of geniuses, purely common sense requiring discipline and a constitution to get the job done.
One often overlooked health factor is your colon. Of course it would be, what with the veil of silence relegating this body region to embarrassing innuendo and ignorance by choice. It is considered an almost toxic part of the body and when it is dysfunctional, so too is your overall health. Your colon specifically requires fiber to work correctly and it would be good to hone up your knowledge regarding cleansing. Don’t scatter just yet, there are natural things you can do other than the enema variations. Simply mixing a glass of juice with a tablespoon of bentonite and psyllium seed powder each morning will do wonders for your colon. Approximately ninety percent of illness and disease begins in the digestive tract and colon.
When you begin to utilize the information I have just discussed you will be triggering the response to a prolonged life with quality. One hundred years old is a benchmark already being achieved by many seniors in the world today. I think that if someone were to begin these simple recommendations early enough, younger generations alive today will extend their life spans to one hundred twenty five years of age on average and some may even reach the one fifty mark. Genetics will help and not just those born with golden DNA. Remember that your mind will play a huge role in how you respond to these modifications.
By simply combining a healthy lifestyle such as what was just laid out for you here, with medical breakthroughs and new technologies in biosciences, from a medical perspective the odds are getting better. Physicians are touting preventative therapies more than ever to go along with pharmacological advances. Billions are being invested by governments and private enterprise to investigate life extension. Longevity is something we can all strive for and our minds and bodies working in synchronicity can make this a reality.
Anti Aging, Anti Aging Theories, Health And Aging, Longevity
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
Anti Aging, Anti Aging Theories, Health And Aging, Longevity