Stop Aging And Learn My Rules Of Health And Youth
Retinoids, including the most well-known brand, Retin-A, are topical skin lotions that perform a multitude of miracles, including reducing skin aging. They treat acne, lighten age spots, reduce wrinkles, and firm the skin. These wonder drugs can even soften rough patches of skin and lighten brown spots caused by sun exposure.Retinoids work at the DNA level, increasing the skin’s production of collagen (the substance that keeps the skin firm), stimulating the growth of new blood vessels (a process which improves skin tone), and speeding the turnover of surface skin cells so new healthy cells can take their place. Retinoids fix so many skin problems with so few side-effects that one dermatologist quoted here said, “I recommend retinoids to everybody.Sunscreen is a valuable anti-aging tool. It prevents premature skin aging, protects your skin from harmful UVA (aging) rays and UVB (burning) rays, and guards against many skin cancers. Exercise may actually reverse aging.
In this study from 2018, researchers studied a small group of people in their 70’s who had exercised regularly over their life span. They had the cardiovascular health of those 30 years younger. These lifelong exercisers were also compared to active young people in their 20’s. While the elders did not possess the aerobic capacity of the younger exercisers, the muscles of the older exercisers did resemble those of young people, even down to the number of capillaries and enzymes.
Added to these results, a study from 2017, reported by Mike Zimmerman in the AARP Bulletin, compared telomere length Sarcopenia” means a decline in skeletal muscle strength as a result of aging. (Sarcopenia is to muscles what osteopenia is to bones.) Loss of muscle mass can lead to falls, inability to perform simple daily tasks, and loss of independence. Many doctors do not even warn their patients about the debilitating effects of this condition, according to this article by New York Times health writer Jane Brody.
But sarcopenia can be reversed at any—and I mean any—age! Brody writes that, “No matter how old or out of shape you are, you can restore much of the strength you already lost … research documenting the ability to reverse the losses of sarcopenia — even among nursing home residents in their 90s — has been in the medical literature for 30 years, and the time is long overdue to act on it.”in sedentary and active adults. The researchers found that exercisers had a nine-year aging advantageStrength training, a.k.a weight lifting or resistance training. You can use free weights, bands, or machines, gradually increasing the degree of difficulty.A very small but suggestive 2017 study of 129 women found that those women who’d had sex with their long-term partner during the week had significantly longer telomeres and more telomerase (the enzyme that stimulates the growth of telomeres) than those women who did not.
Surprisingly, telomere length was not associated with factors like relationship satisfaction or stress.