Anti Aging and Weight Loss
July 20, 2009
Lifestyle therapy and anti-aging hormones to expand life span and quality is the rage amongst baby-boomers. Amongst many side effects of anti-ageing method is a striking weight loss, particularly with drugs such as anabolic steroids and growth hormones.
It’s a proven fact that excess weight increases risk to our health, but few of us are aware of the fact that carrying excess weight or being over weight also speeds up the ageing process in our body. To put it in other words, you can gain years by losing weight, as carrying excess weight or being overweight puts extra stress on our heart and body and wearing our body quicker.
Remember ageing is a natural phenomenon and we can’t control certain factors, but yes there are other factors such as excess weight that we can control to mellow down the ageing rate significantly.
Regular exercise is another effective way to control ageing process. Regular exercise keeps our cardiovascular system, muscles and bone healthy, which helps in slowing down the again process.
If nothing goes wrong we are born to live for several years. May be to see our grand children growing up if lucky we can also see our great grand children. But being obese can reduce our life span and make it difficult for us to even reach age of 65-70.
Today obesity is one of most common health risk issue in America. Obese people are more prone to diseases such as diabetes, kidney trouble, physiological problems, high BP, Pregnancy complications, and several heart problems. Liver damage is another common problem in obese people.
Beside regular mineral and multi-vitamin supplements, there are certain supplements that can help you in delaying ageing process. Coenzyme Q10 is a matter in our body that helps cells during respiration and as we grow old the level of Coenzyme Q10 decreases.
Other supplements that assists in keeping our sell young and healthy is deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). These substances help in rejuvenating weakening cells and also nourish the cells.
Other supplements that can help us to make our body healthier and younger are antioxidants and vitamins.
Selenium, Vitamin A, E and C are the key antioxidants that aid our body by keeping the free radicals in check from the pollutants we intake daily.
Again, one of the most effective and inexpensive way to slow down ageing process and lose weight is water. Water is packed with rejuvenating effect for your body and helps in keeping our skin young and moisturized.
Another vital thing is to have sufficient amount of protein in our diet. It helps in keeping muscles healthy as well as also helps in weight loss. By reducing carbs intake and increasing protein intake, you can lose that unwanted extra fat from your body.
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