Saturday, September 15, 2012

Anti-Aging on the Inside is Important as Well





Tips to Slow down the Aging Process: 

1. Stimulating the brain = in order to stay young a person needs to feel young. It's important we do exercises that stimulate the brain. 
    I personally like doing Sudoku puzzles. These are great. Download the free app on your smartphone. This is so important. Read, take a different route, memorize a quote every day, be creative and make something up, and then we'll be doing our bodies good!  

                

2. Eat well = I can't stress this enough. When I eat well I notice the difference. (In my skin and my energy) Fruits, veggies, and whole grains. 
    Don't want to chop up all the fruits and veggies. Just throw it in a blender with some water and protein powder. That's what I do! 

3. Exercise = Consider aerobic exercise/cardio as your daily routine. It'll increase muscle strength, build bone density and stamina which slow down the aging process. 

4. Increase your antioxidant intake = It will neutralize the effects of free radicals. Free radicals arise normally during metabolism and sometimes our bodies purposely create them to destroy bacteria and viruses. Free radicals also come from pollution, cigarette smoke, radiation, & herbacides. If antioxidants aren't available to fight off these free radicals, than damage can occur. Free radicals increase with age. 
    Eat some dark colored veggies. (I put kale, celery, berries, and whatever else I desire into a blender with water) 

                

5. Sleep = Sleep at least 6 hours a night because less sleep can cause mental and physical deterioration of our bodies.
    Having a hard time sleeping?? Don't look at your cell-phone an hour before you go to bed and put text messages on silent. Also, our bodies go into deeper sleep when the room is cold. Consider taking a hot bath before bed, because when our bodies release melatonin when it cools down. Melatonin is our natural sleep aid.  
6. HGH = (Human growth hormone) Plenty studies have shown that HGH therapy help balance the hormones in our body which keep it young and healthy.