Healthy Home Newsletter September Volume XVII Issue 9

“How To Control Aging
By Starting Now”
An old Chinese proverb goes like this: “When is the best time to plant
a tree? 20 years ago. When in the next best time to plant a tree? Today.”
The next best time for you to take control of aging…is TODAY. If you think
you can wait until later to prevent premature aging, you will miss some of
the most important times of your life to do it.
Most people’s muscle mass declines with age and the rate of loss
accelerates after age 45. The amount of muscle you retain, or build, is
determined partly by how many muscles are used. Use them frequently and
you maintain their strength. Push them to the limits of their capacity by
exercise, and you increase strength no matter how old you are.
Doctors at Tufts University in the US say most middle-aged people’s
weight problem is excess body fat coupled with too little muscle.
As you age, you can lose whole sets of muscles and nerves that work
together to make your body function. Between ages 30 and 70, it is
estimated that people experience a 20 percent decrease in the strength of
the thigh. You can regain muscle mass and strength (through strength
training) no matter what shape you’re in when you begin.
How much oxygen your body can process in a given time is an
important biomarker called your aerobic capacity. By age 65, it is typically 30
percent to 40 percent less than in young adults. People at any age can
reverse the trend with aerobic exercise, the kind that makes you huff and
puff. And when you build muscle with strength training, you also increase
aerobic capacity.
Other methods to slow aging include controlling sugar, cholesterol,
blood pressure, bone density, and hydration. The older you are, the more
fluids you should drink.
Cool Blogs, Sites
& Online
Resources to
Check Out!
An Amazing
Website to Visit This
Month:
“Attack of
the Cute”
Very SFW (safe for work):
Attack of the Cute is a crowd-
pleaser. This is a photo blog, where
readers contribute pictures of their
cute pet cats, dogs, ferrets, rabbits,
or cute animals they discovered at
the zoo.
This is absolutely a family-
friendly and office-friendly website.
You’ll even be the hit of the office if
you introduce your coworkers to
this place. This site gets a big
thumbs up and guarantees smiles
for everyone.
(Source: Paul Gill)
If you haven’t already started to control aging… you can begin today.
www.AttackoftheCute.com
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