Are You Looking After Your Most Important Anti Aging Tool?

Until recently, there was an accepted outlook about getting older that was shared by experts

. They believed that there was little that could be done to prevent the ravages of aging. Today we know better as there is strong evidence that the downward spiral is not inevitable and there is much we can do to slow the aging process.

There is a growing population of older people who have stayed active and healthy. We see them in the gym, on the tennis courts, on the slopes skiing and many are still working and are productive vibrant members of society. Getting older for them is not about 'taking it easy' or 'growing old gracefully'.

It is not the accumulation of the years that is the problem it is the belief that health is just a question of luck and that there is little that can be done to prevent ill health. That is backed up by the fact that only six out of ten adults have a proper muscle building and maintaining exercise in place.

Although our life span has been extended thanks to medicine, science and technology during the past century our health span has not been extended and we are often left with the last third of our life filled with pain, suffering and disability. Any wonder many people do not want to live to an old age.

The idea that growing old is all about wrinkles, senility and ill health persists. Indeed, for many of today's older people, growing older is linked to illness. Statistics tell us that fifty percent of all adults have at least one chronic disease and many have multiple conditions. Three quarters of people over 65 years are taking multiple (average 12 daily) medications for a wide variety of ailments.

For many older people, life revolves around visits to the doctor, hospital and tests. Yet this does not have to be the case. It is sad and ironic that many people suffer from ailments that are easily prevented or controlled through proper exercise and proper nutrition. It has predicted that eighty percent of all disease can be prevented with health building lifestyle choices like proper exercises.

Generally, the older we get, the frailer we become from loss of muscle tissue from not doing enough muscle building and maintaining activity. The end result is the inability to perform the physical tasks and activities of daily living. This only gets worse till eventually we are unable to take care of ourselves and someone has to.

While most of us accept this loss of function as the norm, it does not have to be this way and we each need step up and take responsibility for our own health and wellbeing. The days of doing nothing to help ourselves and keep our strength are numbered. There simply isn't enough money to have round the clock nursing for people that have neglected to practice self care and maintenance on their bodies throughout their adult life.

The number one most important anti aging goal for every adult should be to prevent the loss of muscle tissue. This is the prime substance for maintaining many body functions, from blood sugar regulation to mood control, for protection from disease and controlling body weight as well as mental health and emotional stability.

A proper strength training program set up and monitored by a fitness professional is at the top of the list so you can have a health span that matches your life span. If we can remain active and functional there is nothing to fear about getting older. And who knows we may be able to do things in the last third of our life that we never achieved in the first or second third. Isn't that something to look forward too?

by: Gen Wright

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