How To Slow Aging

The top 5 nutritional strategies for
slowing down the aging process!

How to slow aging
Since the dawn of humankind people have searched relentlessly for the ‘fountain of youth’- the secret formula that will allow them to live a long, healthy, vibrant and disease-free life.

Whilst the search continues for maintaining youthfulness, it appears that scientists may be getting closer to the answer of how to slow aging!

Gerontology, the study of aging, has made impressive progress over the last few decades and the new theories of aging that have emerged from this relatively new science have given people a glimpse of how to slow aging what they can do to dramatically slow down the aging of their body.

One thing is for certain, the process of aging is very complex and multi-faceted. It is not possible to simply use a single strategy and expect to slow aging. The concept of how to slow aging means you must be willing to incorporate a variety of lifestyle habits.

In this article we will examine what you must do nutritionally if you want to live a long, vibrant and disease-free life! Since our body is made up of the food we eat, it simply makes sense that nutrition is the main area we examine when it comes to living longer and looking younger as well as increasing our quality of life.

Nutritional Strategies For Slowing Aging
There are many nutritional strategies you can use that can show you how to slow aging in your body. Here are the top 5:

• Reduce your food intake (restrict calories without restricting nutrients)
• Eat a balanced diet and drink plenty of clean water
• Supplement your diet with extra nutrients
• Eat quality protein
• Avoid potentially harmful foods

1. Reduce your food intake
(restrict calories without restricting nutrients)
There is body of research indicating that a restriction of calories without a corresponding restriction of nutrients is one of the best ways to slow aging. This means you must maintain optimum levels of essential nutrients like, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids and various phytonutrients in combination with a reduced calorie intake.

Calorie restriction (without nutrient restriction) slows aging 3 ways:

• Reduced free radical production- the process of digestion produces free radicals. The more food we eat, the more free radicals are produced. Free radicals oxidise molecules in the body and this may affect cellular functioning.
• Stabilises blood sugar level- high blood sugar levels have been shown to increase ‘protein cross-linking’, which leads to aging of our body tissues.
• Reduces insulin secretion- high insulin induces a range of health-damaging effects in the body. For example, higher levels of clotting factors in artery walls, which increase the risk of heart attack; increased cancer risk; increased risk of developing ‘insulin resistance’.

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2. Eat a balanced diet and drink plenty of clean water
A balanced diet should include a variety of foods, particularly raw foods which tend to be antioxidant rich foods. The ideal diet to slow aging should include: vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, whole grains, unprocessed oils and lean protein sources. These foods should be eaten in as close to their natural state as possible.

A balanced diet should also contain plenty of clean, fresh and ideally, alkaline water.

3. Supplement your diet with extra nutrients
Even if you eat a diet that is varied and contains fresh, unprocessed, organic food, it is still highly likely that you will be deficient in certain nutrients. Therefore, it is absolutely essential that you supplement your diet with the nutrients that it may be lacking.

The 3 best supplements to use are:

• Multivitamin and mineral supplement
• Fish oils
• Antioxidants

A high quality multivitamin and mineral supplement, like MultiBoost, will provide your body with the extra vitamins and minerals that it may be lacking.

Fish oils are probably the best source of omega-3 fatty acids and since most people’s diet is lacking in this essential nutrient as well as having an imbalance between the omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids (too much omega-6 compared to omega-3), taking a fish oil supplement is definitely worthwhile.

Antioxidants are designed to reduce the ‘free radical load’ that our body experiences on a daily basis. Free radicals may be produced by our body but they also come from our environment, especially the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe.

Of course, we do get antioxidants from our food supply, particularly foods high in antioxidants, but nowhere near enough to deal with all the free radicals that our body is constantly being bombarded with every day. This makes supplementing our diet with antioxidants absolutely essential.

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A variety of antioxidants means that a wider range of free radicals may be targeted. This is why blends of antioxidants are always more effective than single nutrients in mopping up free radicals in the body.

4. Eat quality protein
Protein is made up of amino acids and is essential for re-building the tissues of the body. Therefore, it makes sense that small amounts of high quality protein are consumed every 2-3 hours throughout the day. These include: fish, chicken, lean red meat, cottage cheese, protein powder, nuts and seeds.

5. Avoid potentially harmful foods
There are many potentially harmful foods that we, as a society, consume on a daily basis. These include: alcohol, coffee, red meat, salt, white flour and white sugar. In small amounts these foods may be okay and in some cases beneficial, but in order to obtain maximum health and longevity it is best to minimise your intake of these foods.

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