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I am glad to welcome you, dear readers of the blog! I am sure you have heard more than once that life is a movement, and also about how many people have tried to discover the elixir of youth, how billions are spent searching for the aging gene and that all attempts are unsuccessful. Today we will try to understand why some people at the age of 70 go to the gym, plant a garden with potatoes and conquer the dance floors, while others at the same age have long been bedridden and cannot eat on their own.
Why do we get old
It’s no secret that the cells of our body are constantly in the process of dividing, that is, they create copies of themselves. Cells are made up of chromosomes that also divide. And they have telomeres at their ends, that is, sections that protect this chromosome from connecting with other chromosomes, and sometimes viruses. After all, if for some reason it connects incorrectly, then it may well lose the ability to divide in the future, provoke cancer and other serious diseases.
In addition, telomeres shorten, and then each new cell is similar to the previous one, losing more and more information over time. That is why our appearance and well-being begin to change. We cannot stop this process, but we can influence it. To do this, you need to take care of your health and actively spend your every day. According to various studies, it was found that athletes have a younger body than their peers, and their telomere length is 75% longer.
Consequences of a sedentary lifestyle
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Oncology
- Diabetes
- Lack of physical activity affects metabolism, cholesterol levels and gives rise to obesity, which occurs gradually, with a slight increase in excess weight.
- Depression appears, difficulties in personal life, professional activity
- Often acts as a factor in premature death
- Loss of the meaning of life, goals and aspirations
- Low energy levels leading to muscle weakness and sometimes muscle atrophy.
How to prolong youth
1. healthy lifestyle
As you understand, the most important thing is a healthy lifestyle. Yes, I’m talking about smoking, drinking alcohol and malnutrition. Get rid of bad habits, and be sure to include foods rich in vitamins, calcium and other useful substances in the menu. With products, we receive a certain dosage of radiation, which is absorbed into the blood, and then enters the cells, changing their structure. And in vegetables and fruits, it is much lower than in fast foods.
2.Sports
And it doesn’t matter at what age they began to train, and whether they had training before that. It will always be appropriate and will play its part in the quality of your life. Of course, the sooner you start, the better the result will be. Did you know that the condition of our muscles after 40 years worsens by at least 5% every year? That is, over time, it will be more and more difficult to maintain your shape. Thanks to strength and cardio training, you will significantly slow down the aging process.
Remember, in an article about depression, I mentioned that in the process of exercising, hormones such as endorphins are released, thanks to which we feel happiness. Therefore, after jogging or swimming, you will also get rid of negative thoughts, experiences, clear your mind and cheer up. And a happy smile on your face attracts the eye and makes you smile back, and then the age indicated in the passport is not so important.
3. Movement should not only be physical
If a person loses faith, loses a dream, or does not know what he wants, he begins to fade. Therefore, the one who has goals always lives longer. If every day is planned and saturated, there will simply be no time for illness and depressive states. Therefore, learn to recognize your needs and desires, and then move towards the goal, no matter what.
By implementing one, you will be surprised that you are not tired, but on the contrary, you have acquired new resources for further movement. Drop all restrictions and doubts, allow yourself to get what you want. I know quite a few examples when people at the age of 60 either took part in marathons for the first time, then got on roller skates or completely changed their image, and 20-year-olds could envy their energy and spiritual strength, and sometimes even health and physical form.
4. Spiritual development
Without spiritual development, a person will also lose form, a sense of inner harmony and its correspondence with the surrounding reality. Curiosity contains a huge amount of energy, when there is a desire to learn something new, then difficulties in the form of laziness or boredom will not arise. In addition, interest is the strongest motivation that can even lift a patient out of bed.
Recommendations
- I will not tire of repeating — do meditation. This is a very useful practice that will also affect your mental body, that is, thoughts and emotional state. You can see all its benefits here.
- Self-development is the key to your advancement, a sense of fullness and richness of life, so read books, visit exhibitions, the theater, new cities, and so on, the main thing is that it gives you pleasure.
- Fight your addictions to gambling and the Internet, because life passes by while you look at the monitor, you lose strength, and, accordingly, energy and health. Active pastime is much more useful not only for the body, but also for the soul. New people, new connections, new experiences — this is very inspiring to life.
- Forget the word “can’t”, challenge your limitations and fears, test your abilities, you change every day, and sometimes you don’t even know what resources you have. And if you do not leave your comfort zone, acting in the usual way, then there will be no change. Sometimes people do the unbelievable for one simple reason — no one has told them before that a person is not capable of this, or they did not believe in the impossibility. We set the boundaries ourselves, and if a seventy-year-old grandmother wants to run a marathon, she will do it, without including the fact that at this age it is not supposed to behave like that, because society demands to be sick and be weak, packing things for a funeral.
- The life of absolutely every person is filled with stress, but not everyone allows them to destroy themselves. Do you know that scientists have come to the conclusion that in the occurrence of cancer, it is our attitude towards ourselves and life, the holding of resentment, anger, that we ourselves are destroying our body, is of great importance? Look around, there are a lot of pleasant and beautiful things in the world, and if you notice only the bad, then you will live in it.
Conclusion
And remember, old age comes when the energy starts to decline. Do not let this happen, explore yourself, do what you want, and then you will achieve harmony and balance. And to keep it at a high enough level, try the methods that I talked about in an article about increasing energy.
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