IRONING THE WRINKLES OUT OF AGING
OUT WITH THE OLD
Ageism is no laughing matter. Elderly. Oldster. Senile. Over-the-hill. Blue Hair. Biddy. Codger. Pops. Even Boomer is getting a bad age rap. It’s a rampant and historical form of prejudice, discrimination and bias.
Aging is an inside joke and the fodder of late night comedians. Consider the following:
You know you’re old if your walker has an airbag.
I knew the romance was gone when I drank champagne out of the old girl’s slipper and choked on a Dr. Scholl’s insert.
I’m done with wild oats. Now I’m into prunes and All Bran.
Funny, I don’t remember being absent minded.
Ageism is a cultural toxin that threatens our social future. And individual health. One study reported that older adults who held negative views about old age, faced life expectancies that were, on average seven and a half years shorter.
WHAT’S A NUMBER?
When is someone considered old? According to different studies the average seems to be age 68. However, most people under age 30 said the typical person becomes old before reaching their 60th birthday. One thing many people don’t know is that there is an important difference between chronological age (the date we were born) versus biological age (calculated on the basis of a person’s physical and mental condition).
If you want to know your true age, don’t look at the calendar. That number may be far from accurate in defining who you are. How many times do you ask someone how old they are only to freak out when you find out they look years younger?
EXPECT IT. DON’T ACCEPT IT.
Everyone ages. It’s life. But there is a better way to age. You don’t need to accept that illness, fatigue, memory function and even sexual dysfunction are inherent on the aging process. More and more there is a new focus on research to promote healthy aging rather than simply treating the diseases of old age.
There are simple, specific, important things we can all do to lower our biological age, even as we continue to tick off the chronological years. After all, every additional year on the calendar is a year you could be using to repair and rejuvenate your body, if you know what to do. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the Federal Government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), investigates ways to support healthy aging and prevent or delay the onset of age-related disease and decline. They have already gained important insights, and what we learn from ongoing and future studies may not only help to increase longevity, but may also promote what is known as “active life expectancy”—the time in late life free of disability.
SLOW DOWN, YOU’RE GOING TOO FAST
First, just top. If even for a minute. Our bodies all have internal clocks that stress and a host of other negative behaviors can cause to spin out of control. From early on, we’re on a fast track to hurting or even destroying all the things that can keep us young and healthy. We never sit and consider the effect of stress, bad eating habits, lack of sleep and more in the picture of our future health issues. Instead, when we’re young we are in total denial that one day we’ll be dumped in the pool of the damaging stereotypes mentioned above. It’s a race to cell burnout.
The hormones responsible for all of your youth-like qualities such as healthy skin tone, strong lean muscle, robust energy and insatiable sex drive, start declining more and more each year that goes by. And if you’re not proactive, your youth enhancing hormone levels may drop so low that there is no turning back.
SUMMATION
WHATEVER YOUR AGE, THERE IS SOMETHING POSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE THAT CAN HELP SLOW THE AGING PROCESS AND GET YOU FEELING THE BEST YOU CAN. HELP YOU TO LIVE LIFE NOT ONLY BETTER, BUT LONGER. IT ALL STARTS WITH A CALL TO DENVER HORMONE HEALTH. STEPHEN A. GOLDSTEIN, M.D. IS AN AUTHORITY IN UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HORMONE IMBALANCE AND THE AGING PROCESS. WITH SIMPLE TESTS HE CAN PINPOINT SPECIFIC IMBALANCES ALONG WITH VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND THEN TAILOR A SPECIFIC SOLUTION FOR YOUR ISSUES. YOUR GOAL? TO FEEL YOUR BEST. HIS GOAL? TO GET YOU THERE.
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