“This world is a school and every person you encounter offers an opportunity to learn a new lesson,” she claims. “If you look at life on Earth that way, aging brings enlightenment—and the wrinkles just make you look more astute.”
What’s Your Real Age?
The secret to a long, healthy, age-defying life: Live right! According to Michael Rozien, MD and Mehmet Oz, MD, founders of Real Age, your “real age” is determined by your lifestyle—not your birthday. The two longevity experts developed a system that applies statistical methods to more than 125 different health factors. Using these health factors, they came up with a series of questions (things like how much your weight fluctuates, how much you exercise and whether you smoke). Answer the questions honestly, and not only will you know your real age, but you’ll also have a good idea how to bring it down a few notches.
Visit www.realage.com for details.
Top 10 Hit List for Anti-Aging
Want to ski the double blacks and climb the Rockies when you’re 75? Do these 10 things and your odds of garnering a long, healthy life increase exponentially.
1. Eat Whole Foods Chemicals, preservatives, artificial ingredients. Who needs them? Ditch boxed, packaged and convenience foods in favor of whole foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fish.
2. Apply What You Learned in High School Physics A body in motion stays in motion. Keep yours moving if you want to extend your life.
3. Do Some Heavy Lifting Strength training not only keeps you from hunching over as you get older, but it also helps prevent osteoporosis.
4. Touch and Be Touched Research shows that babies who aren’t touched don’t thrive. Adults suffer from the same effect. No significant other? Book a massage.
5. Default to Yes Longevity experts agree that maintaining social networks is critical as we age. The more activities, groups, and classes you’re involved with, the better (and longer) your life!
6. Help Others Volunteering for causes that are important to you—or even just allowing a friend to bend your ear—can give you a mental boost and promote feelings of gratitude.
7. Live in the Moment Experts claim that focusing on the here and now, and taking life one day at a time, helps you stay present, grounded, and calm.
8. Take a Mental Retreat Spending just a few moments imagining a peaceful scene floods your body with feel-good chemicals that reduce stress, boost immunity and promote healing.
9. Breathe Monitoring and focusing on the breath is a healing mechanism that has been used for centuries. Take a deep breath in, sip in as much air as you can, and slowly sigh it out.
10. Think Positive Our thoughts create our lives. Enough said.
