Have you inherited your response to stress?
Do stressed out parents produce stressed out kids? According to psychiatrists there is a link. Parental stress places the child at a great risk of becoming stressed as well.
Besides the genetic risk of becoming stressed, children of stressed parents also learn the tendency to get stressed out in reaction to life’s challenges and this is copied directly from our parents.
Since stress accelerates the aging process – inheriting a stress gene could be bad news for your anti aging health.
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Do you need a calcium supplement?
Bone density matters as you get older – particularly for women. Our bones are the body’s structural frame and without sufficient calcium you risk bone mineral loss, joint pain, poor mobility and diseases like osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.
You may be surprised to find out that calcium is one of the most abundant minerals in your body accounting for 1.5% of your total body weight – mostly in your bones and teeth.
Not surprisingly – your body needs a daily supply of calcium to repair, build and maintain bone density and strengthen teeth.
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Four core exercises to try for free
If you haven’t tried a core exercise program yet – here’s a few free core exercises you can have a go at without calling in a personal trainer.
One of the best things about a core exercise regimen is that you can do it for free in the comfort of your own home. All you need is a fitness ball and somewhere soft like a carpeted floor or a mat and you’re ready to go.
Core exercise can be one of the easiest forms of anti aging exercise to fit into your schedule – however busy you are. Even better – core exercises help strengthen your core and firm those stubborn areas of abdominal flab which settle as we get older.
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Why laughter is a great anti aging medicine
Stress has been shown to accelerate aging and disease – anything you can do to reduce stress has to be good. So how about laughing more?
Recent research has shown that laughter really does help us in managing stress. Adopting a humorous view of life’s difficulties can take the edge off everyday stressful situations.
Laughter prevents stress building up and stops the release of damaging stress hormones into the body.
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Ten ideas for a home gym on a budget
The cost of gym membership can seem like a luxury in these cash strapped times – especially if you don’t go as often as you should. But getting enough exercise – weight bearing and cardio – is important for anti aging health
Even the most committed gym bunny may want to top up at home between visits. Setting up a home exercise area can be a great way to stay fit without spending a fortune.
The key thing is not to try and reproduce what the best gyms offer. That’s really what a gym membership buys – use of expensive exercise equipment without the outlay.
But do you really need the high cost hardware to keep fit?
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Anti aging collagen drink – sip your way younger
Japan is the leader in inventive technology in all sorts of areas and in recent years – anti aging products have been a big focus.
What starts in Japanese labs often becomes mainstream in Europe and America in no time at all – or at least in the time it takes to get approval from the authorities that count – like the FDA.
For some time now Japanese women concerned about skin aging have been able to buy anti aging food products – collagen marshmallows for instance – that aren’t available from US manufacturers.
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Happy holidays: how to manage your alcohol intake
With holiday festivities fast approaching you may soon find yourself groaning and saying “never again” as that morning after feeling kicks in.
No one can claim that drinking alcohol is good for your health – especially as you get older. But there is a good and a bad way to drink alcohol.
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Don’t waste antioxidants – eat raw more often
Because they allow our bodies to function in the way they were designed to in caveman days – raw foods are one of the keys to a great anti aging diet.
In recent years there’s been increasing interest on the benefits of raw food and its effect on some of the worst modern disease like cardiovascular disease and cancer.
You may have caught some of the flurry around the so called paleo or caveman diet or maybe you’ve seen articles on raw foodist blogs claiming that we should all switch to eating most of our food raw.
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Why ketchup should be part of your anti aging diet
Whether you eat them raw, as ketchup, paste or a sauce on your pizza, the health and anti aging benefits of tomatoes simply cannot be denied. Tomatoes are one of nature’s superfoods.
The reasons why tomatoes should be part of your anti aging diet can be summed up in one word – lycopene. Tomatoes contain more lycopene – one of the most powerful antioxidants known – than any other food.
Lycopene belongs to the same family of antioxidants as betacarotene but is almost twice as powerful.
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Why smoking and cosmetic surgery don’t mix
If you are considering any kind of plastic surgery – and you’re a smoker – you may want to pause right there.
Whatever your reasons for wanting cosmetic surgery – continuing to smoke will make you a less acceptable candidate in the eyes of most plastic surgeons.
Put simply – smoking intensifies the risks from cosmetic surgery and delays healing and recovery.
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