Mitochondrial clues to slow aging.
Nominated for discussion at an upcoming Tai Chi Salon.
Optimal living for 120 years and beyond is now within reach. While the exact number of years may be uncertain, the outcome is clear, more than ever we can position ourselves for getting the most out of a longer life. Follow this blog to see how it can be done! This is not so much about longevity, it's about a longer HEALTHSPAN: healthy, meaningful, vigorous living!
"The essence of Independent living is the freedom to make decisions about your own life and to participate fully in your community.” -- John Evans
"Exercise for Younger Skin.Exercise not only helps keep the inside of your body healthy, it also appears to slow and even reverse the effects of aging on your most visible organ — the skin. --Tara Parker-Pope
Click HERE for: YOUNGER SKIN THROUGH EXERCISE
Click HERE for: A NEUROLOGIST'S TIPS TO PROTECT YOUR MEMORY
On my reading list:
Click HERE for: HREE STEPS TO AGE EXUBERANTLY
Click HERE for the ANSWER FROM JOHNS HOPKINS**
I’ll be 75 in a few days.
But today, I’m planning my 100th birthday party. You are all invited to join us for a week of skiing. As for the years inbetween, as my basketball Coach Bogdanoff would say:
“Position is everything.”
Doing the math gives me 25 years to plan the festivities. (Scroll down for the details.)
In the meantime, I’m following a few simple “best practices” to position myself for a longer health span to make that dream come true.
Using my own science based metric, “each day your dinner is taken early (4-6pm) adds an extra day to your health span.
Which brings us back to the latest research at Johns Hopkins....
The Executive Summary:
“Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers studied 20 healthy volunteers by giving them a meal at a traditional hour (6 p.m.) or a meal at a later time of the day (10 p.m.). They found that when people ate later, they had higher spikes in blood sugar, slower fat breakdown and even increases in the stress hormone cortisol, believed to be a factor in promoting weight gain. When they looked more closely at different responses to the late meal, they found that people who normally went to bed early — so-called "early birds" — experienced an even bigger impact from eating late.”
**Footnote: All the resources used in my blogs are highly vetted to bring to readers the most reliable information.
by Leo Tolstoy
But still wishing to find the right answers to his questions, he decided to consult a hermit, widely renowned for his wisdom.
The hermit lived in a wood which he never quitted, and he received none but common folk. So the King put on simple clothes, and before reaching the hermit's cell dismounted from his horse, and, leaving his bodyguard behind, went on alone. When the King approached, the hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut. Seeing the King, he greeted him and went on digging. The hermit was frail and weak, and each time he stuck his spade into the ground and turned a little earth, he breathed heavily.
HOW THIS PARABLE CONNECTS TO WHO WE ARE
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