You truly can look like you did when you were twenty if you are twenty one, or thirty. Seriously, today’s grandmothers look fabulous. When you compare grandmothers from the fifties and even the early sixties, there was a certain image you had in mind when someone spoke of their grandparent. Today, your grandmother, or grandfather, could easily ride to work or for recreation on a bicycle or on a Harley. Chronological age has become much less important than physical and mental fitness. As everyone has become more aware of their own responsibility regarding their health, many people have made an enormous change in their life – for the better. You can, too.
Cigarettes Give You Wrinkles
One of the first steps you can take to look younger is to stop smoking. You may not care about how many wrinkles you have around your mouth now, because they are only in their preparatory stages. Once you are in your fifties and sixties, you won’t be able to deny your smoking history to anyone. You can minimize that effect by quitting right now. Not only will your skin look better and fresher, circulation in your skin will improve drastically to give you a healthy glow. Alcohol is another culprit that will take its toll on your health if it is out of control. Drinking can be very harmful to your liver and your brain, often ending in terrible diseases. Moderation is the answer.
Eat The Scrumptious Foods In Moderation
Do you love rich, creamy sauces on your food? How about cheese cake? Big juicy steaks make your mouth water? Well, you’re not alone. The fact is that you can enjoy all of these foods. The key word is again, moderation. Anything in excess can do you harm, even food. Most people don’t worry about food so much until they can’t button their favorite shirt any longer. What they never think about is what all that fatty food does to their arteries. This has also changed a lot over the past several decades. People are more aware of what is high in nutritious value and what is made of empty calories. Education has helped many to prolong their life in a positive way.
What’s Up With That! My Grandmother Is Wearing My Jacket!
Finally there is fashion. There is not nearly so much distinction between certain ages as there once was. There are many clothing articles woman in their forties, fifties and even sixties can wear without limiting the articles to either age group. Spandex becomes more valuable as you get older. It lends a kind and gentle hand to certain body areas.
Get Your Bones Strong Again
Exercise, as the body ages, becomes extremely important to preserve strength and mobility and build up calcium for stronger bones. It is even helpful to move about with a certain form of arthritis. When the aging body lifts weight, it forces blood into the brain, which is never a bad thing. A brain that is well circulating with blood works faster and more accurately. The repetition of lifting five or ten pound dumbbells twenty times every day builds larger and more muscle fibrils. The entire physiological process that is happening results in the hypertrophy of muscles which leads to more strength. Greater strength adds stability to the entire body preventing falls.
Get Up And Get Moving
All the above together will help you look the way you remember looking when you were at a certain age. Once you get over the hurdle of non-motivation, you will soon feel like a totally different person. This person is younger, more energetic, better looking, smarter, more confident and so much healthier. You will look ten or twenty years younger when your body is fit and your mind has a positive outlook on life. The biggest problem is getting started and making healthy living a habit. Change only one habit a week, otherwise you will feel overwhelmed. After three weeks, the first habit will be part of your lifestyle. A week later, you will have two great habits as part of your life, and so on.
The appearance of wrinkles is but a physical sign of aging. There are more alarming effects that should keep you on your toes. There’s the decreased brain function and an increased risk for chronic conditions. So when you are choosing an anti-aging supplement, make sure that you do not only address your skin problems or anything that concerns ‘looking young’. What you should be more concerned about is how your body will be able to cope up with the decreased production of the magical Human Growth Hormone. Take a cue from the following tips that will help make you look young and feel young and live young for long.
* Drink lots of water.
* Eat veggies and fruits. Stay away from fastfood. Burgers and fries may shorten your life.
* Don’t drink; don’t smoke. If you are to drink, do it occasionally and in moderation. Two drinks a day is acceptable. In case of smoking, it’s a no, period!
* Allow yourself for some quality time to relax and to enjoy recreational activities. They are essential in reducing your stress.
I know, those four things have been mentioned many times before in countless articles on health. But I am reiterating them now, knowing that their benefits cannot be stressed enough. Aside from the basic essentials, you might also want to follow some unusual health tips that work:
* Do some stretching before you sleep. It will help improve the quality of your zzzzzs.
* Eat gold. You read that right. Gold is meant to be worn than to be eaten but there were studies that show eating small amounts of liquid gold can help strengthen your immune system. This has been the practice in the Middle Ages, which have been found still useful at this modern day and age.
* Drink up cranberry juice. This types of drink have essential nutrients that will help you fight off a good number of illnesses.
* Eat an apple. It has been said many times that “an apple a day can help keep the doctor away”. There is nothing untrue to that statement. Apple has certain chemical compounds that help fight off cancer, including those that appear at the colon.
* Brewer’s yeast is a fountain of B vitamins and protein, which can give you lots of healthful benefits. You can add a debittered variety to your diet by sprinkling it on your smoothies and salads.
* Eat raw garlic. It will help release the healthy chemicals on the bomb into your own body.
Do anti-aging creams actually work? I’ve been using a brand for a while and I can’t seem to find any difference.
I love that thought: “We also should keep ourselves fashionable so we don’t look like we are actually getting old.” However, this does not mean that we chase every trend that comes along. It is important that we dress up appropriately. There are many ways to look fashionably cool without going overboard. Be mindful of your wardrobe choices. It is not good to look old in them but it is also not nice to look like a hippie when your age is no longer apt for it. Keep it simple, keep your style within the boundaries of your age, and be comfortable. Comfort is probably much more important than the look of the whole package. You must be comfortable with what you wear so you can carry it with a kind of confidence that will let people know you are feeling good about yourself and about how you look.
There are natural and medical treatments to delay aging. Remember that going for supplements and surgical procedures may provide immediate effects but they come with risks, too. So be very wary of what kind of treatment you pick. Ideally, even if you go for supplements and surgery, you should still be mindful of how you eat, your workout routine and your health habits.
I think that observation was right. You should not think about aging too much so it does not happen fast. It will happen anyway.
Nobody would want to look old. Thank you for the useful advice that you have given. I’m sure a lot of people out there will find your article essential in coping up with old age. It is not really getting old that makes aging a dreadful situation. It is basically suffering from the changes that occur not just to the physical but also to the mental and emotional state of a person. Knowing that some of the effects can be controlled by choosing to live a healthy life so as to enjoy a quality one is enough to keep me sleeping soundly at night.
I think there are lots more to think about with regards to aging than just the wrinkling of the skin. Keeping yourself young is all about making sure that you stay active even after you reach your senior. It might be interesting for you to know that those who practice martial arts can move and grind as well as the twenty-somethings even after they reach 50. That’s what being fit is all about. That’s quality living is all about. What you will do with a wrinkle-free skin when you can’t even bend to pick your grandson’s toy?