Graceful Aging With Proper Nutrition

By by Anju Mathur, MD

Most of us meander through life with nutrient-depleted bodies, which if remedied, could hugely improve chances for a longer and more productive life. Our highly processed food bought at the supermarket are mostly lacking in nutrition we need, due to currently used farming methods and processing of food. Vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, essential fatting acids, amino acids, antioxidants and other vital nutrients have been reduced or removed.

Even the most disastrous of the modern degenerative conditions, such as cancer and vascular/heart/circulatory diseases, in which our genetic backgrounds may be either a help or a hindrance, can be decisively overcome when personal determination drives the healing process.

In order to start, one has to determine individual metabolic type. The important thing is how the body handles food, not the effect on the body created by a particular food.

Proper environment plays a part with proper nutrition. With a small amount of time and money in consultation with a medical professional, you can find out what type of metabolism your body has and what you should and shouldn't do as regards ingesting food. Good health will be the result.

The process of aging can be slowed down with targeted nutrients. Focus on proven natural therapies to prevent and minimize age-related diseases, including targeted nutritional supplements, exercise and customized diet plans. Learn how antioxidants such as Glutathione, Vitamins A, C and E, and beta-carotene fight free radicals, slowing the rate at which we age and reversing some of the damage already inflicted over the years.

While aging isn't caused by any one factor, free radical damage is the dominant theory of why we age. Free radicals are implicated in such diseases as hardening of the arteries, hypertension, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, late-onset diabetes, and Parkinson?s disease. In addition to free radical damage, your body's everyday processes generate a lot of waste products that must regularly be detoxified and cleared out. There are safe and effective and gentle methods of detoxifying the body along with putting correct nutrition in the body.

Lifespan of mammals can be increased by restricting caloric intake ? much definitive research points to this conclusion. Even limited times of restricted calorie diet can balance hormones and those effects can continue even when normal eating habits are taken up again. A diet plan for the individual is imperative in an anti-aging program.

A long and healthy and productive life is possible with a small amount of effort in the direction of good nutrition and necessary supplements. The key is to work with a professional to discover exactly what is right for you. - 29887

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