Anti-aging Programs – Eight Primary Factors to Keep in Mind

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 September 2011 11:27 Written by Natural Health Team Saturday, 17 September 2011 11:27

Health Information about Anti-aging Programs – Eight Primary Factors to Keep in Mind

I believe anti-aging is multidisciplinary and is based on individual choices. Anti-aging is a lifestyle! Each person chooses how to progress down a certain path to health and well being. Below is a list of factors to consider in designing your own personal anti-aging program.

Rev Up Your Metabolism

Aging is accompanied by a decrease in your metabolic rate and an associated increase in your fat storage. As such, your body fails to burn excess fat as we grow older. To combat this anti-aging effect we need to control our metabolic rate by increasing daily activities. The best way to do this is to perform a 20 minute cardio-vascular fitness program a few days a week to help rev up your metabolism. The best time to perform this fat burning workout is when you wake and before breakfast. This is the perfect time to workout because while you slept, your body depleted all the carbohydrates in your system, and since you have an empty stomach your body is forced to use your fat stores to provide energy for the workout.

Keep Your Heart Strong

Growing older also means a reduction in the ability of the heart to pump blood through the circulatory system. In addition, build up in the arteries also contributes to this reduced ability. Since your heart is a muscle its function and circulatory capability can be improved by aerobic exercise. Remember to always consult your doctor when starting any fitness program. However, I once heard a doctor say that if they could put exercise into a pill form, it would be the most prescribed pill known to mankind. As such, using exercise to keep the heart strong is an important factor in any anti-aging program.

Your Brain is a Muscle Too!

Anti-aging research has shown that memory capacity declines if the brain is not involved in mental functions. Mental inactivity causes poor memory function or in some cases memory loss. Playing games, participating in social activities, problem solving, reading and writing will all help “exercise” the brain. Exercising your brain will not only improve cognitive function but will also help eliminate boredom and depression.

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Lung Capacity

Did you know that the oxygen uptake test, the one where they measure your lung capacity while your on a treadmill, is so accurate that if they gave a group of people the test and then had that same group run a distance race they could predict how each individual would place in the race before the race ended. With aging comes a reduced elasticity of the lungs and thus a reduced oxygen uptake or breathing capacity. Aerobic or cardio exercise is an anti-aging solution that will increase the breathing capacity of the lungs.

Increase Your Lean Tissue or Muscle Mass

As you age your metabolism slows and you begin to lose muscle. Actually, muscle loss is a symptom of aging. However, you can increase muscle mass, burn fat, and increase your metabolism all at the same time. This is accomplished through an aerobic weight training workout. By using light weights that you can repeat 12 to 15 times per muscle group you will not only increase muscle mass and metabolic rate but also reduce fat stores. In addition, strength training exercises will increase your lean tissue which in turn increases your basal (resting) metabolic rate. Combining an aerobic weight training workout with a diet high in protein and low in fat is a good start for any anti-aging fitness program.

Stay Flexible

Stretching should be a part of any natural anti-aging fitness program. You not only warm up your muscles for the workout but also prevent any unnecessary injuries during the workout. Staying flexible will also eliminate any muscle cramping that is sometimes associated with aging. Moreover, being limber helps you perform better in your day to day anti-aging activities.

Your View of Yourself

Does growing old mean avoiding the bathroom scale or looking into a mirror? The way you perceive yourself is very important to your overall physical, mental and spiritual self. People are flocking to doctors for expanding waistlines and hair loss. Their buying anti-aging skin care products and cosmetics for younger looking skin and the list goes on. Your long-term whole-body physical, mental and spiritual picture of yourself is an important factor of your anti-aging program.

Bridge the Gap

Taking the steps necessary to take care of yourself will help you “bridge the gap” to a longer life. Developing a solid anti-aging program and strategy is essential. Without a plan or a process things are just left up to chance. You yourself can only implement the steps that will take you down the path of becoming a centenarian.

In conclusion, anti-aging overall is multidisciplinary. It involves, in part, the 12 factors discussed here but also total whole-body wellness and longevity. It involves incorporating the ingredients of wellness and longevity into your lifestyle. Anti-aging is an individual process – you decide what ingredients are part of the program. Anti-aging is what makes you feel good. It is what makes you “anti-age”!

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Why is it difficult to concentrate

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 03:25 Written by putra Saturday, 14 August 2010 03:24

In some people, it is difficult to maintain concentration caused by medical conditions such as concentration of attention and hyperactivity disorders (GPPH). But not a bit that triggered the simple things, which is certainly easier to overcome.

Things that are referred commonly associated with internal factors at the individual, such as stress and lack of exercise. There are also external factors, such as work environment and the adverse effect of technological development.

Here are five factors that cause reduced concentration, quoted from Health.

Poisoning technology
The number of gadgets on the desk like two sides of a coin. On the one hand can provide comfort, convenience and even through the features reminder and scheduler. On the other hand, the more things will be difficult for the brain’s attention to focus on one job. Back to the agenda book is sometimes more effective to simply remember the schedule. To avoid dependency, take a time away to avoid the iPod, Blackberry, computer, laptops and other sophisticated devices. The time is right, among others, after dinner or before bedtime.

Sleep Deprivation
Next month during a World Cup event in 2010, confirmed the productivity of workers will decline. Poor quality sleep because they have to stay up to watch the ball will cause distraction while working during the day. Another impact of poor sleep is disturbed mood, irritable and easily tired. Certain conditions even need medical help to fix it for example on sleep disorders (sleep disorder).

Less satisfied with work
Very reasonable if not pleasant working atmosphere will reduce the mood and concentration. This condition occurs when in conflict with superiors or colleagues, or working on a tedious project or not in accordance with the interests and abilities. Individuals with GPPH also experienced this sort of thing, and needed medical help to improve their performance. If it were not for GPPH, the easiest solution is to find a new job.

Too much pressure
Stress and anxiety is very disturbing because it affects the concentration of the cognitive centers in the brain. Section is responsible to the ability to think quickly and sharply. To relieve stress, a lot can be done as a way of meditation. Researchers from UCLA even claimed, meditation can be overcome depression and provides a positive development in patients GPPH.

Lack of exercise
Numerous scientific evidence shows that regular exercise can keep the mind sharp while increasing the memory capacity. In fact this also applies to individuals with GPPH. In addition, activities that drain a lot of sweat to burn off excess energy that often trigger anxiety. Effects, sleep the night becomes more effective and qualified so that more fresh mind when working in the afternoon.

Frequent blinking means the mind wandered

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 03:10 Written by putra Wednesday, 11 August 2010 03:09

People will blink to keep the eyes so as not to dry. But if someone is too often flashes then it is a sign that he was not focused and his mind was ‘wandering’ alias everywhere.

Blink function is to flatten the entire surface tears to the eye balls, especially the cornea. The aim is to wet, because that section easily become irritated if allowed to dry.

Another function of blinking is a reflex to prevent foreign objects will enter the eye. This function is supported by the fur (hair) eyes, as a dust barrier that will close following the eyelid movements during blinking.

But the researchers found people who are too often winked indicate that his mind was ‘wandering’ alias is not the focus.

By considering the frequency of how many times someone blinks, we can know whether these people really focus attention and listen to us or not.

“Closing your eyes or blink too often is a sign that a person’s mind was somewhere else,” said Dr. Daniel Smilek, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, who led the study, as reported by the Telegraph.

According to Dr. Smilek, when one’s mind ‘wandering’, the information they receive will expire at the end of the sense of sight. They will often close the eyelid so there is little information coming into the brain.

To test this theory, the 15 participants were asked to read a book in front of a computer screen equipped with eye movement sensors, which are used to record how many times they blink.

Every time the computer is off at a certain time interval, scientists will check and see if the participants focus on reading or not.

The participants found more frequently blinks when their minds are not in focus or not focus on the activities of reading, and ‘travel’ to another place. These findings have been reported in the journal Psychological Science.

Actually not known with certainty, how many minutes the flashes to normal conditions because there are so many factors that affect. Someone getting younger age, frequency of blinking is generally smaller.

But according to Dr. Stephen Juan, quoted from The Register, the blinking frequency is:

1. In adults varies between 10-15 times per minute.
2. Until the age of 14 years, the frequency of blinking is only about 10 times per minute.
3. Newborns much less ie less than 2 times per minute.