Antioxidants: Weight Loss & Fountain of Youth
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Living a long and healthy life is something everyone thinks about once in awhile and even more when 40’s 50’s and even 60’s you start thinking about the finish line. This is why research and studies have been focused so much in these areas as living healthy and long is everyone’s dream.
In research there are four main areas that have shown signs of aging: damage cells, oxidative reactions, cell life capacity and the slow process of muscle tissues hardening. All these begin to take place more and more the older you get and especially accelerate when health is not an issue to you. Let’s begin!
Anti-Aging Scientific Methods
Calorie Restrictions
Restricting calories is you of the most popular approaches of gaining longevity in your life as eat 30% fewer calories has shown signs of reducing age-related inflammation that allows flexibility of the cardiovascular system last longer and producing fewer free radicals.
Maintaining a reduces calorie in take can help reduce risk of osteoarthritis, diabetes and heart disease. But let’s be onest as people can barely last on a 2 month diet, so how will they lower their calorie in take by 30% their whole life? Why would we starve ourselves when food alone is what makes up our society because is 2 to 3 years really worth it? Not to me!
Antioxidants & Free Radicals
All you need to know about them is that they aid in age and disease control with vitamins and minerals that you are already familiar with. Vitamins and minerals work hand-in-hand with free radicals that are the cause of aging and health on a large scale and this shows you how important to the body these compounds are. Getting all your A through Z vitmains not only helps produce less free radicals that damage your body but aid into appetite control, energy, weight loss and overal longivity in your life.
What about Green Tea?
Green tea or epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) for many years has been used for health, fitness and aging benefits throughout the world. The EGCG helps reduce free radicals, cell damage and control of insulin that aids in your appetite. Green tea is absolutely one of those healthy antioxidatives you want to put in your body as how as possible so drink all you want.
Don’t forget about Fiber!
Even though it is not an antioxidant, fiber aids in a healthy digestive system, being satisfied after a meal, keeping a constain insulin rush, etc. The sad part is people today consume only 5 to 10 grams a day when they should be getting around 25 to 30 grams. This is one of the causes for a slow and sluggish digestive system which makes gaining weight easier than ever.
So, even though the process of the “Fountain of Youth” is a hard road to take, try instead implementing little eating tips like healthy and whole foods, fiber, antioxidants, etc. and healthy living and longivity will be yours without starving yourself.
Have a great day and God bless!
