What works for anti-aging?

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What works for anti-aging?

See the below from a web site.

The Truth About Stay-Young Strategies: Which Ones Work, Which Are

Worthless

By Tamar Nordenberg

" Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you

haven't committed " — British author in Temporary

Kings, 1973

Done right, aging needn't feel like a punishment. Studies show that

people who live to age 100, as a rule, feel fine into their 90s. But

commit crimes against your body — the body you're stuck with for as

long as you survive — and the passing years can wreak havoc on your

health before you're 50.

Some survival strategies require little elaboration:

Maintain a healthy weight. Avoid coronary heart disease and other

killer conditions associated with being overweight by keeping your

weight in check: Eat fruits and vegetables and limit your intake of

fat and calories. And work out regularly, being sure to combine

stretching for flexibility, aerobics for endurance and weight

training for strength.

Don't smoke. Quitting reduces your risk of heart disease almost

immediately, and over the years also reduces your chance of getting

lung diseases, including cancer.

Protect yourself from the sun's deadly rays. Age is a risk factor for

skin cancer, a sometimes deadly condition that is diagnosed in more

than a million Americans each year. To lower your risk, try to avoid

unnecessary sun exposure, especially between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. And

when you are outdoors, wear a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15.

Don't drink to excess. While studies have shown that a single drink

each day might not harm health — and might even have some beneficial

effects — too much alcohol can damage almost every organ in the body

and weaken the immune system.

Other strategies in the quest to stay forever young are not so

simple, but are also within your power to affect.

" Until recently, we thought the best recipe for a long life was to

have long-lived parents, " says , founder and executive

director of the Alliance for Aging Research. " Now we know that a vast

amount is up to us, by our choices, our behaviors and the environment

we live in. "

To help you age with ease, Discovery Health Online has uncovered the

most up-to-date answers to these critical questions:

What kinds of food and dietary supplements can help you live longer

and stronger? End the confusion about which kinds of food can add

years to your life, and which can actually harm health. Plus, which

dietary supplements might help stave off illness, and which entail

more risk than reward?

Can extreme dieting and other new-fashioned habits lengthen your life

span? Get the last word on a calorie-restriction diet that some

people swear by and whole-body scans that promise to catch cancer

while it's curable.

When does forgetfulness become a cause for concern? Sometimes

forgetting is normal and sometimes it's not. From expected memory

lapses to those that might signal Alzheimer's, what steps can improve

brain health?

Staying happy, staying young. What has new research revealed about

religion's effect on health and longevity? And how do marriage

status, stress levels and other matters of spirit influence how long

you'll live?