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Graceful Aging With Proper Nutrition

By: By Anju Mathur, MD

Published: October 19, 2009
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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.

Antioxidants such as Glutathione, Vitamins A, C and E and beta-carotene work to rid the body of free radicals. This can slow down aging and undo damage already done. Proven natural therapies can really prevent age-related diseases. One needs to liaise with a professional regarding what nutritional supplements and particular diet plan would be right for him or her. Exercise would also be a necessary ingredient.

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.

Research has made it clear that the restricted calorie diet (RCD) can be a major contributor to lifespan expansion in mammals (that's us), which reflects in rational food intake plans. It is also exciting to know that limited periods of restricted dieting can balance hormonal functions whose effects can continue even after normal eating habits have resumed.

Consideration of and programming of diet and nutritional supplements gives a jump-start for a successful, long-term outcome of a healthy and vibrant life.

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