Everyone starts thinking about getting older at some point in their life. Most start thinking about around mid-life. In steps the mid-life crisis. This is the feeling that your life is half over and you need to do something exciting while there is still time. There are not many people alive that are not afraid of aging? That is of course unless you are a 15 year old and you can’t wait to be 16 to get your drivers license. Other than those few instances most people do not want to be older or even look older.
There is an emerging field called gerontology, that seeks to combat the causes of aging. The field of gerontology, sometimes called biogerontology, involves the study of the aging process on a molecular level. Scientists and researchers in the field seek to understand why humans age biologically and physiologically. They aim to apply this knowledge in ways that slow down or reverse the aging process.
For some reason there seems to be a stigma about trying to not look your age. Others who have given up and accept looking or feeling older often mock those who try to fight the aging process. It doesn’t stop with the people who are either to lazy to do something about their aging or just don’t care, it has been reported that younger scientists who are interested in aggressive anti-aging research, often find themselves censored or delegitimized by the old school, academic elite.
Aging and getting old do not have to be the same thing. Aging is natural, there is nothing you can do to stop the chronological clock, but you can slow your biological clock. I can remember my father at 35 and he acted like an old man. He never took the steps necessary to insure his health as he got older and thereby he really was getting old at 35. That is not the case any longer, we are more knowledgeable about nutrition, weight, smoking, lack of vitamins, stress and other factors that can prematurely age us
Anti-aging and Longevity Solutions
Those dedicated to the study and understanding anti-aging and longevity research potential treatments and interventions into the process. Researchers and associated physicians are investigating a number of areas that may impact the field and lead to deeper understanding of how and why humans age and potential slow the aging process or who knows, maybe they’ll find a cure for aging.
One thing that readers should understand is that anti-aging should not be a strategy that is enacted when you are already old. It is very important to live you life in a manner that does not punish you later in life. Eating high fat, high cholesterol foods for the first 60 years of your life is going to be difficult to undo in the last 30 years of your life. This goes for many of the normal vices; smoking, heavy drinking, poor diet, sleep deprivation, and high stress levels. Start trying to reduce these harmful activities now, not later in life.
Items to help you live a healthier life if not a longer one.
Nutritional Supplementation involves a regular regimen of quality vitamins such as vitamin C and E as well as lipoic acid, among other dietary supplements, to combat damage caused by free radicals. A good antioxidant is a powerful tool to rid your body of harmful free radicals.
Hormone Replacement involves human growth hormone, testosterone, estrogen replacement therapy, HCG, Resveratrol, Testatrol and other and other supplements are thought to somehow relate to the life extending effects of calorie restriction.
Calories Restriction Studies have shown that calorie restriction of approximately 50 percent can extend the lifespan by 50 percent in nearly any species, provided adequate nutrition is ensured. The lower calorie diet also reduces your body weight which reduces the stress on your heart and wear and tear on your joints.
The Future of Gerontology
The elderly population makes up the fastest growing population in the U.S. Baby boomers will soon be counted among the aged. As technology and knowledge in the field of anti-aging progress, the concept of aging will be transformed. Pharmaceutical behemoth, Glaxo, has secured the rights to produce resveratrol, Rice University is heading up a study focusing on using bacteria in the soil to destroy plaque build-up in arteries, and many other facilities are quietly conducting research into this controversial field.
As you have read there are steps you can take to possible extend you life but at the very least following the recommendations could improve the quality of your life while you are alive.