An article provided some interesting ideas for mitigating the process and effects of aging.
Main point: “The factors that most influence our lifespan are about what you’d expect: diet and exercise.”
More about it:
- What and why:
- “…humans who restrict calories have much better health and low risk of chronic disease.”
- “…most of the benefits of fasting come from just one thing: eating fewer carbohydrates, which are the main nutrient found in foods such as bread, pastries, pasta, rice, potatoes, and sugar.”
- “…aging also leads to loss of muscle…loss of muscle leads to worse health, chronic disease, and ultimately, frailty.”
- “When both food [lower carbohydrates] and body composition [muscle] are optimized, long life and good health ensues.”
- How:
- “To build and retain muscle, diets should contain an adequate amount of protein.”
- “…everyone should do some form of strength training.”
Things to think about:
- There are no magic bullets.
- Nordic walking engages the upper body muscles in addition to the lower body muscles.
- Supplemental exercises can include weight machines, resistance bands, and body weight exercises.
- Pay attention to Nordic Walking Guy’s 3rd rule: Everything counts, but count what matters! Even the bad foods you eat count but not in good ways. What matters are the good foods you eat to replace the bad foods.