Adrian Barich: stop searching for a miracle vitamin and listen to the science on what to do for long life

Don’t you hate the answer to a healthier, longer life? . . But somehow, you can’t be filled in doing this?

How did some of us like this? Even my surgeon friends confess that the demand for orthopedic surgery of people who lost weight fell by 20 percent, and if we decide to exercise instead of buying a pill, he will see that drug companies will be shot hard.

Living longer: As one of my friends once said, not rocket surgery.

So the focus, the nation, the nation comes and examine this advice: If you want to live longer, science has great news and you don’t have to drink 300 dollars on the internet to drink cabbage smoothies or “miracle long -lasting powder”.

No. The real magic solution – and now do not set, do not wait – exercise.

A doctor who spends his life to read aging told me that the exercise came first with daylight.

And I’m not talking about Arnold Schwarzenegger type education: just a normal, regular, logical movement, now it has been proven to have continued for longer.

And before dragging and continuing your search for a magical vitamin, the reason why many people over the age of 50 do not do what I say is that as we get older, our bodies try to draw us to a comfortable chair.

But I’m here to ask you to ask you to “get angry with the death of light” in the words of the poet Dylan Thomas.

As we get older, our bodies want to slow down. Natural changes in our muscle, energy and joints make less movement and more resting. However, sitting too much increases your risk of illness, disability and even death.

You know the drill: the muscles are shrinking, the energy bottoms and the joints begin to make squeak sounds. But here is the bending: Sitting too much does not only harden you, in fact it shortens your life.

One The study followed more than 600 people between the ages of 70-89, who are at risk of losing mobility. Half of them participated in a moderate exercise program with fast walking, some force training, balance work and stretching and up to 150 minutes a week.

The other half. . . I didn’t.

Two years later, not only the exercise group had less disability, but they also returned faster if they were injured.

In other words, the movement is a lotion, the movement is medication, and unlike things in a bottle, it is free, it comes without side effects and you can get it at the frequent frequent you want.

Being overweight can sliced for years from your “active life expectancy ,, which is the years when you experience without a serious illness or disability.

Losing a little too much weight is music to my ears.

And before starting to investigate the “calorie restriction miracle ,, the truth is that scientists have seen that extreme diets created wonders in laboratory mice, but people? Not too much. Also, I think that most people will live a little shorter, happy life before they survive 110 in anything except the steamed broccoli.

Is it a cigarette? Forget. The day you leave, your body starts to repair itself.

And here is a big surprise: your genes are not as authoritarian as you think. Dr. Thomas Perls says that most of the genes are about one -third of how long we’ve been. The rest depends on the lifestyle. In other words, you cannot choose your parents, but you can get a dumbbell.

We all heard before: Genes are loading the gun, lifestyle trigger. But maybe the exercise can hide the bullets.

Some of us were blessed with “super long life – – naturally the genes that help you get a letter from the king. But for the rest of us, the road to old age is simple: Move more, eat more logically, do not smoke, keep your stress under control, and stay connected to other people.

Oh, and focus on quality sleep. My brother follows the heart rate variability or HRV at the Garmin time and receives insight into the stress levels, training preparation and general health. It reflects the time difference between Layman’s terms and HRV between heartbeats and can be measured during sleep.

And here is the other secret: Living longer is not just about the body. It is also very important to stay socially and mentally.

Whether he guides young people, learns to play volunteering or playing Ukulele like Tiny Tim, the issue is to continue to appear for life.

So forget to spend your retirement in a rocking chair. The formula is simple: Walk more. Remove things (go out of that chair. Eat the food that your grandmother recognize. Throw a cigarette. Very rose. And hold the company with people who allow you to forget how old you are.

Just ask yourself, how old would I be if you didn’t know how old I was?

And remember, never regret aging. It is a privilege rejected for many.