30 Minutes to a Younger You!

It is true! Just 30 minutes of exercise a day can make you feel much younger and healthier. A consistent daily routine of exercise can actually slow down the aging process! There are some specific exercises that can stop the aging clock!

The benefits of exercising are innumerable, and I am sure you know that only too well! Yet I will list some of the benefits here. Exercise

• Provides resistance to diseases

• Provides relief from stress and tension

• Gives relief from joint and back pains

• Rejuvenates the skin and prevents sagging of skin

• Helps in giving better posture and balance and decreases the chances of rheumatoid arthritis.

There are basically 3 types of exercises for anti-aging-

Strength building: It type of exercise gives your muscles and bones sturdiness. This also lessons the chances of a incapacitating injury.

Cardiovascular: These exercises are for a healthy heart. Brisk walks, aerobics, jogging and other exercises increase the heart rates leading to a healthier lifestyle.

Flexibility: This is maybe the most important type of exercise for anti-aging, as it increases blood circulation and gives out serotonin. This chemical is a necessity for the overall welfare of the body.

The exercise does not have to rigorous and exhausting. A simple walk or gardening can do the job. A regular walking routine can give you more energy and make you healthier.

A research showed evidence that golf players lived longer than non golf players. Thus golf can be played for increasing life expectancy.

But over exercising can counter the benefits and even turn harmful. A study has revealed that the burning up of more than 3500 calories a day increases harmful effects of free radicals and cellular oxidation. Further, it can cause depression and sleeplessness.

Inactivity in old age is possibly the biggest cause of aging. Exercise and an active lifestyle can help you look younger and most importantly, feel younger!

Anti Aging - Beyond Creams or Cosmetic Surgery

Are skin firming creams and cosmetic surgery (plastic surgery) the only solutions to stop aging?

When it comes to aging you think about the time you spent in the sun with no sunscreen as a kid, those late night parties as young adults. Later years of never ending nights spent worrying about careers, family and financial issues along with life’s trial and tribulations wreak havoc on your skin and general health that reflects on your appearance. Suddenly you realize the need to exploring the ways and methods of stopping those annoying signs of aging in the hope of combating ‘Mother Nature’.

You begin with applying Anti ageing creams and go through a long process of finding the right product by making your skin a testing ground for every product that someone recommends. Some impatient souls might consider undergoing a plastic surgery if you are not worried about the cost as this is seen as a popular method of defying age.

However there are various other ancient therapies like Ayurveda and modern treatments that effectively reduce the effects of aging. These therapies provide natural supplements to correct the deficiencies through lifestyle changes such as proper dieting, avoiding fat-rich foods, taking adequate rest, exercising regularly. You can also chose from a variety of conditioning therapies like spa, massage, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy and acupuncture.

Home remedies using face packs, scrubs and the more advanced and sophisticated facials using special preparations by trained beauticians also help in fighting aging to some extent. They involve the use of medicinal herbs and natural supplements such as Aloe Vera, sandalwood paste, lemon, jojoba oil, fagus, silvatica extract, lecithin, niacinamide etc. They are rich in antioxidants that rejuvenate the skin, reduce free radical hits, remove dead cells and minimize cellular damage and formation of abnormal cells.

The truth is there is no overnight magic solution in anti aging. Here are some indirect ways in which you can benefit in keeping the skin ageless:

Proper Diet
Low calorie diet with a balance of all nutrients with plenty of water intake is the ideal menu for all. Raw food rich in vitamins and minerals act as rich sources of anti aging agents.

Exercise
Regular exercise keeps you fit and stress free, and thus reducing your aging process.

Restful Sleep
No anti aging or beauty regimen is complete or effective without a disciplined lifestyle of adequate restful sleep.

Meditation
Meditation and yoga are beneficial for anti aging in terms of pacifying the mind and nervous system and promoting the supply of oxygen to the cells and improving blood circulation.

Environmental factors and stress further contribute to the aging process. While you cannot entirely escape aging, you can definitely slow down the aging process by limiting the damage to your skin.