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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Warning Wednesdays: are your efforts making you age faster??

Exercise and eating right will benefit your overall health and well-being. But can exercising and eating WRONG do the opposite?
You may not know it, but what you are doing, can be exhilarating your aging process. It is very hard to tell now, while you are young and feeling good but it can catch up to you in the not-so-distant future.

What is fitness to aging?
*Over training can contribute to accelerated aging!
*Under training can contribute to accelerated aging!
*Insufficient recovery time for the body (REST) will increase the aging process and also hinder your body’s ability to grow stronger and/or leaner

On the flip side, balanced training and staying fit can contribute to a more graceful aging process. Fitness can contribute to stronger and happier aging.

What is health to aging?
*Foods we eat directly related to how we age
*High acidic foods speed up process of aging! Look for alkaline foods and drinks (MILK is aging us! The calcium in milk cannot be processed by our bodies so we don’t actually receive any of the nutrients PLUS its extremely acidic! Read my earlier post about milk warnings.)
*Recreational drugs speed the process as well as most medicinal drugs in the markets today
*Not enough sleep and too much sleep ages (anything less than 6 or over 10 is BAD!)

Common errors … don’t do it!
- over training
- insufficient rest between training and/or injuries
- imbalanced workouts (only does 1 style all the time)
- poorly made programs that don’t cater to needs
- too much too soon
- unrealistic goals
- fad diets

until next time team, maybe it’s time to recheck your current mindset of exercise and health…it could be making you OLD!

Health respect & happiness,
beki

1 comment:

  1. Great tips. I hate to believe that not sleeping enough makes you age quicker, I try and get as little as possible because I value my conscious hours so much. You should check out my article on sitting still, and how that is bad for your health as well: http://exerciseandmind.com/content/sitting-still

    Great tips. Thanks :)

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