Resveratrol and Anti-Aging Secrets

Anti-Aging Secrets and Resveratrol

The greatest anti-aging secret of the decade is resveratrol, but it was over 50 years ago that medical science told you that you could live a healthier and longer life if you paid attention to some of the basic laws of Nature.  Why not, then, have the advantage of both by practicing these basic laws of Nature as well as seeking the best resveratrol product available?

THE BASIC LAWS OF NATURE:  There are four factors directly related to how long you are going to live.

1.  OBESITY

Obesity shortens life span and makes one less healthy, taking its toll in many ways.  Take high blood pressure, for example.  To maintain unneeded fat in your body , your demand for oxygen goes up; but in order to increase your supply of oxygen, the amount of blood circulating in your body must be increased—and to do this, your heart must pump more.  This is how obesity leads to high blood pressure.

Obesity is not just a cosmetic problem.  Obesity is a health hazard.  The more weight that you carry, then the more this works against a healthy life.  For example, if you are more than 30% body fat, you have a need for 2.5 times more antioxidants than if your body fat were under 20% of your total weight.  When you are carrying so much more “oxidative tissue”, then you need more antioxidants than normal. Someone who is 30% overweight is twice as likely to die prematurely as is an average weight person.  This is because obesity has been linked to several serious medical conditions, including:

• Heart disease and stroke
• High blood pressure
• Type 2 diabetes
• Cancer
• Gall bladder disease and gallstones
• Osteoarthritis
• Gout
• Breathing problems such as sleep apnea and asthma

Avoiding obesity has never been an anti-aging secret.  But still obesity has become an increasing problem in our country.

2.  OXIDATIVE STRESS

Oxidative stress can come on in a number of ways. It began at birth when you took your first breath and began making energy from the food you ate, thereby producing free radicals.  You can be forced into oxidative stress by emotions, by external stimuli (such as, chemicals in the environment, low oxygen levels, pollution, chlorinated drinking water, smoke, car exhaust, sunlight, UV rays), and even poor diet.  With each occurrence, you make more free radicals.  Oxidative stress occurs when your body’s supply of antioxidants is insufficient to handle and neutralize free radicals of different types.  The result can be massive cell damage that will result in cellular mutations, tissue breakdown, and immune compromises—unless you are able to counteract this by increasing your dietary intake of antioxidants, especially by supplementing with resveratrol.

3.  INADEQUATE PHYSICAL EXERCISE

If you exercise, you have less risk of encountering all of the degenerative diseases.  If you over-exercise, you are forcing yourself into oxidative stress.  So you need exercise in moderation. How much exercise is that?  Some suggestions are (a) all healthy adults aged 18-65 years:  Moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity for a minimum of 30 minutes on five days/week, or (b) vigorous-intensity aerobic activity for a minimum of 20 minutes on three days/week, or (c) walking briskly for 30 minutes twice during the week then jogging for 20 minutes two days/week.   Generally, you need enough exercise to keep your muscles in tone, your circulation moving and your lymphatics draining properly.

4.  THE ROLE OF GENETICS

Since there are four different aspects in Nature’s role—the role of genetics–in this fourth factor that is directly related to how long you are going to live, this discussion will be continued to a future article (See article “Anti-Aging Secrets and Your Longer Healthier Life”).

Lottie Jenvey is an Attraction Marketing enthusiast, an octogenarian and a former medical technologist.  She has had a long-time passion for living in harmony with Nature and in helping people on issues to find a longer and healthier life.  With considerable internet exposure, she has developed a keen interest in helping people achieve a better life via the internet as well.  She plans to develop her marketing company, to expand this blog   http://lottiejenvey.com with further articles following her passions:  A-1 nutrition and the environment (http://lottievjenvey.myshaklee.com) , and to pursue a website for her wildflowers.