Aging Young - Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. Truman Capote

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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. Truman Capote

## The Secret of Aging Young - by an insider. ## Who better to teach how to stay younger longer than someone doing it! ## I am a 92-year-old retired businessman living in The U.K. With my late wife, we owned and ran ‘The Marches’ a very successful health and nutrition shop and restaurant in Hereford U.K for 32 years (1972 – 2004). ## My beliefs and practices. ## "Knowledge is power. Everyone should strive to self-improve throughout life. The positive effects of exercising and educating the mind are many, providing benefits and rewards in personal, career and business life far greater than the effort expended in learning. ## Thinking and doing right pays high dividends in gains to confidence, self-esteem and overall wellbeing, whilst also adding more years to the average span, and more importantly – they are lived and enjoyed rather than endured. ## Bad news - No one wants to be old, but until they discover an elixir of youth, the ability to retain youthful looks and energy depends to a great extent on our own approach and effort. ## Good News – Aging can be slowed. You can with effort and a plan, look, act, and have the youthful health, vigour and figure at least 10 years younger than your calendar says. ## The assumption that getting old means developing a skin like a wrinkled prune, losing the ability to get around, whilst also facing the possibility of developing incontinence and dementia, is a nightmare vision of aging that need not be. If you know the formula and follow it. ## Talking about incontinence – you’ll know it’s not your day when you ring the incontinence helpline and are put on hold. ## I’ve always enjoyed a laugh. That is important in the staying young formula. ## And laughter is all around in everyday life – last week I put my purchases on the supermarket counter. The cashier said “You’re a bit late aren’t you”? Puzzled, I looked at my purchases – A pair of reading glasses (I was picking up for someone) and a bag of carrots! ## That there is a blueprint to slow down aging is self-evident. Just look around. While some people seem to be struggling to stand up straight and remember their name at age 65, others are still playing sports and writing books well into their 80s and 90s. ## Is the difference entirely genetic? No! In fact, there are numerous lifestyle changes that can make all the difference to the way you feel as you age, and many of the problems that are associated with old-age are lifestyle inflicted and can be avoided. ## In a nutshell – For most people born healthy, the way they age is almost entirely in their hands! ## The Circle of Life ## It's crazy, but in one sense mobility starts to deteriorate from the moment we are born. The flexibility of the newborn to put toes in their mouths has gone within 2 years. ## Fortunately, such a trick is not a lifetime essential, but it is the start of what I call wearing in for the first 35 years or so and wearing out for the rest. ## In youth it is easy to keep fit and healthy without thinking or planning. Effort is easy and a pleasure. ## Running around, playing sports and doing things we enjoy will provide natural fitness until we reach our mobility peak around middle age. ## Then change starts, so thought, planning, discipline and effort should be given to slow the ‘Circle of Life’s’ reverse back to wobbling and falling like a baby again, but without the joint flexibility and ability to bounce. ## But we can do it through the things most of us love – Eating and Playing - Good Food, Sport, Socialising, Keeping Busy.(an Aerobic activity. Something that raises the breathing, but still able to converse. I chose competitive Table Tennis and Rambling or Trekking. ## NUTRITION ## Eat Right Be Right - Poor nutrition is responsible for a many of the problems people struggle with as they get older. Health issues associated with old age usually result from years of poor nutrition. ## A lack of nutrients can lead to problems with vision, problems with hormone production, problems with bone density and much more. ## Thus, by giving the diet the attention and planning it merits. ‘EAT TO LIVE' should be the guide, not 'LIVE TO EAT’. ## By including the right balance of protein, fruit and vegetables, the body's immune system will be better able to combat attacks on health. Building the foundation to better achieve this aspiration – ## Successful Aging is Quality of Life Enjoyed, not old age Existed. ## The earlier the decision to plan and make the most of your body and health by attention to diet and exercise the easier it will be. ## Good habits become ingrained, programmed. YOU have the choice – It’s simple - ## Do the things you love. Proper Exercise & Diet. The sooner you act, the longer you will be kicking - ## 'The tin can of aging' further and further down the road.

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