Contrary to popular opinion, aging is not a disease. While it is
inevitable that we will age, many of the symptoms and pathologies that
we associate with “getting old” are not.
“It’s never too late to start taking the steps that will help you look good and feel great at any age,” says Erika Schwartz, M.D., a leader in anti-aging medicine and the Chief Medical Officer of AgeMD.
“Feeling younger is first and foremost about taking action and changing habits,” says Dr. Schwartz. “Just drink more water today, or get a good night’s sleep tonight, and look into the mirror tomorrow. ”
In this issue of our blog, we have compiled a list of the Top 10 Tips for Healthy Aging. Many of these tips are simple changes that you can make in your life today, others require collaboration with a doctor, but all are within your reach. You will see that it is easy and affordable to achieve amazing results. Once you understand and apply these 10 Tips for Healthy Aging, it will almost immediately shave years from your appearance and add years to your life while helping you enjoy each day the way you used to ten, twenty, even thirty years ago.
1. Balance Your Hormones
Effective age management focuses first and foremost on maintaining healthy hormone levels with bioidentical hormone replacement. “Many of the most daunting aging issues faced by men and women — weight gain, depression, and insomnia — are related to decreasing hormone levels,” says Dr. Schwartz.
While standard tests can diagnose some hormone deficiencies, many more go undetected because every person’s body is different. “One example is that an older patient’s testosterone levels may currently be in the low-normal range, but if they were high or above normal 20 years ago, they may have in fact dropped by half, resulting in an undiagnosed testosterone deficiency,” says Dr. Schwartz.
If a person has symptoms of low hormone levels, hormones replacement or supplementation is needed. Dr. Schwartz recommends treatment with bioidentical hormones, which have been proven safe and effective for the symptoms of hormone imbalance in men and women.
2. Get More Exercise
The American Heart Association recommends 30 minutes of moderately intense activity, like brisk walking, five days a week. Add strength training — eight to 12 repetitions of eight to 10 different exercises — twice a week.
3. Eat a Healthy Diet
We all know the components of a healthy diet, even as we continue to indulge in our old habits. Healthy eating is one of the easiest lifestyle changes that you can make to promote healthy aging.
You should concentrate on eating fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk, and seafood. Nutritional experts recommend five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, along with three daily servings of whole grains and two weekly servings of fish.
Deeply colored fruits and vegetables, such as berries, plums, broccoli, and spinach, are anti-inflammatory and rich in beneficial antioxidants and other compounds that slow aging.
And of course you should avoid saturated fats, sugar, salt, fried foods, and limit your consumption of red meat and alcohol.
4. Take Anti-Aging Supplements
“Proper nutritional supplementation is vital for healthy aging,” says Dr. Schwartz. “I use supplements as an integral part of my powerful anti-aging therapy,” she says. Among the supplements that you should consider are a good multi-vitamin, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatories. But remember, not all supplements are created equal. You should choose supplements from a reliable source, ideally in consultation with your medical practitioner.
View AgeMD's list of recommended nutritional supplements and their indications.
5. Protect Yourself from the Sun
Fight wrinkles and protect against skin cancer by staying out of the sun or by wearing high SPF sunscreen. But be aware that protecting yourself from the sun can reduce the body’s supply of vitamin D, warns Dr. Schwartz. “Don’t avoid the sun completely, but avoid sunburn,” recommends Dr. Schwartz. “I tell my patient’s to spend 15 minutes a day in the sun without suntan lotion, then cover up,” she says.
6. Get Enough Sleep
“Sleep quality diminishes with age,” says Dr. Schwartz. “Not everybody realizes that many diseases, from heart disease to depression, can result from poor sleep—and we live in a society that is catastrophically sleep-deprived!”
At least seven to nine hours of sleep, every night, is what the National Sleep Foundation recommends. Healthy hormone balance, exercise, and nutritional supplementation with natural products can help. For example, L-theanine, an amino acid, helps you relax without leaving you feeling drugged. Other physicians recommend Melotonin.
For healthy sleeping advice, contact a trained age management physician.
7. Stay Hydrated
Water is vital to the proper functioning of the human body, hydrating the skin, delivering nutrients to the cells, and flushing toxins from your body. Most age management doctors recommend drinking around eight glasses of water each day.
8. Take Care of Your Skin
We already mentioned protecting yourself from the sun. In order to promote good skin health and to make wrinkles less noticeable, it is equally important to hydrate the skin with a high-quality moisturizers, and to exfoliate regularly to get rid of dry, dead skin.
9. Quit Smoking
If you are a smoker, quitting may be the most important healthy aging tip of all, says Dr. Schwartz. In addition to increasing the risk of cancer and cardiac diseases astronomically, smoking also accelerates aging by breaking down collagen in the skin. This is why smokers tend to have wrinkles around the eyes and vertical lines above the lips.
About Dr. Erika Schwartz
Erika Schwartz M.D. is the Chief Medical Officer of AgeMD, the author of four bestselling books, a noted lecturer and TV personality. She is one of the nation’s most widely recognized experts in the field of bioidentical hormones and is currently part of the new Lifechangers Team appearing on EXTRA-TV. Dr. Schwartz is the founder and owner of the Age Management Institute, New York.
“It’s never too late to start taking the steps that will help you look good and feel great at any age,” says Erika Schwartz, M.D., a leader in anti-aging medicine and the Chief Medical Officer of AgeMD.
“Feeling younger is first and foremost about taking action and changing habits,” says Dr. Schwartz. “Just drink more water today, or get a good night’s sleep tonight, and look into the mirror tomorrow. ”
In this issue of our blog, we have compiled a list of the Top 10 Tips for Healthy Aging. Many of these tips are simple changes that you can make in your life today, others require collaboration with a doctor, but all are within your reach. You will see that it is easy and affordable to achieve amazing results. Once you understand and apply these 10 Tips for Healthy Aging, it will almost immediately shave years from your appearance and add years to your life while helping you enjoy each day the way you used to ten, twenty, even thirty years ago.
1. Balance Your Hormones
Effective age management focuses first and foremost on maintaining healthy hormone levels with bioidentical hormone replacement. “Many of the most daunting aging issues faced by men and women — weight gain, depression, and insomnia — are related to decreasing hormone levels,” says Dr. Schwartz.
While standard tests can diagnose some hormone deficiencies, many more go undetected because every person’s body is different. “One example is that an older patient’s testosterone levels may currently be in the low-normal range, but if they were high or above normal 20 years ago, they may have in fact dropped by half, resulting in an undiagnosed testosterone deficiency,” says Dr. Schwartz.
If a person has symptoms of low hormone levels, hormones replacement or supplementation is needed. Dr. Schwartz recommends treatment with bioidentical hormones, which have been proven safe and effective for the symptoms of hormone imbalance in men and women.
2. Get More Exercise
The American Heart Association recommends 30 minutes of moderately intense activity, like brisk walking, five days a week. Add strength training — eight to 12 repetitions of eight to 10 different exercises — twice a week.
3. Eat a Healthy Diet
We all know the components of a healthy diet, even as we continue to indulge in our old habits. Healthy eating is one of the easiest lifestyle changes that you can make to promote healthy aging.
You should concentrate on eating fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk, and seafood. Nutritional experts recommend five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, along with three daily servings of whole grains and two weekly servings of fish.
Deeply colored fruits and vegetables, such as berries, plums, broccoli, and spinach, are anti-inflammatory and rich in beneficial antioxidants and other compounds that slow aging.
And of course you should avoid saturated fats, sugar, salt, fried foods, and limit your consumption of red meat and alcohol.
4. Take Anti-Aging Supplements
“Proper nutritional supplementation is vital for healthy aging,” says Dr. Schwartz. “I use supplements as an integral part of my powerful anti-aging therapy,” she says. Among the supplements that you should consider are a good multi-vitamin, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatories. But remember, not all supplements are created equal. You should choose supplements from a reliable source, ideally in consultation with your medical practitioner.
View AgeMD's list of recommended nutritional supplements and their indications.
5. Protect Yourself from the Sun
Fight wrinkles and protect against skin cancer by staying out of the sun or by wearing high SPF sunscreen. But be aware that protecting yourself from the sun can reduce the body’s supply of vitamin D, warns Dr. Schwartz. “Don’t avoid the sun completely, but avoid sunburn,” recommends Dr. Schwartz. “I tell my patient’s to spend 15 minutes a day in the sun without suntan lotion, then cover up,” she says.
6. Get Enough Sleep
“Sleep quality diminishes with age,” says Dr. Schwartz. “Not everybody realizes that many diseases, from heart disease to depression, can result from poor sleep—and we live in a society that is catastrophically sleep-deprived!”
At least seven to nine hours of sleep, every night, is what the National Sleep Foundation recommends. Healthy hormone balance, exercise, and nutritional supplementation with natural products can help. For example, L-theanine, an amino acid, helps you relax without leaving you feeling drugged. Other physicians recommend Melotonin.
For healthy sleeping advice, contact a trained age management physician.
7. Stay Hydrated
Water is vital to the proper functioning of the human body, hydrating the skin, delivering nutrients to the cells, and flushing toxins from your body. Most age management doctors recommend drinking around eight glasses of water each day.
8. Take Care of Your Skin
We already mentioned protecting yourself from the sun. In order to promote good skin health and to make wrinkles less noticeable, it is equally important to hydrate the skin with a high-quality moisturizers, and to exfoliate regularly to get rid of dry, dead skin.
9. Quit Smoking
If you are a smoker, quitting may be the most important healthy aging tip of all, says Dr. Schwartz. In addition to increasing the risk of cancer and cardiac diseases astronomically, smoking also accelerates aging by breaking down collagen in the skin. This is why smokers tend to have wrinkles around the eyes and vertical lines above the lips.
About Dr. Erika Schwartz
Erika Schwartz M.D. is the Chief Medical Officer of AgeMD, the author of four bestselling books, a noted lecturer and TV personality. She is one of the nation’s most widely recognized experts in the field of bioidentical hormones and is currently part of the new Lifechangers Team appearing on EXTRA-TV. Dr. Schwartz is the founder and owner of the Age Management Institute, New York.
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