Age management is about dying young at a chronologically old age. It’s about “squaring the curve” of life so that, rather than experience a slow, painful deterioration starting around age 50, we live at the top of our game (more or less) till just about the end when we die a quick, peaceful death with minimal complications and challenges, preferably sometime after age 90.
Now’s the time for your man to decide if he wants to look and feel his best as he ages, or if he’s content with continuing on a downward spiral. Most men in their 40s still have plenty of time to see the benefits of these lifestyle changes, but don’t kid yourself, it will get harder with each passing year.
Here are three common health mistakes typically made by men over 40 and my suggestions for fixing them. Ladies, these are things that you can do along with your guy. Having a partner following these same tips might be just the incentive he needs.
1.) He won’t do anything about his dwindling energy and metabolism. Getting older no longer has to look like it did in his dad’s day. Now health experts are focused on the idea of aging smartly, gracefully and happily Aging starts at the cellular level, way beneath our radar. We may notice skin wrinkling, lack of energy, low libido, tired eyes, but long before that stuff starts to happen, our poor cells have gotten tired and run down.
One reason for this is that as we age, our levels of NAD — which stands for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide — plummet. NAD is what’s known as a “coenzyme”. It’s literally required for every operation that takes place in the cell: detoxification, fat burning, even the creation of energy. Coenzymes make stuff happen in our cells. If you think of all those necessary cellular operations that keep us youthful as being a bunch of pots cooking on the stove, then the coenzyme NAD is like the pilot light. Nothing gets “cooked” if you don’t have a pilot light, and as we get older, the NAD pilot lights start shutting down. And that’s bad news.
Scientists have contemplated the problem of disappearing NAD stores for a long time. Figuring out how to replace or increase our NAD stores has been one of the most vexing problems in the field of age management. A new human clinical study out of University of Colorado, Boulder found that supplementing with a particular and somewhat rare form of vitamin B3 called safely and effectively raises NAD levels.
2.) He’s doing nothing about his hair loss and his skin’s appearance. Sure, unlike women, men tend to get a pass on thinning hair and wrinkles as they age. But that doesn’t mean he should just let time run amok with his appearance. Once he turned 40, his body stopped making the collagen responsible for healthy joints, hair, skin and nails. Bone broth contains natural collagen and other important nutrients that his body craves.
But bone broth is only part of the solution. Promising new research also shows that supplements made with Malaysian palm oil-derived vitamin E tocotrienols may help replenish thinning hair. In fact, a few major companies have recently launched hair growth supplements containing tocotrienols.
These same palm tocotrienols have been used in replenish thinning hair. Scientists speculate that the tocotrienols, a lesser-known form of Vitamin E, may help enrich the skin’s stem cells. In fact, a few major companies have recently launched hair growth supplements containing tocotrienols. They’re also studying Malaysian palm tocotrienols for their skin moisturizing benefits in face masks. But those aren’t on the market yet.
3.) He’s not listening to his doctor’s simple orders about diet and exercise. He’s not exercising. Instead of feeling frustrated or nagging him, take a 20-minute walk with him four times a week after dinner. When all is said and done, the simple fact is that walking is associated with more risk reduction for more diseases than any other activity. You don’t need any special equipment. Just about anyone can do it. If he’s at all competitive, track his speed and distance using a FitBit or the stopwatch feature on your phone and encourage him to outdo himself. He should also be eating more real food. I’m talking food your grandmother would have recognized as food. Avoid GMO foods as much as possible (almost all soy and corn are GMO), eat organic when you can, concentrate on grass-fed beef, wild fish, and just about every nut and berry and low-sugar fruit (grapefruit) that’s in the supermarket. And eat fat! It’s the ultimate energy and performance food. High-carb diets raise blood sugar and insulin, and have now been convincingly associated with every major degenerative disease from Alzheimer’s to obesity, cancer and heart disease.
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