Weight Loss Spotlight

Anti Aging & Weight Loss

Anti-aging hormone and lifestyle therapy to extend life span and quality is all the rage amongst baby boomers. A nice side effect of anti-aging methods is a dramatic weight loss, especially with drugs, such as growth hormone and anabolic steroids.

It's a well known fact that being overweight is a risk to your health but few people know that carrying too much weight also speeds up the aging process in your body. In other words you will gain years to your life by losing the extra pounds, because carrying extra weight puts more stress on your body and heart you are basically wearing your body out faster than normal.

There are certain factors when it comes to the aging process that you cannot stop or delay but by losing excess weight you can slow down the rate which your body ages in significantly.

Exercising is another anti aging tool. Keeping your bones, muscles and cardiovascular system healthy slows down the aging process severely.

We are all born with a certain amount of years ahead of us. Unless anything happens to us on the way we will live to see our grand children grow up and hopefully get married. However being obese most of your life is reducing the chance for you to even reach the age of 65.

Obesity is the highest health risk problem in America today. Those who are obese are more likely to experience kidney trouble, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, complications of pregnancy and psychological problems. Liver damage is also common in overweight persons.

There are also certain supplements you can take to delay the aging process besides a regular multi vitamin and mineral supplement. Coenzyme Q-10 is a substance in our bodies that aids our cells during the process of respiration and the levels of Q-10 are reduces as we age.

Another supplement that helps keeping our cells healthy and young is DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid). Both these substances help nourish the cells and rejuvenate deteriorating cells. SOD (super oxide dismutase) is another enzyme that also is fighting the aging process of our cells by protecting our cells against all the free radicals we are exposed to daily from pollution.

As far as what other supplements we can take to help our body stay younger longer the antioxidants (weight loss vitamins) are a must. Vitamin A, C, E and Selenium are the four antioxidants that will help our body keeping the free radicals in check from all the pollutants we inhale.

Again, drinking a lot of water every day is also a great anti aging tool that helps you lose some weight at the same time. Water has a rejuvenating effect for our inside and will also help keeping our skin young looking and moisturized.

Getting a sufficient amount of protein in your diet is very important as we get older to keep our muscles from atrophying as well as supplying your body with a well balanced diet to keep the weight down. By increasing your protein and lowering your carbohydrate intake, you can lose unwanted pounds and keep them off.

Additional protein intake, whether its from food or protein supplements, such as whey protein & soy protein, will also help keeping your skin healthy and elastic with the help of collagen, which is made from amino acids that are the building blocks of protein. The sooner you make the decision to get on a diet and lose the excess weight the sooner you start adding quality time to your own life.