How to Slow Biological Aging: Be it a human being or any other living being, every living being has an average age. But in modern times, the way food habits and lifestyle changes, people are not able to live their average age. Many factors are responsible for this. Factors like unhealthy eating habits, smoking, alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, stress are mainly responsible for this. The matter of concern is that people start looking old at an early age. According to science, one can save oneself from growing old at an early age.

Healthy heart is very important

The American Heart Association has suggested 8 simple tips to slow down biological aging. By adopting these habits a person can increase the average age of old age. That means such a person can retain his youth for a long time. The American Heart Association has suggested these 8 general formulas after analyzing the data of 6500 people. The study found that the stronger the cardiovascular system of people, the lesser was their biological age. That is, if someone's actual age is 41 years but his cardiovascular system is strong then he will look 36 years old. That means the internal organs in his body are still equal to those of a 36 year old. For this many other parameters were also examined. Such as how is the metabolism of that person, how are the body parts working, what is the rate of inflammation, how much is the glucose, how much is the C-reactive protein, etc. were measured. After this it was found that the effect of age can be reduced in 8 ways.

8 ways to reduce the effects of age

  • 1. According to the American Heart Association, a person who sleeps well or has restful sleep, his biological age becomes slower than his actual age.

  • 2. Age decreases due to smoking. Therefore, a person who does not smoke can definitely reduce the effects of his age.
  • 3. A person who does regular physical activity, that is, exercises for half to a quarter of an hour at least 5 days a week, the effect of age is greatly reduced. And such a person does not age quickly.
  • 4. Eating a healthy diet is very important to reduce the effects of age. Green leafy seasonal vegetables, fresh fruits, whole grains are most beneficial. Along with this, it is also important to avoid unhealthy foods like fast food, processed foods, junk food, packaged foods.
  • 5. Obesity is the root of many diseases. Therefore, if you want to retain your youth for a long time, then control obesity.
  • 6. If your blood sugar remains under control then the effect of age will be very less visible on you. You will not age quickly. Healthy diet and regular exercise are very important to maintain blood sugar.
  • 7. High cholesterol is a big risk to life. If you do not follow a healthy diet and exercise regularly, cholesterol will definitely increase. Therefore, do not let cholesterol increase under any circumstances.
  • 8. High blood pressure is called a silent killer disease. Today the blood pressure of most people is increased. Therefore, maintain blood pressure in every situation. Blood pressure also remains under control with regular exercise and healthy eating habits.

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