How to stay young?

Geneticists believe that humans can live to 110-120 years old or more.

However, if you want to live a long and healthy life, from a young age, you need to create a healthy lifestyle for yourself to have good health and spirit, thereby slowing down the aging process of the organs in the body.

Eat well

To date, science has not yet clarified the correlation between body weight and longevity. The results of many studies show that overweight and obesity are risk factors for many diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, bone and joint diseases...

These diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. The key is to control your weight with a healthy diet. A diet should follow the following guidelines to prevent these diseases.

A proper diet will help you stay young.

Limit fat (especially animal fat): Should use fat from vegetable oil, fat from shrimp, crab, fish. Reduce daily calories, should only eat natural sugar from rice, corn, potatoes, cassava, beans, ripe fruit. Reduce sugar intake by limiting the use of added sugar (crystalline sugar, honey, other sweeteners).

The menu should provide adequate protein, mainly fish or seafood, white meat, eggs, milk, and soybeans. Eat less processed foods such as sausages, hot dogs, cold cuts, etc.

Provide enough vitamins and minerals by eating lots of green vegetables and ripe fruits. Avoid salty foods by reducing your daily salt intake, limiting your intake of pickled vegetables, shrimp paste, fish sauce, and fish sauce. Many studies show that an unreasonable diet will reduce your average life expectancy by 6-10 years.

Quit smoking and drinking

Research results from various countries have shown that drinking a lot of alcohol, beer, smoking a lot of cigarettes, tobacco, shisha, using drugs... all accelerate the aging of organs in the body.

However, for a normal person, the health effects of the above substances do not manifest immediately and are rarely felt. Some studies show that: smokers have a life expectancy reduced by 9-10 years; alcoholics have a life expectancy reduced by 10-15 years compared to non-addicts.

Regular exercise

Scientists have proven that in normal healthy people, between the ages of 30-70, the body has lost 30-40% of its muscle mass. During the same time, the heart's blood supply efficiency also decreases by approximately 30%.

However, if a person has a regular exercise regimen, these changes will be delayed by about 20 years. Therefore, you need to choose one of the forms of exercise suitable for middle age and old age to slow down the aging process.

Socialize with friends and read books

If you are an open-minded person, have a spouse, have a wide social network, and many friends, you are less likely to get sick than someone who is lonely or single. Because science has proven that those who have many relatives and friends are less affected by stress and have a better ability to withstand stress factors.

Besides, you need to maintain mental activity because this is the key to slowing down the aging process. You should read books, play chess, practice a musical instrument such as guitar, organ, flute, erhu... whenever you have free time to stimulate thinking, develop intelligence, and effectively prevent memory loss.

Avoid all stress

In reality, factors such as failure in career, spoiled children, loss of loved ones, conflicts in family or at work, failure to pass an exam, illness... are factors that cause mental and psychological stress. The consequence is to accelerate the aging process, making you age faster.

Understanding that, if you want to slow down the aging process, you must keep your spirit happy, optimistic, and love life, and not let your body fall into a state of stress and sadness for a long time. Everywhere in the world, people who live long and healthy often have a peaceful, optimistic lifestyle, care about others, and live very optimistically.

Regular health check-up

For the elderly, there are already many latent diseases, so when they are old, they can develop at any time. Therefore, you should have regular health check-ups to detect diseases early and treat them promptly. Because there are many diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease... early detection is a golden opportunity to cure the disease.

You should have a check-up at least once a year or every 6 months. Along with a clinical examination, you should do some tests such as: electrocardiogram, general ultrasound, blood sugar test, blood lipid test... to have full information about your health condition and apply early treatment measures.

Avoid UV rays

Scientific studies show that 70% of wrinkles on the skin are caused by the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays from sunlight, and these harmful effects will be revealed after 15-20 years. Therefore, dermatologists advise us to minimize exposure to sunlight by using protective measures such as wearing long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and wide-brimmed hats when going out in the sun.

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