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Anti-aging diet is not a diet in the sense that its objective is to make you loose weight. Anti-aging diet is actually a lifestyle of dietary habits that will lead you to longevity. It is therefore not a weight reduction diet, although it has weight reduction effect. To be successful, you must have a thorough understanding what it is and why is it so.
With a history of heart disease no her father's side of the family, Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, has a vested interest in staying healthy as she grows older. The chance that she might develop medical problems in the future prompted her to study nutrition--a subject Peeke believes many physicians still are unfamiliar with. "They never taught me five minutes of it in medical school," she remembers, but she believes it's a subject everyone should take to heart as they age.
If, like Peeke, you're a Baby Boomer, you need to know what aging is and what natural products may help you make the transition in a healthy, positive way. One way to understand aging is to consider it a process called senescence. According to the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), as normal cells near the end of their lives, they lose their ability to divide and reproduce. For example, certain skin cells produce collagen--a protein present in healthy skin and bone. As those skin cells grow older, they begin to work against you, switching from producing collagen to producing collagenase, an enzyme that actually breaks down the skin-enhancing collagen. AFAR says scientists think this process might be responsible for the thinning and wrinkling of skin as people age. So studying senescence can provide important clues to the aging process.
Although aging is inevitable, there are steps you can take to combat effects such as the onset of wrinkles or the increased risk of developing serious conditions like cancer. By combining a well-rounded diet, nutritional supplements geared toward your individual needs and regular exercise, you'll at the very least be able to slow the effects of senescence, keeping your cells--and yourself--healthy.
