Sharing a Good Book: Slow Aging

Slow Aging - Changing the concepts of weight loss, exercise, and sleep, and cultivating habits in daily life to maintain vitality and avoid aging
Author: Huang Huiru Photography: Lin Zongyi Publisher: Global Views Publishing
Published: 2019/01/23

Book Recommendation Website: http://moo.im/a/9jERST

Preface:

This is the eleventh book I've read this year.

Actually, my reading habit is to read at least three books at the same time. Usually, it's a book related to self-growth, a relaxing book (for example: The Collapse of Chinese: Many Losers by the Waters of Chang'an? Tang Dynasty Literature and Their Authors), or a biography or other types of books. This book is one that I'm slowly reading along with the Steve Jobs biography, but of course, because the content of this book is more concise, I finished it quickly.

I seemed to have bought this book because of a recommendation from Readmoo's newsletter or article. It recommended some ways to take care of the body and maintain high-performance physical activity. So I bought this book to read, and found that many concepts are actually worth sharing.

Content Summary and Thoughts:

How you eat, how you move, how you sleep, and how you think determine how fast you age.
The latest scientific research helps you establish new habits after the age of 40, and age slowly.

New breakthroughs in scientific research have found that the key to aging lies in the telomeres, which are like protective caps at the ends of genes. If they continue to wear down and shorten, aging occurs. The good news is that telomeres change according to the instructions of lifestyle. How we eat, how we move, and how we think every day can affect the length of telomeres. In other words, we can decide for ourselves whether to age a little faster or a little slower.

So how should we eat and how should we move? Scientific research has also made new discoveries, changing past concepts. Not eating oil and exercising for less than 30 minutes each time are old concepts that should be eliminated. Restricting your diet at the age of 20 may become a mistake that makes you look older after the age of 40.

Slow aging is a learned life habit technique.

Chapter Outline

PART 1 Exercise: You must move, even leaving the chair counts PART 2 Diet: Weight is really not the point PART 3 Sleep: Going to bed and getting up on time is more important than how long you sleep PART 4 Disease Prevention: Prevent early, shorten the lifespan of illness PART 5 Life: The daily life of slow aging, starting with transforming the environment PART 6 Emotions: It's these personalities that make you look old Postscript Aging is irreversible, but we can age well

The book "Slow Aging" starts with exercise. After all, what people say about aging now is not the age of the body, but the current physical activity. That is, if you are in your fifties or sixties, but you are still walking briskly and can still engage in basic exercise. In this case, you are not yet "aging." Conversely, if the lack of exercise in the body, or long-term bed rest causes muscle atrophy, then the aging of the body is more severe. Not to mention, the aging of bed rest will also be accompanied by the aging of the brain.

The first chapter mentions exercise, with the focus on effective strength training. Long-term walking often puts a greater burden on the body, rather than effective muscle training. There are also some pictures attached, guiding some relaxation and muscle training in a short amount of time.

The second chapter mentions the importance of diet, which is also the part I have been implementing in recent years. In addition to less sugar, the intake of vegetables is also about eating as many vegetables as possible, rather than eating less of other necessary fats.

The third chapter mentions how to sleep well, and it also mentions the impact of looking at your phone before bed on the body. In addition to slowing down the function of melatonin cells, it will also reduce the quality of your sleep.

The fifth chapter mentions how to prevent aging through some habits. For example, sweating, for example, cultivating interests to avoid the risk of dementia after retirement.

The sixth chapter controls aging from emotions. Depression and worry are the main accelerators of aging. So how to change your mind from complaining and worrying to an optimistic attitude to make yourself happier.

Thoughts:

Actually, I have a similar physical book on hand, "Anti-Aging, You Need Heavy Weight Training", and I bought the two books together at the time. I want to use muscle training and physical and mental conditioning to make myself more able to slow down the rate of aging. (I'm always proud to say that my body has been trained to be about ten years younger).

This book has a lot of new common sense from a nutritional perspective, and through regular (effective) exercise and a simplified diet to make yourself live healthier. I highly recommend that everyone take a look to see if your health attitude has any incorrect areas.