Nutripro – Health And Sports Nutrition

As scientists tease out the surprising secrets to aging well, they’re also discounting certain factors once thought important:

• Your Parents’ Ages: Don’t count on repeating long-lived ancestors if you yourself smoke, have high cholesterol, and lead a couch-potato life — all factors associated with shortening one’s lifespan. Lifestyle factors can trump genetics.
• Enduring fewer Stressful Life Events: It’s how one deals with major stressful events, not just the presence or absence of them, that seems to be the bigger X factor.
• Nationality & Geography: “Japanese longevity” or the “French paradox” seem to have more to do with lifestyle and diet than with the virtue of being born in a certain place. The good news is Anyone can adapt the diet of Mediterranean or Okinawan cultures, snack less, exercise more, and reduce stress.

• Social & Economic Status: A landmark Harvard study of 10 years ago pegged more education as a more reliable predictor of longevity than higher income or higher social rank.
• Herbs & Supplements: Certain vitamins seem to shore up aspects of health, but no miracle supplement or nutrient cocktail has yet been found to turn back the clock.

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