Healthy Lifestyles

Healthy Anti-Aging Lifestyle Tips

Science has proven that many of the chronic diseases and leading causes

of death can be prevented or at least controlled, often through simple

lifestyle changes. Adopting the following healthy behaviors will promote

better living and a healthy anti-aging lifestyle.

■■ Eat a Balanced Diet low in saturated fats and rich in fruits and

vegetables to have a positive impact on health conditions commonly

seen in advancing age.

■■Maintain a Healthy Weight to reduce the risk for the diseases of aging.

■■ Engage in Regular Exercise, including endurance and weightbearing exercises.

■■ Increase intakes of Vitamin D to reduce the risk for all-cause mortality, Calcium for healthy bones, B Vitamins to support healthy DNA replication, and antioxidant nutrients such as Vitamins C and E to address oxidative stress and cellular aging.

■■ Consider bioactive natural compounds that may play an active role in supporting a healthy anti-aging lifestyle. Resveratrol is a wellstudied polyphenol that’s been shown to positively impact multiple

mechanisms of cellular aging, including DNA protection and repair, genetic regulators of cellular aging, and mitochondrial biogenesis that supports cellular function and longevity.

■■ Quit smoking. This is the most effective approach to reducing death and disease.

■■ Finally, stress reduction, sufficient rest and sleep, and regular oral, vision, and hearing care are also effective tools to support a healthy anti-aging lifestyle.

“The aging of the population—in past decades and in the foreseeable

future—presents both a challenge and an opportunity.”

Dr. Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging

(NIA), Director’s Page, NIA website, February 2008.