"Anti-Aging Life": The Truth of Aging and Practical Guide to Anti-Aging

A 58-year-old doctor has a vascular age of only 28.

When he was 36 years old, he was 15 kilograms overweight and his vascular age was as high as 45.

The over 20 years of anti-aging growth in between is not achieved through any expensive high-tech means, but rather stems from some truths about aging and some simple and easy-to-follow healthy living habits.

This is the anti-aging secret that the book "Anti-Aging Life" most wants to tell us.

The author of this book, Minero Ikeura, is a Japanese cardiovascular expert with over 25 years of medical practice. He wrote this book not only as a vascular specialist but also as a successful practitioner to reveal a fact that we often overlook: both external youthfulness and internal youthfulness point to the same root cause, which is the health of blood vessels.

We always think that aging is reflected in the wrinkles and sagging of the skin. But the author pointed out sharply that the skin is just the result, while the blood vessels are the cause.

Blood vessels are like an indefatigable courier system, delivering nutrients, moisture and oxygen to all the skin cells throughout the body. The healthier and more elastic a person's blood vessels are, the more unobstructed the blood flow will be, and the skin cells will receive the best nourishment, naturally appearing younger.

Conversely, when blood vessels age, it's as if water is cut off from the flowers, and the skin will wither like withered plants. A large number of cases in the hospital have confirmed that the more severely the blood vessels age, the older the appearance of the patient will appear.

Therefore, the most distinctive value of this book lies in its ability to fundamentally change our perception of "anti-aging". The true anti-aging method is not to apply expensive skin care products on the face, but to take care of our blood vessels from the inside.

 

How to take care of blood vessels? The title of this book is "Anti-Aging Life". The key to anti-aging lies in the word "life". It tells us that the secret to eternal youth is hidden in the daily details of diet, exercise and mindset.

So, what exactly is quietly causing our blood vessels to age and making us look older? The author points out two major culprits: glycation and oxidation.

Let's talk about glycation.

Do you like sweet treats, bread, and rice? These foods cause your blood sugar to rise sharply. The excess sugar in the blood combines with the proteins on the walls of blood vessels, resulting in a "glycation reaction" and the formation of a harmful substance called AGEs.

The author calls it "the strongest substance causing aging". This substance causes the collagen in the skin to become denatured and lose elasticity, leading to wrinkles and sagging.

In a simple and straightforward way, sugar makes your insides become brittle and your appearance age prematurely. Therefore, the author says, "The more you love sweet foods, the more you show signs of aging". This statement needs to be firmly remembered by us.

 

Let's talk about oxidation.

Besides glycation, an unbalanced diet of oils is also a major issue.

The red meats we usually eat, such as beef and pork, are rich in saturated fatty acids and a substance called arachidonic acid. Excessive intake of these can trigger inflammation in the body, accelerating aging of blood vessels and the entire body.

However, fish meat is rich in EPA and DHA, also known as Omega-3 fatty acids, which are precisely the fire extinguishers that inhibit inflammation.

 

The author presented a real case. A 27-year-old woman had suffered from severe inflammation and swelling in her leg veins for years. Despite taking medication for seven years, her condition did not improve.

The author merely adjusted her diet by encouraging her to consume more fish and less red meat and sweet foods. After one year, the inflammation and swelling in her legs completely disappeared.

This case strongly demonstrates that changing the type of oil consumed can directly alter the inflammatory state of the body.

Apart from vascular problems, another obvious factor that makes us look older is "a big belly". The author admitted that when he was in his 30s, he had a large belly and nothing he wore looked good on him. He had no confidence. This accumulation of visceral fat not only makes your appearance look older, but it is also a problem factory in itself.

Visceral fat secretes certain substances that interfere with insulin function, making you more prone to high blood sugar; it also intensifies the "old person smell" because the source of that particular odor, "nonenal", is produced by the breakdown of visceral fat.

The reasons for looking old also include loss of body shape and muscle mass.

Behind the body shape lies the loss of muscle mass. After the age of 30, our muscle mass will decrease at an accelerated rate. By the age of 60, it may only be 70% of what it was at the age of 20.

With less muscle, the body cannot support itself properly, and thus a person appears decrepit.

Having understood these factors that cause aging, the main part of this book comes next:

What exactly should we do?

The author has provided a very specific and straightforward "anti-aging lifestyle" plan

First, it's about diet.

The core of an anti-aging diet is to control sugar intake. It's not about completely avoiding sugar, but rather avoiding drastic fluctuations in blood sugar levels.

  • The author's first tip is to "reduce the amount of staple foods by half". For example, change a full bowl of rice to half a bowl.
  • The second tip is to adjust the meal order. Start with a small portion of steamed soybeans or vegetable salad, then move on to meat and fish, and finally the staple foods.

Research has shown that merely changing this meal order can effectively prevent a sharp increase in blood sugar after a meal.

The author highly praises soybeans, calling them "an excellent supplement for maintaining youthfulness". They are rich in protein and dietary fiber, provide a strong feeling of fullness, and can also help with bone and vascular health.

Additionally, he strongly recommends "eating fish once a day", turning nutrients such as EPA and DHA, which can rejuvenate blood vessels, into a daily necessity.

 

Then comes the sport.

The author's viewpoint once again challenges common sense: Anti-aging doesn't require strenuous exercise.

Because intense exercise actually generates a large amount of reactive oxygen that attacks blood vessels. What he advocates is light exercise that "occasionally gets the body moving".

For instance, he invented a unique "stiff body exercise". The name sounds a bit scary, but in fact, it's very simple.

 After having a meal, stand still or jog in place, while relaxingly shaking your shoulders and arms like a zombie.

This movement can consume the sugar before the blood sugar reaches its peak, preventing fat from accumulating. Do it for 4 to 5 minutes, and the effect is equivalent to taking a 10-minute walk.

The book also introduces a series of relaxation exercises, such as

  • sitting on a chair without leaning against the back, holding your chest and abdomen in;
  • going to the toilet and doing two squats on the way.

These small actions that can be completed in short intervals can accumulate over time and produce astonishing results.

 

Finally, there are lifestyle habits. 

The first is sleep. The author emphasizes that 7 hours of sleep must be ensured. He suggests that one should get up at the same time on weekends as well as on weekdays, which helps to stabilize the biological clock.

At the same time, he strongly opposes taking sleeping pills easily, because sleeping pills can disrupt thinking, make people move slowly, and accelerate aging. Many elderly people who stopped taking sleeping pills in his hospital have miraculously returned to a youthful state.

The second aspect is skin care. The author believes that there are only two things that are most important for external care: moisturizing and sun protection.

When playing golf, he spends a long time carefully applying sunscreen.

Regarding expensive cosmetics, he openly states that the skin itself acts as a barrier and is difficult to absorb. And the real beauty liquid is delivered from the inside of the body by healthy blood vessels.

The third factor is mindset. The author believes that a youthful mindset leads to a youthful body. He suggests that we should interact more with young people, maintain curiosity and a passion for learning. Because when you are excited and enthusiastic about something, your body will secrete nitric oxide. It can dilate blood vessels, repair them, and is a beauty agent that rejuvenates blood vessels.

 

Aging is not, to a large extent, an insurmountable natural phenomenon; rather, it is the result of a series of bad living habits accumulating over time.

This book provides us with a clear map of living habits, informing us where the danger zones of aging lie and how to avoid these zones through some small but consistent changes.

any interests to the book , you can see the Amazon link as following :

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