It
is the desire of each one to look young throughout his life but one cannot
avoid the aging process to enter the old age at one stage.
I
see a number of people who had become lazy with shabby look because of no
activities even after retiring from service or business. The people are becoming health conscious but
because of hectic lifestyle schedules, keep most of the people away from doing
even routine exercises.
At the same
time, to keep fit myself and to give a message to the next generation to keep
your physically fit and give healthy environment to the society, after my
retirement, I floated the idea of forming a Paddlers Club and we all, switched
over to regular paddling of 5-15 KMs and on weekends on long routes, say 30-50
KMs, which is keeping me fit physically and mentally.
What
I feel is that even if you feel younger than 50, your body may look your age or
worse even if it might give a few years older look. At the same time, if you want to look
younger, there are few lifestyles, dietary and beauty tips to keep in mind once
you hit your late 40s and 50s.
First,
exercise is important at all ages which include both cardiovascular and
strength exercises in your routine which has number of benefits like improving
circulation supplies more nutrients and oxygen to your skin besides it leads to
weight loss and some excess fat can drop your perceived age by several years.
Secondly,
stress can also create more wrinkles and general wear on your skin. Thirdly,
making the habit of keeping your posture gives the appearance of confidence. Fourthly,
our body builds up free radicals over time and these freed radicals speed up
the aging process. Antioxidants helps to keep a check and reversing some signs
of aging in the process and one must get more antioxidants from fruits,
vegetables.
Last
but not the least, avoid excess sugar in the body which could damage the
collagen in your skin and wrinkles can form easily. Similarly, avoid taking alcohol
which could damage your whole body system at one stage.
I
recollect when one of my close friends asked me to start taking less sugar as
you will start looking older very soon because of diabetic side-effects. On the
other hand, my doctor advised me to stop when you are declared diabetic. But my
sense of humour worked when I said, “I had to take sugar because I become sweet
by consuming it”.
Frankly speaking, another
recent incident compelled me think twice when in one of the old colleague’s
get-together, the senior one in the party said to the next older person, “Dear,
you are young because of me”. At the first instance, I could not understand
what does this mean”. But on my asking for clarification, he said, Dear Dido,
“I am the older one in the party and if I die, this Jaspal sitting next to me
will become older whereas he is the senior most youngest”. I was bowled over on his spontaneous thought
and however wished – “May you live long to keep everyone young”.
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