Healthy Senescence

Theories on the Causes of Aging

2012-01-27T04:27:00.000-08:00

There exists several theories explaining the process of aging. Each specific case has its specific factor or sometimes their combination.

1) Programmed aging (theory of circadian rhythm). Aging of cells is programmed on genetic level. The number of possible cell splittings are put by the nature once and forever. When cells begin to die faster than to restore themselves, body organs cannot perform all their essential functions anymore.

2) Genetic theory. Cells contain a substance that destroys them at chromosomal level.

3) Structural theory. With age occurs aggravation of condition of connective tissue - it loses its firmness and elasticity which leads to irreversible changes.

4) Theory of free radicals is most popular theory today. The theory suggests that chemical reactions in cells lead to formation of free radicals which cause damage and death of cells. With time the number of dead and non-functional cells increases which breaks work of the whole body.

5) Immunologic theory. With age immune system weakens. Body becomes more vulnerable to infectious diseases and disorders which finally leads to death. Weakening of immune system leads to triggering of autoimmune responses – body detects its own cells as foreign ones and destroys them.

Age-Related Changes

2012-01-20T00:14:00.000-08:00

Starting from middle age, human body starts experiencing difficulties with daily loads, as physical and mental abilities gradually fall down. In developed countries an average lifespan is 70 years. In fact, a human can live 120 years, but failures in work of various body systems, which occur in second part of life, do prevent this.

Age-related changes lead to chronic and sometimes to fatal illnesses. Most vulnerable are cardiovascular, digestive, nervous and reproductive systems. Most common age-related diseases are Alzheimer's disease, osteoarthritis, cancer, diabetes, depression and heart diseases.

Peak of growth and maturation of human body occurs at the age of 25, then follow natural processes of maturity and aging. Some age-related changes are beard hardly, but they not always do transform a man into feeble old man. Specific nature of aging process depend on health condition, lifestyle and genetic predisposition of a man.

Aging process is followed by the next changes:

hearing impairment (especially it becomes difficult to hear high tones)
increase of fatty tissues in comparison with muscular ones (the correlation may be 30%). Subcutis, which previously was distributed through the whole body, now becomes thin and as a result fat is accumulated in abdomen area. Human body loses its ability to intensively diffuse fats (including cholesterol and fat-soluble substances) and they are accumulated in the body.
water reduction in the body, which leads to aggravation of water-soluble materials absorption. Body reduces production of saliva and other moisturizing liquids
aggravation of liver and kidneys work, as a result in the body are accumulated harmful products of metabolism
aggravation of digestion due to lowering of gastric acid production
musculature weakening, aggravation of motion coordination, reduction of movability, dexterity and flexibility
reduction of sex hormones production, sexual function lowering
changes in cardiovascular and respiratory systems lead to aggravation of delivery of oxygen and nutrient substances to organs and systems of the body
aggravation of nervous system work. Signals from brain are transmitted not so effectively as before. Reflexes slow down, memory and ability of new information perception get reduced
reduction of thickness of bony tissue and strength of bones
gradual decline of hormones production especially thyroid and sex hormones
visual deterioration
reduction of natural production of Vitamin D

Why Occur Memory Failures?

2012-01-03T04:16:00.000-08:00

Problems with memory may occur at any age.
Doctors name major causes:
- excess weight and high pressure. Hypodynamia leads to narrowing of blood vessels, decrease of blood circulation, and thus brain gets less blood. Physical activity will help to recover memory.
- unhealthy diet and undernutrition. Body suffers from deficiency of vitamin B12 which is found in diary products, meat and fish. Vitamin B12 is responsible for good memory.
- low activity of thyroid gland (hypotheriosis). Besides problems with memory, sufferer experiences fatigue, frequent depression, unreasonable weight gaining.

Lack of sleep, migraines, ongoing flights, intake of painkillers and other medications, pregnancy also may cause memory failure.

One Minute of Exercise a Day Could Prevent Diabetes

2011-12-19T03:30:00.000-08:00

Medical experts claim that just one minute of exercise a day helps to prevent development of type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes develops when glucose level in blood becomes dangerously high due to depression of insulin function. Frequently the cause of this disease is sedentary lifestyle and therefore experts recommend exercises to prevent diabetes.

A recent study showed that just one minute of exercise a day would be enough to reduce significantly risks for diabetes development. Volunteers twice a day in the course of three days intensively exercised on a bike for 20 seconds, and as a result in six weeks the function of insulin was improved by 28%.

Our muscles do accumulate sugar in form of glycogen which we use when make exercises. In order to supplement lost reserves, muscles take sugar from blood. In passive people muscles are not used to that and therefore reduces sensibility to insulin and increases blood sugar level which leads to type 2 diabetes development.

Scientists from Great Britain say that there is no more rapid and effective way to make muscles use glycogen, than intensive exercises. In 20 seconds of exercises human body uses the same amount of glycogen as it uses during an hour of mid-intensive exercises.

Health Benefits of Pumpkin

2011-12-05T01:52:00.000-08:00

Flavored pumpkin flesh is rich in vitamins such as:

ascorbic acid, which would save you from autumn colds;
vitamins of B group, which would save you not just from fatigue, irritancy and insomnia but also would make your hair and skin healthy;
vitamins A and E, which help to fight wrinkles and premature aging;
vitamin K, which is beneficial for blood coagulability and it cannot be found in other vegetables.

Pumpkin is rich in vitamin T and due to this it may be called best topping to beef, pork and other fat foods as vitamin T helps to uptake junk food and prevents from obesity. This property makes pumpkin favorite vegetable of dieticians who recommend it to people who want to lose weight. Also pumpkin is rich in iron and therefore people who love pumpkin always have good complexion and are in high spirits.

It is considered that pumpkin juice helps males to maintain their sexual tonus. Experts say that pumpkin helps not only to solve sexual problems but also it helps to fight many serious diseases. Probably, there is no more healthy vegetable for people suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Rich in potassium, pumpkin improves work of heart, strengthens vessels and relieves from edema.

Pumpkin seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids which reduce level of bad cholesterol in blood and protect heart and vessels. Also pumpkin seeds contain:

vitamin D need for strong bones and uptake of calcium
zinc need for healthy skin, hair, nails and strong immunity
magnesium need for good working of heart and nervous system and also it helps to normalize arterial pressure

Pumpkin seeds improve appetite and accelerate wound healing. Psychologists recommend people who want to give up smoking to eat pumpkin seeds. It is considered that this process may kill desire for smoking. It would be better not to fry seeds as they lose their healthy properties.

Pomegranate Prevents from Heart Disease

2011-11-22T00:27:00.000-08:00

Pomegranate is a real natural elixir which helps to prevent heart disease and also has many other healthy properties, say researchers from Spain. Large scale research showed that pomegranate extract, which consists of seeds and skin, improves work of brain, muscles, liver, and also it slows down aging process!

During the experiment 60 volunteers took daily a pill with pomegranate extract. Researchers examined activity of chemical agents in their bodies and compared it with results obtained from people who took placebo.

Healthy properties of pomegranate are explained with reduction of oxidative processes into the body which destroy DNA. Most interesting thing is that rich with healthy properties in pomegranate are non-edible parts of fruit which are found in juice or extract.

If we consider senescence as process of acidification and DNA destruction then pomegranate consumption may be considered one of effective anti-aging products, claim researchers.

Pomegranate is known for centuries for its healthy properties. It contains vitamins A, C, E, ferrum and antioxidants – substances which do neutralize harmful free radicals which provoke destructive processes in human body.

Sedentary Lifestyle Increases Risks for Cancer

2011-11-08T05:01:00.000-08:00

The more time you spend in sitting position at home or at work, the more higher is risk for cancer, say Canadian scientists. To protect yourself from negative effects of sedentary lifestyle, you should get up and make some exercises from time to time.

“There exists strong proof that bowel cancer and breast cancer do rarely affect people who are physically active. However, it is not enough to follow recommendations according to which minimal activity rate necessary for the health is 150 minutes of exercises weekly. If in the rest time you make nothing but spend it in sitting position, then you surely will have problems”, report scientists from Calgary, Canada.

Regular exercises help to reduce risks for bowel cancer development by 35%. The more you make exercises, the better effects you get. Physical activity reduces risks for breast cancer development by 25%.

There exists an opinion that overweight increases risks for cancerous growths due to increase of inflammation rate in the body. Physical activity reduces the number of inflammatory markers and this explains physical activity influence on risks for cancer development which increases in presence of inflammatory processes in the body.

3 Hours of Exercises Weekly Prolong Life

2011-10-25T01:50:00.000-07:00

How to save heart and blood vessels from serious problems? It's all in your hands, say American researchers. Only three hours of physical activity each week may significantly reduce risks of cardio-vascular diseases development.

Latest study of Harvard School of Public Health shows that three hours of intense exercises daily help to reduce risks of heart attacks development by 22%.

Researchers found that in 38% cases the reduction of disease development was the result of healthy influence of physical activity on rate of “good” cholesterol in the blood or high-density lipoprotein.

In the study participated 1239 males who presented information about intensity of their weekly physical activity. The researchers analyzed cholesterol level in their blood and insulin sensitivity rate.

As expected, in males who had heart attack in past, the rate of “bad” cholesterol was higher than of “good” cholesterol. Moreover, those males more frequently suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure. Specialists say that physical activity helps to lower greatly heart attacks risks and other serious cardio-vascular diseases.

Why Do People Fear Senescence?

2011-10-10T02:59:00.000-07:00

Men and women live differently inevitable process of senescence. Fair sex of the humanity mourns over their fading beauty, but males are depressed by the thoughts about further problems in sexual life...

Researchers from United Kingdom asked 1100 males and females aged 40 about the impacts the age has on them and what do they think about senescence. According to expectations, males and females do worry equally about their health, however, for the rest their worries differ.

One third if women confessed that most important thing for them is to remain beautiful as longer as possible. Physical attractiveness is important just for 21% of males. One third of males said that sexual life quality loss with aging is their major headache. Just 12% females worry about possible problems in their sexual life.

Besides their appearance, females care for financial stability in their retirement: half women and 39% men said that poverty in their senescence fears them most of all.

Is there Cure for Senescence?

2011-09-27T05:26:00.000-07:00

There exist no medications to stop natural process of aging. However, the picture is different when the talk is about infirmities of age. Treatment of such diseases usually helps to slow their development and ease their treatment. However, full recovery is impossible.

When aged person wants to be cheerful and youthful, he must take care about his health. One of the most important requirements here is balanced nutrition. It is recommended to consume food frequently in small portions. It is not recommended to consume fat food.

To maintain good physical form it is necessary to make exercises, to walk, to swim, to work in the garden, to use stairs instead of elevator. Also is required mental “training”. Reading, self-improvement, learning foreign languages help to fight premature senescence.

Senescence is not a disease and doctors cannot prevent you from it. In issues about life length are interested people in their older age. The more older person is, the more disorders he has. Moreover, the more older man is, the more often he suffers from chronic diseases. Even if a man feels himself quite good, it is necessary to measure arterial pressure, check cardiac performance, vision and hearing.

Older people may suffer from mental illnesses. People die after they achieve older age. Cells become poor, body ages and fades away. However, few people die naturally from aging. Often people die from a disease which their weak body couldn't fight.

When does aging begin?
Organs in human body age at different times. Some organs age more rapidly, some more slowly, for example, first signs of intervertebral disks aging do appear in children. At 50 years in women ovarian function gets broken and hormonal balance changes. On the average, first signs of senescence appear at 50 – 70 years and with time become more emphatic.

What Is Senescence?

2011-09-13T00:31:00.000-07:00

Senescence is a period of human life which starts at 70 years. At this age do occur various natural changes in human body. First sign of senescence is reduction of skin elasticity. Changes in tissues structure are followed by changes in internal organs. Tissues get wrinkled and muscles get mummified.

Visible signs of senescence may be detected while examination of cardiac muscle. Reduction of elasticity of blood vessels leads to blood vessels diseases. Significant changes occur in ostein. In women most frequently occurs decalcification, bones become fragile and do easily get broken. In men occur prostate gland diseases. Vision and hearing lower.

With age people lose teeth and as a result food is hardly munched. At the age of 50 years increases risks for cancerous growths developments. Physical capacities get decreased significantly, however mental capacities remain without changes till extreme old age.

Remember senescence signs:

age from 70 years
fragile bones, frequent dislocations and even fractures
sclerosis, forgetfulness
reduction of skin elasticity

Indifference to what is happening around, contemplation of death and suicidal thoughts are signs of mental disorder and not signs of senescence, so these signs require treatment.

Senescence causes
Today science still got no answer to many questions about senescence, however, it can be claimed that the main role in this process play cells - building material which forms human body. It was found that as human ages, his cells do accumulate more and more “wastes” of metabolic processes, but gradually cells lose their ability to do that. Also gets changed genetic data encoded almost in each cell of human body. Human cells cannot reproduce themselves infinitely.

The more frequently cell splitting occurs, the more quickly body uses up. As a result do appear chromosome deficiencies, and cell dies after a number of splitting. Remember that lifestyle has its effects on senescence process. Key role here play heredity and environment.

Nine Tips For A Long And Happy Life

2011-08-25T00:30:00.000-07:00

1. Consume fresh products, chew food gently, drink healthy liquids, refuse from taking stimulants and antidepressants, defecate once a day.

2. Maintain high level of personal hygiene, spend more time in open air, have pleasurable leisure with favorite hobbies.

3. Learn to understand your body (when you feel comfort and discomfort).

4. Happy marriage, long-term relationship, unconstrained laughter, communication with friends help to prolong life.

5. Go about your favorite hobby, go each year on vacations, be optimistic about your future, feel yourself wellfixed financially within your means.

6. Develop your personality, work out non-aggressive behavior, respect other people.

7. Live in moderate climate, enjoy healthy sexual life, get adequate treatments when you are diseased.

8. Get challenges and presents of fate, understand that you get what you need at the moment in your life. Appreciate life, learn on mistakes and give it away easily. Resisting natural state of things causes negative emotions.

9. Never depend on public opinion, avoid shallow people, replace fear with love, entertain your positive feelings and express them naturally.

Longer Life Products

2011-08-10T03:40:00.000-07:00

Normally everyone has in his life many desires and ambitions, and we all want to achieve something. However, all that would be realized in case we are confident in tomorrow and know we have enough time for that. That is why many scientists for centuries wrestle with a question about life prolongation. Their answer is that prolongation of life depends on what we eat.

The problem of regular foods was raised many times and there do exist lots of opinions on it. How many talks were about unhealthy cholesterol which blocks vessels and shortens life! And what we've got in the end? It turned out that we cannot do without a particular amount of cholesterol.

A recent study of food products, conducted by European and USA scientists, helped to make a list of products which are safe for human body and also prolong life. It is based on discoveries about aging mechanisms of body cells. It turned out that all products that prolong human life contain particular biologically active substances.

First of all, these are products containing antioxidants such as tea, coffee, black chocolate. Antioxidants repair affected cells and neutralize free radicals which cause various degenerative diseases.

Besides this, most healthful are vegetative foods. Here in the list are included all fruits (especially apples) such as oranges, pomegranates, red grapes, strawberries, peaches, plums, etc.

Also it is considered that next products prolong life: branny bread, broccoli, tomatoes and red onions. Meat, fish, grains are not very healthful but they do appease hunger and fill body with calories necessary for vital activity. However, vegetative food is healthful because it lengthens life span of cells and at some degree prolongs human life.

Certainly, it is up to you to choose what food to consume, how and when. However, if you want to feel yourself healthy and live a long life, you should keep a healthy regimen. It is not a diet, no restrictions or rules – it is a real benefit for your body. Your longevity is in your hands!

Men's Sex Drive And Age

2011-07-22T05:13:00.000-07:00

Age is a dodge. When males are young and full of power, they think that ages of 40 – 60 are very far. When male approaches 40s he thinks it is enough time till he gets 50. However, time runs extraordinarily fast and every man at older age wants to have passionate and faery sex as in youth.

Specialists say males with age suffer from sexual apathy and the number of sexual intercourses get reduced not just in couples who lived many years together but also in young ones. Specialists say that this is a result of sexual revolution of 70s and beginning of feminism that made males feel fear of being accused of sex abuse.

However, there is another opinion that peaceful and comfortable life makes males more weak and womanish because testosterone production lowers.

Some specialists claim that when male has no physiological problems then the problem is hidden in psychology.

Sex without love
Psychologists claim that sex without love based only on physiological satisfaction prevents from true sensations and pleasure, and also weakens male morally and makes him feel empty. However, sometimes male needs to have this sort of sex to blow off, but it is not recommended to have it permanently. Try to avoid sex with occasional partners in your life.

Each person is in want of love and this need must be satisfied. Moreover, allowing yourself romantic feelings you must know how to talk about them without any shame because inability to sound your feelings is considered a psychiatric disorder.

It is not a secret that sexual relations enrich life in many ways. With age people acquire experience. It means with age many things depend on you – if you really want sex you may do it. You must do it.

A woman, that is permanent male sexual partner for years, may arise in him same sexual desire as in youth if she wants it. She must throw away her hang-ups about her age, forget about grumpiness and everyday routine, and should refresh memories about love, soft words, desire to give pleasure to her man and to get pleasure herself from intimacy with her partner.

It is important for the man to feel sure of himself in any domain of his life. So the woman who supports confidence in her man is infinitely right. Remember that doubting in male's abilities greatly cools down sexual desire.

Cumin Slows Down Aging

2011-06-22T04:05:00.000-07:00

Bitter cumin is widely used in traditional medicine in treatment of various diseases - from vitiligo to hyperglycosemia. This spice has antiparasitic and antimicrobic properties and may be also used as antifebrile and pain-killer remedy.

Now one more advantage may be added to those mentioned above: scientists from Indian Central Food Technological Research Institute claim that cumin... slows down aging. Here again do help wonderful properties of antioxidants (substances that reduce oxidative stress and prevent from diseases) of relieving free radicals from the body. Cumin contains phenolic substances (polyphenols) that are considered antioxidants.

Using various biochemical and biological technologies, Indian researchers studied in experiments this property of bitter cumin seeds. In biologic tests bitter cumin inhibited aging of liposomes that were cellular membrane aging models and provided full protection against DNA damage.

However, the amount of phenols derived from the plant and its antioxidant activity depended on examination methods used. Antioxidant properties of cumin were correlated with common phenol concentration, so perhaps exactly phenolic compounds in bitter cumin seeds are the source of antioxidant properties of the plant.

Enjoying Sexual Life As You Age

2011-06-07T02:25:00.000-07:00

“Catch the moment, otherwise you lose it”- this old saying may be refereed to most old people no matter about what the talk is: wisdom, power, body flexibility, or ability to lead sexual life. Regular exercises, diets, ability to fight stress are important for healthy aging and not only for youth. Good health and sex help men to be sexually active at 70 – 80 years and help women for the rest of their lives.

What should you do in youth in order to enjoy sexual life in older age? See next tips.

Do not make breaks
In case you turned your attention to sports or job which gradually prevented you from sex, testosterone production reduces and gradually disappears desire to make sex. After some time you would go to the bed only to have a sleep. This may affect shy young males who spend much time in the Internet instead of living real life. Also to this risk group belong males aged 30 who are occupied with their professional life and divorced males over 40.

Many males know what necessary continence is - army, business trips, quarrels with girlfriend interrupt sex life for some time. However, if you had a break lasting more than three months then it would take more time to restore your sexual function. Males with strong sexual constitution can hardly keep from sex and their body restores quickly after continence. And males with weak sexual constitution may easily keep from sex but their body restores hardly after continence.

If break in sex is inevitable, doctors recommend at this time to buy adult magazines and take the issue in your own hands minimum once a week.

Treat your diseases
Here the talk is not about prostatitis or syphilis. Here we talk about inflammatory diseases which are not connected directly with sex but affect it greatly. It is impossible to make sex with high blood pressure, headache, or stomach pains. So you understand what we mean.

Do not try to get half women of the planet in your bed
Everyone has its microbes. When you have permanent partner, your microbes get used to each other ones. New partner – new microbes, and when you frequently change partners your body weakens.

Never forget about foreplay
In youth it is enough to see a beautiful girl to get excited. With age male begins to appreciate in a female absolutely different things such as temperament and sexual activity.

A study, in which participated 100 impotent males, showed that they never started sexual intercourse with foreplay, as a result in women vagina was produced a substance called neuropeptide which caused male impotence.

Benefits Of Kefir

2011-05-23T06:48:00.000-07:00

Kefir is a fermented milk drink containing beneficial bacteria helping not only to lose weight but also to normalize microflora of bowels. Benefits of kefir were described in ancient tractates. Modern medicine defines ten its important features:

1. Kefir helps to regulate work of our bowel. It is most beneficial for children who carried intestinal infections. Kefir restores normal microflora of bowels in disbacteriosis and dysbiosis helping to normalization of biochemical reactions and physiological function of the body.

2. Kefir is a “live product”. It contains fermented milk bifidus bacteria inhibiting growth and development of disease-causing and putrifactive microorganisms. So, in one – two weeks of regular kefir consumption in urine disappear phenolic articulatings.

3. Kefir makes antibiotics consumption more safe by minimizing antibiotics negative effects on bowels bacteria.

4. Kefir provides our body with all necessary nutrient materials and biologically active elements (vitamins, aminoacids, peptides, etc).

5. Kefir helps to prevent coprostasia and colitis.

6. Kefir lowers cholesterol rate in the blood.

7. Kefor prevents from cancerous growths of large bowel and rectum.

8. Kefir stimulates immune system which helps to allergic reactions reduction.

9. Kefir is a source of protein and calcium which assist to strengthening of bones and children growth. Calcium from kefir is digested more better than from milk. Therefore, kefir may be a perfect preventive measure against osteoporosis which frequently becomes cause of traumas in older people.

10. Milk is digested during an hour by 32%, but kefir during the same time is digested completely.

Laughing And Music Normalize High Blood Pressure

2011-04-22T05:03:00.000-07:00

Japanese researchers claim that music and laughing not just give a lift but also help to normalize high blood pressure. During a study researchers divided 79 volunteers aged 40 – 74 into three groups and examined effects of music and laughing on blood pressure comparing with control group.

Results showed that in volunteers who were attending lessons of music and singing, blood pressure was reduced by 6 points.

Those who were attending courses of laughter therapy got their blood pressure reduced by 7 points. In three months after beginning of experiments blood pressure of volunteers, who attended lessons of music and laughing, was reduced.

“Rate of stress hormone called cortisol in participants bodies was significantly reduced after each lesson. We consider this might be one of eventual explanations of what effects have music and laughing on blood pressure ”, say researchers noting that results of the experiment confirm just connection between both phenomena and not cause-effect relations.

Different experts say that this research specified the role which stress plays in blood pressure change. Various relaxation methods may be useful for people suffering from high blood pressure.

Quality Of Life Is Most Important Than Its Length

2011-03-31T00:19:00.000-07:00

Most severely ill people confess that they would agree to improve quality of remaining life instead of prolonging it.

A number of European survey respondents confessed that most horrible aspects of severe untreatable disease are pains and the necessity to be a burden on family. Also most preferable is relief from bodily sufferings than release of family from troubles connected with them.

In survey participated almost nine hundred people from England, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. Two thirds of them had relatives with serious diseases such as cancer. Half of them said that they had an occasion to sit at person's bed-side past months and one in ten said they suffered themselves from diseases.

They were asked what would they do if they had only one year left to live. 71% said they would like to live happily their last months and only 4% said they would like to prolong their life. The rest 25% said that both quality of life and its length are important. In England 47% confessed that their main desire is to release from pain. 25% would like to keep their courage. Only 8% said they were anxious about following through their beginnings.

Unhealthy Lifestyle Shortens Life

2011-03-18T00:38:00.000-07:00

Unhealthy lifestyle shortens life by 12 years. Experts from Bupa, a British health care organization, have discovered that middle-aged English women do belong to category of most unhealthy citizens of the country. It is related to the fact that no one wants to follow healthy lifestyle: women consume too much food and do not contribute much time for sports. Other population groups also do actively shorten their lives by consuming alcohol and smoking.

However, researchers found that permanent relationship or marriage may help couples to live four years longer. “It is never too late to change your life for the better”, says medical director of Bupa Health and Wellbeing, Annabel Bentley. - “Doesn't matter your age – whether you are over twenty or over seventy – you may add some years to your life but you should change lifestyle for that. We all know negative effects of smoking and alcohol on our health but this research helps to make some calculations, so finally they know how many years they lose.”

Bupa created on their official site special medical calculator to count approximate length of human life. In order to perform these accounts you should enter your age, height and other data (amount of alcohol you consume, number of exercises you make).

Calculator defines your “health age” (which may greatly differ from biological one) and provides some recommendations to improve your health. For example, you should change your diet, reduce alcohol consumption and make regular exercises. Bupa claims that an average inhabitant of Great Britain could be 12 years younger his biological age if they kept healthy lifestyle.

Sexual Health In Older Age

2010-12-27T06:45:00.000-08:00

Peak of sexual activity in males occurs from 16 to 20 years of age. In females it occurs other than in males, their sexual activity gradually increases till 55 – 60 years of age and then it lowers a little. Lowering of male sexual function to a certain degree is associated with lowering of testosterone in the blood by almost 50% at the ages 25 – 75, that is absolutely normal part of aging process, but this not means that this process is irreversible and there is no chance to restore sexual function.

Main difference in potency of a young male and older one is merely in the fact that at a young age potency causes arousal and at older age vise versa – arousal causes potency.

Do not think that potency decrease at older age is an inevitable process because there are many causes of its lowering, for example past diseases, some medications, stress, etc. Regular sexual life (including masturbation) helps to maintain sexual activity at older age.

Studies show that males at older age have sex from 1 to 6 times a week. Normal changes in males at older age:
- penis elasticity reduction and lowering of penis size during erection
- increases time of achieving erection
- feeling of ejaculation coming is subsided
- penis relaxes rapidly after orgasm and as a result more time for new erection is needed

The Impact Of Past Diseases On Sexual Function
Remember that none of diseases may cause total loss of sexual function. Cardio-vascular diseases and past heart attacks make males refuse from sex, for they fear new heart attacks. You should know that that is wrong believe. However, it is necessary to consult a doctor about sexual life.

Diabetes
In case diabetes is not diagnosed and treated, it may lead to impotence development.

Arthritis
This disease may lead to restrictions in sexual activity because of joint pains. Various exercises, heat baths, sufficient sleep will help to maintain body in good form. Pains usually occur in morning and evening time. All that is about mild forms of arthritis because severe forms of arthritis cause so intense pains in joints that it is impossible to make sex.

Prostate gland removal
Today operations on prostate gland removal are performed with retaining nerve-endings running to the penis. As a result this operation rarely leads to impotence. Normally, are possible temporal post-operation changes with further sexual function restoring.

Medications
Antidepressants, tranquilizers, drugs lowering high blood pressure may lead to impotence. Some medications may cause ejaculation deficiency in men and loss of sexual desire in women. But theses processes are reversible after you stop taking particular medication.

Alcohol
Reduces potency in males and may cause full its loss, and in females leads to the inability to feel orgasms.

Stay Healthy In Your 50s

2010-12-09T07:25:00.000-08:00

Antioxidants

At this age our common health becomes weaker and with this the risks of various diseases (from skin diseases to cardio-vascular ones) are increased. To enhance your natural immunity, scientists from California University recommend to include in your regimen products with antioxidants as much as possible.

According to an American research, perfect products for immunity are cocozelle, broccoli, green head cabbage which contain anticancer components. Also many berries, fruits, coffee, green tea are rich with antioxidants

Find your goal

According to a research of University of Carolina (Los Angeles), people who have far-reaching plans on their life live longer than those who think just about today. Moreover, experiments showed that when a person dreams about major purchase or travel and waits for a long time the accomplishment of his desires, his immunity works much better than usually.

However, scientists cannot say exactly how these things are connected but they suppose that existence of a distant dream and striving for it help a person fight stress. So go ahead with your dreams and your chances to live a longer life will surely grow!

Do not forget about... love!

Many mistakenly think that after 50 there is no sex anymore. But scientists claim that, vise versa, your children are adult, your career is OK, so you have enough time for your personal life. You should know that sexual intercourse once or twice a week increases by 30% production of specific anti-bodies protecting us from various catarrhal viruses.

Stay Healthy In Your 40s

2010-11-22T05:06:00.000-08:00

Have enough sleep.
Is there anyone who dislikes after a long fatiguing day watching TV or reading abed? It stands to reason that fatigue from work and home problems people relieve by lying on the bed. In case you really want to energize your body it is better for you to sleep.

Sleep is a restorative process necessary for a normal immunity functioning. From half to an hour of extra sleep is enough to make your immunity system much stronger. The main thing is that you should not fight with yourself when you feel you want to sleep. This is the way body says you that it needs reloading.

Learn to relax.
40 – 45 years of life are most stressful. Problems on the job, conflicts with grown up children, psychological borders of middle-aged – all these things superimpose on one another and as a result you feel permanent psychic tension. Stress washes you out not only morally but also physically making immune system work erratically, and as a result your body reacts slowly on viruses and bacteria. You should contribute time to relax, at least 15 – 20 minutes every three hours.

For example, at work you can catch a break and drink a cup of coffee, or you may go out on fresh air, or just lean backwards and close your eyes. Many companies long ago have understood benefits of this and so they made special relaxing rooms employees. These are small dark rooms with comfortable chairs where employees may relax and even have a nap.

However, remember, if you have a free moment from work and you switch your attention on an internet site or other computer entertainments – you just fool yourself. Your brain works on with the same intensity and maybe more harder when you check your mail, talk on the Internet chats or just check your cell phone. Psychologists claim that plenty of equipment and means of communication have a great impact on the mind and all these things do overload us with information which causes chronic stress.

Stay Healthy In Your 30s

2010-11-03T05:29:00.000-07:00

Less sugar and alcohol

It is considered that life begins after 30s. Partially, it is true. Usually reaching 30 men achieve wishful carrier results, start a family, buy own house, car, etc. In order to get all that, men often are as busy as a bee. As a result instead of home prepared dinners and suppers they have coffee in plastic cups, pops, fried pies, hamburgers, chocolate – generally speaking, many sugar and fats.

Meanwhile, doctors from Michigan Institute Medical Center claim that jump of glucose level in blood may lower work of immune system for 3 hours. It would be enough to drink one bottle of pop to lower immune system work by 30%, some of immune cells lose their ability to seek and destroy infections in the body.

Another killer of immunity is alcohol. Men over 30 are at risk for weekend alcoholism: after hard working 5 days week man goes to the restaurant, or buys in the market a bottle with wine,, or just drinks beer with his friends – and this becomes a habit. Each dose of alcohol reduces the body's ability to produce cells that fight infections.

In order to reduce negative effects of alcohol and sweets, specialists recommend not just to reduce their consumption. You should eat more products rich with fiber (cereal bread, pasta, porridge, vegetables), which are the source of useful bacteria for bowel. Maintaining right bacterial balance prevents from absorbing various infections via digestive system.

Regular exercises

Power load and exhaustible aerobic trainings probably will help you lose weight but immunity will be lowered. Doctors from New York's Lenox Hill Hospital say that you should strengthen your immunity with moderate regular exercises.

Regular exercises literally do disperse immune cells making them run via blood faster which reduces chances of bacteria and viruses to escape detection. The ideal formula of healthy workout is following: 20 minutes of easy running plus 15 – 30 minutes of power training three times a week.

Calcium Increases Longevity

2010-10-12T04:47:00.000-07:00

Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm came to the conclusion that daily consumption of products rich in calcium may lengthen life. Research authors emphasize that the talk here is not about supplements, but about products rich with calcium. These conclusions were obtained during long term research and its results were published in American Journal of Epidemiology.

In the experiment participated 23000 men aged from 45 to 79. Major source of calcium in the diet of experiment participants were diary and cereal products. Those who took daily products with high amount of calcium, mortality risk from different diseases during following 10 years was 12% lower than in those whose diet contained less calcium. Also was noticed mortality risk reduction from cardio-vascular diseases by 23%. However, significant calcium action at mortality rate from cancer was not detected.

Obtained data proves the results of most earlier studies during which was established connection between calcium consumption and longevity increase not only in men but also in women. In the eyes of scientists, this helps to make conclusion that daily calcium consumption above the established mark (1000mg for men from 19 to 50 years, and 1200mg for men over 50) lowers mortality risk from any disease.

Dates Help In Saveing Youth

2010-06-07T06:44:00.000-07:00

A recent research of Israel specialists showed that regular consuming of dates help to lower lipids in the blood which lowers risk of developing of cardiovascular diseases, especially, atherosclerosis.

It also helps to reduce pH level and slows the aging process. Scientists from Technion's Faculties of Medicine of Rambam have studied useful properties of dates. A group of volunteers during one month consumed daily 100g of Medjool – a sort of fleshy dates growing in Jordan Valley.

After that those voluntaries during one month have not taken any dates. Then the next month they consumed other sort of dates called Halawi, these dates have thick peer and grow in Jordan Valley. Generally, volunteers were asked to keep to usual diet.

During the research volunteers regularly made blood test and liver and kidney examinations. Obtained results showed that regular consuming of Medjool reduces by 8% level of harmful lipids in blood and consuming Halawi – by 15%. Besides, Halawi help to reduce by 33% level of blood oxidation accelerating the process of aging. Medjool did not show the same properties.

As it is known, dates contain a lot of glucose but none of volunteers tested had blood sugar increased. It was considered before that a lot of glucose may cause diabetes. Also there were no changes observed in BMI - body mass index.

“The results of the research demand the explanation of working mechanism of dates which leads to lowering of blood lipids ”, said the lead researcher, professor Michael Aviram.

Erectile Dysfunction And Aging

2010-05-14T02:22:00.000-07:00

All nations in all times knew that penis should be erected in a normal man, and as a result he will have no problems with women, and the main thing, it means that will be family continuation. If penis is not erected, then it is necessary to make him stand! In modern world it is not a problem.

Are impotence and erectile dysfunction one and the same thing?

Yes. Impotence is an old term that was replaced by a new one that is more true and less offensive. Erectile dysfunction is an inability to have erection or inability to maintain it during intercourse. It should be said that problems with erection sometimes occur in men. With the increase of years those problems may become permanent.

Does this mean that erectile dysfunction is an inevitable result of aging?

With years men observe that their erection weakens and for achieving orgasm they need more time than before. You should not mix up these normal aging changes with the disease. Erectile dysfunction is inevitable when aging. When this occurs it may be corrected and treated.

What causes erectile dysfunction?

Erectile dysfunction is a common term for all disorders that interfere with physiological processes necessary for erection. Diseases such as arterial hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, stress may cause problems with erection. Weight loss, smoking, depressions, alcohol may also cause erectile dysfunction problems.

So, erectile dysfunction is considered:

mild when problems do sometimes occur
moderate when problems occur in 50% cases. Man gets very nervous, his sexual life not brings him satisfaction but he tries to maintain it.
severe when of 5 intercourses just one is without problems. Man tries to avoid sex.

For centuries men did not bear with impotence and they looked for methods to overcome it. Ancient Greek doctors recommended to infuse fern seed and keep penis in decoction several hours daily. Egyptians used decoction made from flowers of hibiscus and its live magenta color symbolized penis filled with blood.

Tibet is ahead of the whole planet. From Ancient times in the mountains of Tibet are known impotence remedies. Those remedies (so effective that they are used even today) consist of threads of the Chinese silkworm, antlers of Tibetan deers (cut from upper layer of horns of young deers), berries from wolfberry, royal jelly and other natural components gathered in Tibet mountains. Monks mixed them in different proportions. Such ancient remedies could not just provide cure from sexual disorders, but special ancient methods could help to increase penis length! Getting from monks remedies treating sexual weakness was a luck even for Chinese emperors. In modern medicine Tibetan remedies for sexual disorders treatment gain recognition among doctors for their safety, effectiveness and absence of side effects and today they even replace medications.

Senescence Pill

2010-04-24T00:14:00.000-07:00

Scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine work on a super pill that would treat patients with Alzheimer disease, diabetes, heart diseases, and to prolong life up to 100 years, writes Daily Mail. Scientists have identified three genes that provide a long and healthy life and also prevent from course of diseases connected with body aging. This helped them to create senescence pill.

People, whose DNA contains those three genes, 80% rarely suffer from Alzheimer disease. Also those genes do protect humans from dangerous effects of smoking , poor diet, obesity and lack of physical exercise. Works on creating such super pill are made in several laboratories. Scientists want to find a formula which will imitate activity of these genes.

In 2009, in India, was tested a cheap medication that helps to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Test showed that this pill lowers 80% risk of heart diseases, it is safe for the body and digests well. The pill consists of folic acid and five active pharmacological components that are available separately: aspirin and statin that lower cholesterol level in blood and three components lowering blood pressure.

In 2009 also was discovered that antifungal rapamycin has properties of elixir of life. Rapamycin is found in soil and is produced by soil bacteria. Today medications having rapamycin are used as immunosuppressants preventing human body from rejecting transplant organs.

During an experiment, American researchers gave rapamycin to mice who reached eldery in 20 months that corresponds to a man of 60 years. As a result, life time increased 38% in does and 28% in toms. Scientists say that such rapamycin effect is achieved because the medication blocks TOR protein work regulating cellular metabolism, cells growth and protein production.

Scientists Revealed Major Mechanisms Of Skin Aging

2010-02-25T05:21:00.000-08:00

In the whole world beauty experts for a long time try to find out why human skin is aging, why in one people skin keeps its elasticity for a long time but in other people skin ages quickly? Specialists assure us that in the nearest future we will forget about hateful wrinkles forever.

Scientists have discovered about 1.5 thousand genes responding for the skin condition. Therefore, there is a real chance to turn back biological mechanism on wrinkles appearing at genetical level.
Today beauty experts create cosmetological remedies of new generation that would act at genetical level. As scientists say, these remedies will give to people perennial youth.

Half a Glass of Wine a Day Increases Longevity By 5 Years

2010-02-04T05:02:00.000-08:00

According to data published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, drinking up to half a glass of wine daily increases increases longevity by 5 years, at least, in men.

The results are based on the research in which participated 1400 of circumstantially selected men, heart-vascular health and longevity of which were examined many times from 1960 till 2000.

Scientists were interested only in amount of alcohol taken by men, in sort of alcohol and during what period of time this alcohol was taken.

After that scientists determined if it was connected with risk of death from heart-vascular and cerebrovascular diseases and general factors. Besides that, scientists were interested in their weight and diet, and if those men were smoking or not and period of smoking, if they had or not serious diseases.

Light alcohol consumption of all sorts lengthens life approximately by 2 years in comparison with men who did not taken alcohol at all. Men who drunk only wine less than a half glass a day had a life expectancy about 5 years longer.

Four Golden Rules Of Longevity

2009-12-23T06:54:00.000-08:00

Medical magazine American Journal of Medicine says that if you want be healthy and to live a long life you should form just four habits:
1. you should quit smoking
2. you should eat daily vegetable and fruits
3. you should look after your weight
4. you should make some physical exercises

“Healthy lifestyle is kept on these four columns”, says magazine.

Scientists investigated 15 708 of Americans aged from 45 to 64. Only 8% of them follow those four golden rules of longevity.

Also American scientists named and other most vicious habits that early destroy body - immunization disregard, unbalanced diet, sleeplessness and stress. Besides that, doctors recommend to refuse from habit of watching TV, because they consider it one of the most dangerous of habits. In the USA an average American stays in front of TV 2.5 hours a workday and more than three hours in weekends. Doctors consider that this aimless occupation puts off from useful things and destroys body that helps to live a long life.

Scientists revealed how to become a long-living person

2009-11-18T05:41:00.000-08:00

As you known, healthy lifestyle, eating “right” food, refusal from smoking and alcohol – all those things increase longevity. But, probably, few know that these ways of cares about health can help not only lengthen life with a probability of 65-70%, and also to become a real long-living person.

A research, in which participated more than 1500 of persons over 70 years from 11 European countries, showed that in people, preferring Mediterranean food (maximum of fruits, vegetables and fish, minimum of meat and diary products - that is exactly what dietologists recommend), keeping from smoking, drinking maximum one glass of red wine per week, keeping their physical form with everyday sports minimum half an hour, the probability of death under the age of 90 goes down to 65% in comparison with average people.

It turned out that the most important factor ensuring longevity is physical activity (it lowered the probability of death on 37%), followed by refusal of smoking (35%), healthy food (23%), moderation in taking alcohol (22%). Most effectively healthy lifestyle acts upon probability of death from heart diseases, going down to 64%, blood vessel diseases (61%) and cancer (60%).

“Modern people spend great money to treat diseases that are considered age-related - ischemic heart disease, attacks, hypertension, some kinds of cancers”, said doctor Mayer Stampfler, the leader of the research, in an interview for BBC. - And why do people forget that a disease is easier to prevent than to treat? In our research participated people which just followed doctor's standard recommendations, that can do everyone. And the result is quite significant.”

Computer games will restore memory of aged people

2009-10-21T06:20:00.000-07:00

American scientists have got from National Science Foundation a grant of 1.2 million of dollars to study the ability of computer games to improve memory and thinking of aged people. In case of positive results of research they will develop a prototype of a new game.

Scientists from North Carolina University and Georgia Institute of Technology plan to hold the research in two stages. During the first stage they will see if games have necessary qualities that positively impact on thinking processes of aged people such as memory, taking decisions, critical thinking and other.

On second stage they will make analysis of concrete elements of the game that does mostly stimulate mentioned processes. On the basis of obtained results researchers intend to write recommendations for potential developers of new type of therapeutic video games and also to create prototype of such game.

This attempt to use video games in order to help aged people having aberration of thinking processes is not first one. At the end of last year scientists from Illinois State University discovered that aged people who played “Rise of Nations” had improvement of parameters of switching over tasks of memory functioning and goal setting.

Computer games were used to help soldiers who came back from the Iraq to adapt psychologically and also were used to help surgeon develop spatial thinking and manual devolution. Besides, researches proved that being shooters is good for vision.

New Blood Analysis Helps to Know Speed of Senescence

2009-10-15T02:55:00.000-07:00

Scientists from North Carolina State University have invented a new blood analysis to find out how fast are ageing tissues of human body on molecular level.

It emerged that the more older do the tissues grow the much better they are filled with protein called p16INK4a. Measurement of level of this protein can help doctors to know how healthy tissues are and how do they react on surgical interference and on medicines.

To this day the main senescence marker was the length of ends of chromosome called telomere. Telomere regions of chromosomes, whose main feature is the lack of capacity to join other chromosomes or their fragments, perform protective function. Now the new marker of biologic senescence can be called protein p16INK4a.

It is well known, that p16INK4a helps to suppress cancer spreading. That protein are presented in T surpressor cells of immune system. They play the main role in organism fighting with diseases and in reconstruction of damaged tissues.

The number of p16INK4a in blood shows not only how quickly are cells ageing. Also scientists have discovered a connection between protein concentration and way of living and vicious habits such as smoking and physical inactivity which make ageing faster.

To define how exact are the analysis results, scientists have examined blood samples of 170 of people. Test persons also filled up a form where they wrote about state of their health and way of their living. It emerged that p16INK4a is not connected with fattiness although the reduction of food energy can slow down ageing process. More influence on molecular ageing has physical inactivity (in other words lack of physical activity).