Aging is, in a chemical sense, a slow "rusting" of your tissues.
After age 30, you lose 3-8% of muscle mass per decade. Resistance training is the only way to pay this tax. Muscle is an endocrine organ that keeps your metabolism young. 2. Manage Your "Rust" (Oxidative Stress & Inflammation)
The feeling of "getting old" is often just a decline in cellular energy. AVOID GETTING OLD
Physical aging is inevitable, but "oldness" is often a state of mental rigidity. Stay curious about new technology and culture rather than dismissing it.
Eat until you are 80% full (Hara Hachi Bu). Constant digestion is inflammatory; giving your body "quiet time" via intermittent fasting allows for autophagy —the process where your body cleans out dead or damaged cells. Aging is, in a chemical sense, a slow
Aim for 150 minutes a week of steady-state exercise where you can still hold a conversation but feel breathless. This builds new mitochondria.
People "get old" when they stop learning and start relying entirely on habit. Muscle is an endocrine organ that keeps your
Don't let the "old person" in. The moment you say, "I'm too old for that," your biology begins to agree with you.