Press review - biological age compared to chronological age
Good morning Mr. Wartner, good morning classmates, welcome to my press review.
I was reading an article the other the day in the online edition of Independent and it talks about the increase of biological age in comparison to the chronological age when you live healthy. The article was written by the mind-body fitness professional and writer Gabriella Boston and it was published on Monday 1 April 2019.
I thought you might be interested because everyone of us is getting older and I am sure everyone wants to stay young, have no back pains and is awake after 6 hours of sleep.
So, let me now give you some information about the article.
Basically, the article is about is how the chronological age does not mean much when you live a healthy lifestyle. It is mentioned in the text that the chronological age just dictates the number of years you have been alive, but it is your biological age that can predict how long you will live.
As we know smoking is bad for our chronological age, but there are other, even more commonly impacts, like inactivity. It is also said that many of the things that we consider as age-related changes are more related to inactivity, for example, weight gain is not obligatory with age.
Although age-related changes are inevitable, they can be mitigated by sleep, exercise, nutrition and stress reduction. Through healthy habits our biological age can be changed by several decades.
Even though many people are living healthy and treat their body how it should be treated, others assume, that it is in their genes to look young and to be in shape. Good genes help, but good habits help more. That is why we should increase our healthy habits.
What puzzled me is that metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions such as high blood sugar, high blood pressure and extra body fat around the stomach. It is known to increase risk for conditions such as stroke, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. We can think about that this reduces the natural rejuvenation of cells. And that is the issue, the ability of cells to rejuvenate, to respond to damage, is what keeps us “young”.
As we have talked about plastic surgery in chapter 8, trends in motion, in school, I think it is better to live healthier than to tuck the tummy when you are older. As mentioned in the text, muscles respond at any age and you can get positive results even if you start lifting weights at 80.
As for me I try to live healthy, for example to enjoy going for a walk in the nature, to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables and to get enough sleep. I am sure that it is important to treat one’s body well and everyone should do it.
As we know smoking is bad for our chronological age, but there are other, even more commonly impacts, like inactivity. It is also said that many of the things that we consider as age-related changes are more related to inactivity, for example, weight gain is not obligatory with age.
Although age-related changes are inevitable, they can be mitigated by sleep, exercise, nutrition and stress reduction. Through healthy habits our biological age can be changed by several decades.
Even though many people are living healthy and treat their body how it should be treated, others assume, that it is in their genes to look young and to be in shape. Good genes help, but good habits help more. That is why we should increase our healthy habits.
What puzzled me is that metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions such as high blood sugar, high blood pressure and extra body fat around the stomach. It is known to increase risk for conditions such as stroke, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. We can think about that this reduces the natural rejuvenation of cells. And that is the issue, the ability of cells to rejuvenate, to respond to damage, is what keeps us “young”.
As we have talked about plastic surgery in chapter 8, trends in motion, in school, I think it is better to live healthier than to tuck the tummy when you are older. As mentioned in the text, muscles respond at any age and you can get positive results even if you start lifting weights at 80.
As for me I try to live healthy, for example to enjoy going for a walk in the nature, to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables and to get enough sleep. I am sure that it is important to treat one’s body well and everyone should do it.
Last but not least. What do you think about this topic? Do you think about changing something after knowing how the biological age can be increased through easy habits?
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