Image – AGEING GRACEFULLY

What we eat in our regular diet affects our aging process and skin treatment. Various packed and non-packed food products in the market claim to slow down the formation of wrinkles and glow your skin better. Who doesn’t love glowing skin? A correct diet & regular exercise can help to get a glowing complexion. Here are some food tips which can help you to regularize your aging process:

anti-ageing-foods 1. Make use of butter more than margarine, as butter is better in retaining the youth of yours’s skin.

2. Say Goodbye to Alcohol drinks as they always damage the elasticity of your skin which makes your skin dull and tired. Wine, beer, and liquor can dehydrate your skin, leaving it quenched for moisture.

3. Artificial Sweeteners are a highly concentrated source of calories that don’t fill you up, so it’s easy to see how a high-sugar diet can promote weight gain. A high intake of sugary foods and beverages has also been linked to high cholesterol, high triglyceride, and an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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(LEARN NEW THINGS, TRY NEW THINGS)

“Anyone who stops learning is old whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” – Henry Ford

Learning is an important positive ageing strategy to help you remain vital in your later years. Learning in old age preserves intellectual functioning and ward off memory decline (dementia) which is very common in old age. By learning new things you are improving your brain health-your mental faculty, attention, memory. There is a saying- “use it or lose it”. If you are not using your brain you will lose its functioning. Learning is a lifelong process. If you are continuing yourself educating you will stay up to date.

Learning, like physical exercise, is effective when you develop a habit or pattern of doing it. Learning, to begin with, requires some initial effort. If you persist it will become easier to do and you will get satisfaction from the outcome. Learning needs persistence and sustained effort. Do not worry about the slow process of your learning. Remember you are not going to be examined. Suppose you want to learn some musical instrument you may encounter some difficulty, don’t lose your motivation to learn.

You may raise a question –“ what one should learn”? It is an important question. The answer is – it depends on your choice or interest or your curiosity to know. Learning desire is the strongest motivation. For learning in old age, a strict classroom setting is not essential. Life-long learning is expanding learning beyond classroom settings and into the home. You may use the Internet and computer, ( you may join senior internet networks) Radio, Television, Print media, etc.
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