Robertson - Staying Fit After 40: The Body You Deserve

Quite often, people equate old age with frail body, deteriorating health and a general inability. An inability to be agile, to be fit and to pursue things that matters to a younger generation, sometimes, like staying healthy. Fortunately, the bulk of our beliefs as humans are wrong. Preserving your health is totally doable. While the body experiences shifts in metabolism as one ages, there are discernible ways to counter this dreadful aspect as the decades pass. In this book, we will explore common ways to remain fit as we approach midlife. Think deeply about your life. Im sure you probably dont want to have an existential crisis right now, but really. If youre currently thirty-five, your life is probably heading in some direction, and it may not be a pretty one. I know people like to believe that age is just a number, but Im here to break some unfortunate news to you. Your body will undergo some real changes, whether you want it to or not. The good news is you can develop a personal approach to these new changes and embrace them. You can absolutely ease the process by attaining healthy habits beforehand. It is never too late to change. Okay, so maybe youll become slower, greyer, and weaker...but that can be delayed by several decades if you follow simple advice perfectly curated in this booklet. Can you imagine being forty, and being sharper, fitter, and healthier than you are now? I guarantee that you can achieve this.

You dont need to read this book from cover to cover. Instead use Your Healthy Eating Check-ins to assess your everyday food decisions and to find chapters and features that may relate to your own needs. Look for countless topicsin-depth features and brief snippets that capture your interest: perhaps eating meatless meals sometimes or always; limiting food waste; exploring uncommon fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; shopping online or at a farmers market; doing recipe makeovers; making simple shifts to healthier eating; helping a child grow or prepare food; eating for sports performance; taking supplements wisely; knowing more about pre- and probiotics; judging food experiences in child or adult day care; overcoming mindless eating; using todays mobile or digital health options; finding trustworthy eating advice; supporting healthy eating for others; and so much more, This comprehensive resource can help you take easy, practical, and flavourful steps toward your everyday healthy eating decisions and good health. From my table to yours, read, enjoy, be active, and eat healthy... for life!

Life happens too fast for too many people, leaving us little time to take care of ourselves while chasing the goodies of everyday living. A quick glance through the lives of an average forty-year old would most likely be a well-contrived chaos: you studied hard in college, and worked harder in your late twenties and early thirties. Got married, and tried every day for the next decade to juggle work, kids, spouse and paying debt together with having bits of fun and alone time. It's a crazy world. But that's all you've got. So by the time you're forty, you end up constantly worn-out, totally oblivious of the bad eating habits you've picked up over the years and the underlying health issues rising in the wake of your midlife. With so many illnesses, both treatable and untreatable. You do not have to exhaust yourself by searching for the fountain of Eden to achieve eternal youth. This book provides timeless, yet scientifically backed tips to staying young and healthy. One part is learning all the right foods to eat. You may have heard that the Mediterranean diet is the absolute best for anti-aging. We will explore what constitutes the Mediterranean diet, as well as what the average Japanese person eats throughout their life. We could learn a lot from the country which boasts the oldest average age for passing on. Then of course, there is exercise. Your body undergoes natural changes but with the right practice, these can be delayed. And finally, the psychological aspect of aging is immeasurable. You are above forty, you should own a jet and a billion dollar stashed away in your garage. Lies!

It's totally counter-intuitive but you need to stop spending so much money on anti-aging products. Theres no secret miracle drug out there for you. Americans spend millions of dollars on these goose chases. Do you think youre less important, or a less valuable member of society by aging? No, youre not. Get your head out of the sand, and see the process of getting and remaining fit as a lifestyle choice. Enjoy the journey of it. You are what you think; you are what you eat; you are what you do.

All of this begs the question: What can you do? What will you do?

There is a saying that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. Well, heres the good news: Youre not a dog, and youre not old! You may not have the body of the top athletes in the world. Stop comparing yourself. Do you actually believe their lives are anything comparable to yours?

There are some terms we need to establish the definitions for before we proceed. Youve probably heard the term thrown around a lot, from magic pills to supposed cancer-defying foods. Perhaps youre a little sceptical that its even a real thing. Well, fortunately, it is a real thing, and yes it plays an extremely important role in maintaining health. Antioxidants do exist in the body and theyre responsible for preventing a lot of harm. You might be surprised by the source of this harm - oxygen. Yeah, oxygen Oxidation of your cells is the primary source of aging. Certain foods contain antioxidants to offset the harm caused by oxidation. These foods will be explained later on.

Free radicals - what are they? Again, they probably sound a little conspiratorial and like some gimmick used to sell certain health supplements. Again, the term free radical is rooted in truth.

You may not remember how much energy you had during your twenties. Thats okay. But know this, your hormones are responsible for the vast majority of this change, particularly for women. Its not all in your head, either. Theres real science backing up why you feel so horribly. What are hormones, exactly? Well, they regulate a lot of aspects of the body, from hunger to libido to - you guessed it - metabolism. Which hormones exist in our bodies? Its different between men and women.

Experts are of the opinion that, starting at the age of 40, we lose around 1% of our muscle strength each year, and by age 70, if unchecked, it may increase to 3 percent yearly. What this means is that by 80 years, we are so frail and without 60 percent of the strength we've garnered for a lifetime. Constantly losing muscle strength can affect your balance and increase your chances of falling. We all know that faking and losing balance can be quite fatal, resulting in hip fractures, and increasing the chance of early death. All of this can be drastically reduced, if we pay attention to the advice in this book. The simplest advice being: exercise daily. Suffice to say that your choice is obvious, when asked which to choose, exercising 30 minutes a day or gradually dying every hour of the day?