Anti-aging is the process of delaying the inevitable process of growing older. There are many ways in which to achieve this. One of the most important is to prevent cellular aging. Excellent, lifelong nutritional supplementation is critical to longevity and vitality. Without adequate anti-oxidants (such as vitamin C, E, A, beta-carotene) cellular damage occurs at a rapid pace.

   Oxidation is one of the cellular processes that takes place in our body every second. When oxidations occur, (like what happens to metal left outside in the elements, which causes rust) unstable molecules are created in the body called free radicals. These can be caused by many things. Some of the greatest causes are tobacco use, drug use, alcohol abuse, exposure to chemicals, impure drinking water, polluted air, and preservatives and chemicals in our foods. These free radicals need antioxidants to replace electrons lost in oxidation. When adding antioxidants to a daily nutritional regiment, we create normal stable molecules again. The more free radicals your body generates the greater effect aging will have on you.

   Optimum wellness is simply keeping your body free from disease at the cellular level. How do you know what your body is doing at the cellular level? Simple, laboratory testing. This provides the clinician a detailed picture of what is occurring inside your body at the time the lab tests are run. Just because you are not having any symptoms at the present time does not mean you are in a state of optimum wellness. Optimum wellness is only found in a very small percentage of people and is usually the direct result of a proactive lifestyle on the part of that particular individual. Simply waiting for symptoms to appear, being diagnosed with a disease, receiving treatment and then hoping it will work is not a great plan.

   There are several key things that one needs to do to develop optimum wellness. Personalized nutritional supplements everyday allows your body to never become deficient of anything for even a second. This is the most important thing you can do for optimum wellness and anti-aging. Next would be to change your lifestyle to minimize destruction by free radicals. Quit using tobacco, clean up your diet, drink pure water( preferably reverse osmosis), decrease all exposure to chemicals, and minimize your alcohol intake.

   Everyone likes to emphasize the fact that we need to exercise. Well, this is true, but exercise also generates a significant amount of free radicals. These exercise junkies are exposing themselves to more destructive free radicals than you can imagine. If you are exercising and not putting the right anti-oxidants back into your body, you are not headed for health. Some of the most unhealthy people walking around are your exercise junkies. Most of them are not in a state of optimum wellness. They deplete their bodies rapidly of nutrients and most are not replaced effectively.

   Finally, I would like to talk about dietary choices. Ultimately, you get to decide what you eat. We need to get away from eating strictly for the taste and focus on eating for the nutritional value. High amounts of processed sugar in our bodies will contribute to sickness and disease. We know for a fact that cancer cells love sugar. A high sugar diet will promote the cancer cells to grow more rapidly. Limiting alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco use is critical in decreasing levels of free radicals. Restricting exposure to pesticides, preservatives and other chemicals (trans-fats, MSG) in our food, also has a tremendous benefit in decreasing toxic elements and free radical activity. Stress caused by physical, chemical, and emotional factors, is detrimental to our well being and health. Anti-Aging and Optimum Wellness can begin at age 65 and older. It is never too late to start. Just click on Getting Started and let all the benefits of nutritional supplementation help you achieve anti-aging and optimum wellness.