Fresh & Ageless Skin

Seventy percent of aging is voluntary,” says Chris Crowley, co-author of Younger Next Year “Some things you’re stuck with—your basic maximum heart rate goes down a little each year, your skin and hair gets drier, your libido goes down—but 70 percent of aging you can manage by how you live your life.” Many factors can influence how well you age.

Things like how much you exercise, what you eat, how you stimulate your brain, and how involved you are with other people, are the fundamental signals that run every cell in your body and brain. Many doctors and clinics are now able to test your body’s true age biologically, which may be vastly different than the number of years you’ve been alive.

Here are 10 things you can do to slow the aging process:

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For years, I have absolutely despised the term “anti-aging”. The term is negative and conveys fear and self-hate. Frankly, it is the antithesis of what I believe about aging. I believe that aging is not something that we should fear, but embrace. Getting older means building our life experiences, growing our families, and developing our life passions and relationships. Getting older does not mean losing our beauty or style (see my post on French Women + Aging to see what I mean). Life is all about attitude and mine is that you can look and feel your best at any age. In fact, I actually have found that I like myself more with each passing year – I was insecure and unsure in my twenties, I am secure and content in my fifties.

I want to hear from you on this: Do you agree with me or am I being too picky about the term? Do you have other ideas for terms that would be better than anti-aging? Please share your comments below!