| To fight the effects of aging, exercise is | | | | building muscle mass as you age but helps combat |
| necessary at any age, but most especially as you | | | | osteoporosis. |
| approach your later years. Exercise should be a | | | | As well as exercising, make time for meditation |
| part of your natural anti aging program for your | | | | during the week which is very positive for your |
| body. You should be exercising for at least 30 | | | | anti-aging program. Done daily, meditation slows |
| minutes a day, five days a week for the full | | | | down brain deterioration. It was found during |
| benefits. The benefits include strengthening your | | | | studies of people who meditated daily that |
| muscles and bones, maintaining good posture, | | | | meditation can change the structure of the brain |
| bone density and joint mobility. | | | | creating a more thicker cerebral cortex. The |
| Exercise is as an anti-aging tool for you which | | | | research also showed that people who meditate |
| promotes the internal functioning of the | | | | have the physical abilities, perceptual and cognitive |
| cardiovascular system (lungs and heart) which | | | | functions of people ten years younger. Have a |
| helps the body to perform at its optimum as the | | | | look at recent photos or listen to interviews with |
| years go by. Added to these benefits, exercise | | | | the Dalai Lama, born in 1935, and you can see the |
| stimulates the production of the endorphin | | | | results of the meditation. The Dalai Lama is alert |
| hormone known as the "feel good" hormones | | | | and strong, passionate about his cause and very |
| which help fight depression and create a happy, | | | | youthful for a man of 73 years of age. |
| energetic sense of well being. | | | | Always be sure to check with your doctor when |
| A couple of your five workout sessions a week | | | | starting an exercise program and learn more on |
| should include weight training which helps not only | | | | the benefits of exercise for anti-aging. |