Baby Boomer Health- It's All About Aging Gracefully

We all hope to get old with as little disease's, pain and suffering as possible studies are now showing that the underlying cause of the vast majority of chronic degenerative diseases is systemic low grade inflammation. In fact inflammation has been associated with heart disease, cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's to name just a few. So it seems that understanding chronic inflammation is crucial to longevity's and aging healthily. The bodies defense mechanism against pathogens back fires as we get older, in fact the University of Vermont pathologist Russell Tracy has linked aging to the very process that keeps us healthy when we are young. The fact that this type of inflammation increases with age means that with poor dietary and life style choices most people unknowingly suffer from this affliction. It doesn't have to be like this, the solution at hand is to understand that what we put into our bodies will largely determine our longevity's and quality of life. Simply put we have to stop digging our own graves with our own knife and fork. Regulating the elements in our diets that cause inflammation will reduce our risk of dying tomorrow of cancer or cardiovascular disease. It's as easy as choosing the salmon rather than the burger, snaking on fruits and vegetables other than french fries and onion rings. Taking a walk rather than having a martini or taking the stairs rather then the elevator. Using olive oil and healthy fats rather than saturated and un-healthy fats. It's just as east to go for the nuts over the candy bars and to supplement with a high quality nutritional.

Nutritional combatants of inflammation
The number one defense against chronic inflammatory is the Omega 3 fatty acids found in flax oil, canola oil and pumpkin seeds as well as cold water fish oils like salmon and sardines. Most antioxidants show some level of anti-inflammatory benefits. Vitamin C has demonstrated to be most beneficial, then there is the polyphenols mother nature provided in plant based regulators of inflammation.
Polyphenols are usually found in high quality nutritional supplements. These would include citrus bioflavonoids from fruits and berries; resveratrol found in red wine and grapes. Cucumin from turmeric and the catechins from green tea, grape seeds and assorted nuts and berries as well as pine bark. Supplementing with carnosine provides cellular rejuvenation which is why it has been called “Nature's life extension agent”