12 Ways to Make Your “REAL AGE” Younger
By Erik Nieuwenhuis MS, PT St Luke’s Rehab Services 402-412-4275 Nieuween@stlukes.org
Taken from www.realage.com by Micheal F. Roizen MD

Would you enjoy living at age 50 feeling like you did at age 25? How you say, by taking the Real Age Test? Dr. Michael Roizen is a medical doctor who came up with this measurement tool to assess your daily lifestyle choices and habits, and by using this tool you are able to determine your biological age. He and his team have reviewed over 25,000 medical studies which revealed 125 different factors that can influence the rate of your bodies aging process.

Have you taken the Real Age Test? You can take this FREE online at www.realage.com and I highly recommend that you and your family, your company or team do so to improve your health/ wellness and improve your Quality of Life!!

You can take over 30 interactive health assessments at no cost that provide personalized grow younger strategies, based on your current lifestyle habits and your goals. They include quizzes and other tools such as; Real Age Tip of the Day (which can be emailed to you each week..I’ve been doing this for about three years now), Personalized Calorie Count, Exercise Estimator, Whole grains pop quiz, Food labels, My fitness plan, Recipe box and much more to help you determine your risk of getting diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. Then they give you a detailed list of what YOU can do to reduce each risk factor with the help of your doctor and each assessment is based on state of the art scientific research tailored to you.

Top 12 Ways to Make Your REAL AGE Younger:

1) Take your Vitamins—Regularly taking vitamin C (1200 mg/day), vitamin E (400 IU/ day), calcium (1000-1200 mg/day), vitamin D (400-600 IU/ day), folate (400 mcg/ day), and vitamin B6 (6 mg/day) can make your Real Age 6 years younger.
2) Quit Smoking and Avoid Passive Smoke---Smoking makes your Real Age 8 years older.
3) Know Your Blood Pressure---A person with low blood pressure (115/ 75 mm Hg) is as much as 25 years younger than a person with high blood pressure (greater than 160/ 90 mm Hg).
4) Reduce Stress---In highly stressful times, your Real Age can be as much as 32 years older than your calendar age. By building strong social networks and adapting stress-reduction strategies, you can erase 30 of those 32 years of aging caused by stress.
5) Floss Your Teeth---Flossing and brushing daily can make your Real Age 6.4 years younger.
6) Be Active---Even a small amount of exercise, two 20 minute walks per day can make your Real Age nearly 5 years younger.
7) Wear Your Seatbelt---Regularly wearing your seatbelt and driving within 5 miles per hour of the speed limit can make your Real Age as much as 3.4 years younger.
8) Fill Up on Fiber---Getting 25 grams of fiber per day in your diet can make your Real Age 2.5 years younger than in you only included 12 grams of fiber per day in your diet. Men may need even more than 25 grams of fiber per day.
9) Monitor Your Health---People who are proactive about seeking high-quality medical care and managing chronic conditions can have a Real Age as much as 12 years younger than their peers who do not.
10) Take the Real Age Test and Develop an Age Reduction Plan---Over your lifetime, you can make your Real Age as much as 26 years younger. That means that you will live younger every day, and live longer with as much health and energy as possible.
11) Laugh a Lot ---Laughter reduces stress, strengthens the immune system, and can make your Real Age as much as 8 years younger.
12) Become a Lifelong Learner---People who remain intellectually involved throughout their lives have a Real Age as much as 2.5 years younger.

Check out St Luke’s Center of Preventive Medicine at 712-252-8181 and ask for Beth Krienert Center Coordinator and www.thecenterforpreventivemedicine.com to find out more about taking initiatives for yourself, your family and your company to Live Life Better…Longer!!