Ever feel like you’re aging faster than your years?

For Baby Boomers, premature aging is cause for concern. According to a recent AARP survey, nearly 3 out of 4 adults age 48 to 66 fear they’ll need to work at least part-time into retirement to survive financially, while half anticipate never retiring at all. This highlights the importance of preventing chronic diseases in aging Boomers.

Yet, if you’re like many Boomers, you regularly engage in unhealthy habits that produce dangerous free radicals and cause you to age faster than your years.

As you probably already know, free radicals are highly reactive atoms or molecules that are produced in the body by natural biological processes or introduced from the outside. They can damage cells and tissues through a process called oxidation. Some free radical production is normal and your body is designed to handle it. Yet, excessive free-radicals damage your cell’s DNA, membranes, mitochondria and other structures, and over time, cause you to develop serious inflammatory diseases like cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, asthma, arthritis, and dozens more that lead to premature aging.

Yet, one simple step you can take to defend yourself against excessive free radical buildup is to recognize and change any number of the following most damaging “Baby Boomer habits” before they contribute to significant disease conditions and premature aging:

1. Stressing out about work, parenting, providing child or elder care, chronic disease, lack of sleep, and more. Instead, try some proven daily relaxation techniques, like adding a few minutes of soft music, meditation, yoga, or breathing exercises to your routine, or by taking a warm Epsom salt bath.
2. Taking prescription medications. Chemical prescription drugs almost always do more harm than good. Instead, search our website or give us a call to learn about any number of proven natural remedies for your specific condition.
3. Exercising too hard or not at all. Like most things, moderation is the key, and science is proving that short bursts of high intensity exercise in between resting periods or moderate-intensity exercise provides health benefits better than traditional long-duration aerobic exercises.
4. Cell phones, Wi-Fi, microwave ovens, power lines and more can cause significant health issues from the radiation. So, to reduce the harmful effects that electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have on our biological systems, minimize exposure to EMFs.
5. Eating too much junk food at any age causes disease. Instead, make it a daily habit to eat only natural foods, organic and unprocessed, including a minimum of 7 servings of raw fruits and vegetables to live longer and healthier.

Now, Baby Boomers hoping to stay healthy into retirement age can replace these unhealthy habits that cause disease with new ones that help you feel younger than your years.