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Want to live to 100? It might be more achievable than you think!
While inheriting great genes helps, experts emphasize the power of daily habits in healthy aging. Neuroscientist Robert Love offers three key tips to slow down – and possibly even reverse – the aging process.
1. Sleep Your Way to a Longer Life
Quality sleep is a potent anti-aging tool. During deep sleep, our bodies repair and regenerate cells, combatting damage from stress and environmental factors. Love stresses the importance of adequate rest, noting that poor sleep can negatively impact appearance, cognitive function, and even contribute to plaque buildup in the brain.
2. Ditch the Ultra-Processed Foods
Say goodbye to chips, sugary cereals, and fast food. These ultra-processed foods are loaded with unhealthy ingredients that fuel inflammation, a key driver of aging and various health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, and dementia. Love warns that the chemicals in these foods can be neurotoxic, accelerating the aging process.
3. Supplement Your Way to Better Health
Love recommends incorporating specific supplements to support cellular repair and overall well-being. He suggests Coenzyme Q10 for energy production, NMN for DNA repair, and Lion’s Mane to reduce inflammation, improve sleep, and manage stress – a major contributor to aging.