Anti-aging nutrition is a medicine of deficits, which aims to fill the gaps that people have, whether in nutritional terms, through a healthy diet, or in terms of vitamins and minerals. What we eat throughout our lives will be reflected in our bodies, so prevention is the best bet. Since it is not possible to control the natural ageing of the body, it is possible to adopt measures that slow down ageing.
If care is taken early on, ageing will take place in a healthier way and with less impact on the person's well-being.
It is often said that multivitamins are the same for everyone, but this is not correct. They should be taken in the right amount and only those that are really necessary. The prescription should be tailor-made and individualized.
Also with regard to deficit medicine, we need to talk about hormonal deficits. As we get older, there is a tendency for sexual and non-sexual hormones to decrease. What happens is that when we are young we have strong hormone production, which protects us from getting sick and losing muscle mass. Therefore, at a young age we must gain muscle mass and bone mass in order to maintain these levels later on.
From the age of 40, women begin to lose hormones related to reproductive activity as they approach the menopause. Men also experience a decrease, but not as abruptly.
Some lifestyle factors can make this decrease more pronounced, such as excess weight, high levels of stress and excessive alcohol. Oestrogen dominance, i.e. the production of too much oestrogen and too little progesterone, can lead to weight gain, blood loss during the menstrual period and a great deal of mood fluctuation.
These people are less protected in terms of their health, but there are hormonal deficits that can be remedied through hormone modeling. This strategy should be carried out by doctors who specialize in this area and through assessment and diagnosis.
This strategy should only be implemented when there are already other strategies that enhance the action of these hormones, and it is not feasible to overload a body that is already overloaded.
At the same time, we need strategies that de-inflammate the body. Only then is it possible to receive hormones and metabolize them in the best possible way. This is the case with an anti-inflammatory diet. Food can be a powerful anti-inflammatory agent, and a good practice is to eat fruit, legumes, fish, meat and eggs, i.e. food that comes from the land, the sea, without hormones, with more natural production and growth.
On the other hand, foods with lots of chemicals, which are packaged and have no nutritional quality should be avoided. For example, dairy products appear to be inflammatory in most people, making them lactose intolerant, especially in people who are estrogen dominant. Gluten can also be difficult to metabolize in the intestines and can lead to hypersensitivity.
In order for these strategies to contribute to anti-aging, the body needs to be balanced. Good stress management is essential, particularly controlling anxiety and distress.
In these circumstances, an effort must be made to control weight, and it's natural that as you get older, your body won't be able to handle what it used to, as it has a very different metabolizing capacity. However, you must lead a lifestyle that is compatible with your age.
Intermittent fasting can also work as an anti-aging strategy. In some circumstances, if you don't eat, you give your body a rest.
Healthy eating, regular exercise and good stress management, combined with the use of hormonal, vitamin and mineral supplements, can have great potential for promoting anti-ageing.
Taking care of ourselves is being generous.
