Aging Metabolism

September 8, 2010 admin 13 comments

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Hi,

I just read an article about your aging metabolsim.

It started out like this: “Getting older means losing muscle and a slowing metabolism. That is a harsh fact.”

So is this really true?

Unfortunately, for the vast majority of people it is. And that is because they don’t do anything about it.

One of the side consequences of this “truism” is that as you lose muscle mass, you metabolism will slow down. And that means weight gain.

You will not be able to control this weight gain by dieting alone. Because of the way the body works any diet you go one will only make the slowing metabolism problem worse.

If you look around you, you will see that most older people do have more body weight and their body shape is not that of a healthy athlete. And they pretty much don’t have much muscle.

This trend has been going on for some time and it is affecting younger and younger older people. And it will get worse.

You have read the statistics. Over 2/3 of the population is overweight or obese.

I would guess that the vast majority of these people do not do anything to keep their muscles strong and their metabolism stoked.

So, the question is, do you have to be one of these people?

The answer is NO.

However, once you say that you are not going to be one of those out of shape older persons, what are you going to do about it?

Here are two things you can start doing.

One if to change your eating patterns. Notice I did not say go on a diet. That is the worst thing you can do.

But, you can eat healthier. You can eat more organic foods. You can up the good quality protein you eat.

You also have to move you body. And not just a leisurely stroll for a few minutes a day.

Now if you are already terribly out of shape, then maybe a leisurely stroll is all you can do. To start with.

You do need to start however. And you need to increase the amount of movement you do. That is because your body is a great adapting machine.

If you do the same exercise for the same amount of time and with the same level of intensity pretty soon that exercise will not give you the same benefits.

Your body will adapt to whatever stress that exercise is providing you. And soon that exercise will not be stressful.

This is good in that it shows that you are making progress.

It is bad in that you now have to do either more or something else to continue to get the benefits of this stress (this is good stress).

So now my question is can you start doing this tomorrow?

Stay tuned for my surprising take on the probable answer to this question.

Thanks,

Mike Val