Aging is more than a numbers game

several chronic illnesses.

Claiming age is just a number doesn’t add up.

What number is it? Do you pick a favorite number and use it forever? Or is it the number of days you’ve been alive and alert? A sizeable number of folks wonder what age they’re going to be in heaven. A wrong number could be hell.

No matter how we regard our age, we have come to understand that aging increases the risk factor for many diseases, including cancers and degenerative disorders such as dementia, and the likelihood of suffering

Genes have long played a role in how we age. If your parents lived relatively healthy lives and edged close to the century mark before dying, your chances of living a lengthy and relatively healthy life are pretty good. If you take care of yourself.

While the global search for the Fountain of Youth is still in full force, diet and lifestyle are a couple of traditional tools you can use to stretch out your time here on Earth.

Not everyone agrees on what attributes contribute to successful aging. Some are vegetarians, others sweat through regular gym sessions. Many work as long as they can and keep busy by volunteering when they leave the labor force.

Science has opened up several doorways we explore to slow down the process that changes our body as we age.

Fasting has become one of the most popular. The benefits of intermittent fasting have been found to be favorable in tests and studies among both animals and humans. Varying the times and types of one’s food intake has shown signs of slowing own the attacks of metabolic disorders and some common age-related liver diseases. A word of caution to everyone.