Age Gracefully Through Science
It’s amazing how advertising has helped us to believe on an unconscious level that we can not only look younger, but act younger, feel younger, and in some cases maybe we can even ‘be’ younger. It’s true that you can do some amazing things to help your body and face look much younger than your actual age, but you have to remember the vital importance of dealing with age issues even if you don’t feel old enough.
Health and age go hand in hand. You can’t escape it. While it is true that a younger looking, younger feeling body is healthier than an overweight body, there are some things that boil down to age. After liposuction you might not recognize your over 40 body. The best skin care products can create a youthful face. Yet your heart has still been beating for more than 40 years and you still need to make sure you get annual screenings for breast cancer. You can’t put off the important annual exams until you feel a little older.
While a good muscle workout routine can tone up your body to be as incredible as it was in your twenties, you still need annual screenings. It is an accurate argument that a well toned, cared for body is in much better shape that one that is twice the weight at half the age. Perhaps, but breast cancer is an equal opportunity striking force. It doesn’t care how old you look or feel.
Scientific advancement has done a lot to help us improve the quality of our lives. It has also helped to save our lives when we take the time to get our annual check ups. A mammogram has saved countless of women between the age of 40 and 60. Survival rates for early detection of 80% better than late detection victims.
You don’t have to give up being young at heart and cool enough to blend in with the younger generations, but you do have to make sure that your body is healthy enough for your lifestyle.
It has been said that the ability to strive for a wrinkle free, anti sun spot, perfectly toned face is a wonderful scientific achievement. The fact that breast cancer survival has increased by over 80% over the last ten years is also a wonderful scientific achievement.
We all want to look young, act young, and play like we’re young. And there really isn’t anything wrong with that. However, we have to remember that we might not feel like we are our age today, but we have to be responsible for keeping up with the health demands of our time.
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