Anti-aging is a huge concern and a growing market for manufacturers of nutritional supplements. People are always looking for the fountain of youth, that magic pill that is going to make them look younger and feel better.
Fortunately the best thing you can do to help slow down the aging process is to get outside and start exercising. The beauty of exercise - is that it's also the least expensive thing you can do compared to swallowing handfuls of pills and applying expensive lotions on your body.
We've all heard how exercise helps lower blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and insulin levels. That it helps with depression, obesity, osteoporosis and the list goes on. But the two greatest reasons exercise is so important and beneficial is that it increases the amount of lean muscle tissue, as well as, triggers the release of your growth hormones...your repair hormones.
The number one bio-marker or indicator that is used to determine how well someone will age is the percent of lean muscle tissue. Meaning the more lean muscle tissue you have the less health challenges you will have as you age. On the other hand, if you have a high ratio of fat tissue compared to lean muscle tissue, because of weight gain, obesity and a sedentary lifestyle, you will have greater health challenges as you age. Those are just the simple facts!
