Fret Less
To banish worries, put stressors on paper.
Not to mention that constant worry is no fun.
Keep Your Sunny Side Up
Optimists live longer, plain and simple.
Siestas also help you catch up on much-needed sleep.
That’s crucial, because chronic sleep deprivation can cause aging at the cellular level.
So give yourself permission to nap like a kid.
We predict you’ll start feeling like one, too.
Your Relaxation Rx
Which mind/body treatments have the most rock-solid science backing them up?
Here’s how:
Your body dials down stress.Dr.
Your heart slows, blood pressure falls and digestion eases.
Mind/body methods worked as well as drugs designed to do the same thing, without the side effects.
As you get older, your brain begins to shrink.
Controlling for other factors, he found that genes associated with stress-related illness behaved differently in the two groups.
“These genes control not only stress but also premature aging and inflammation,” he says.
It seems meditators' genes were essentially telling their body to stress less and age more slowly.
5 Ultimate Age-Defying Recipes
Antiaging Workout
