Everyone can appreciate how a fit and trim body makes a person look more attractive. As we get older this is most often achieved through exercise and good nutrition.

When we are young the healthy looking body seems natural and doesn’t take much or any effort to maintain but as work and other pressures mount our lives often become more sedentary and the muscle tone diminishes.

It is the tone of our muscles and that give us the good body shape. Obviously this can be masked by excess fat so diet is important. A healthy well balanced diet provides all the nutrition our bodies need and we can throw away all those supplements that countless organizations encourage us to buy.

So what do we need?
· Good nutrition, that is protein and carbohydrates and not too much of either, an excess of carbs is just as bad as an excess of protein. If you are trying to build muscle mass you need a higher protein diet.

· An exercise program to help us use the calories we take in so that we do not build large fat reserves and to keep our muscles well toned.

Almost everyone agrees that exercise is good for the muscle tone and lots of us are prepared to put an exercise program in place. We enjoy seeing a good muscle tone in our arms and legs, midsection, back, but while we are doing that nearly all of us forget about the face.

All the movements we get from our face, our expressions, opening and closing our eyes and mouths involves the action of muscles and as we get older these muscles, just like the rest of them, need to be exercised if we want them to be firmer and well defined.

Exercise helps to build and tone the facial muscles, this in turn helps to reduce wrinkles. This exercise also increases the production of collagen and elastin. Like any muscle building program results take time. You don’t go to the gym for one session of weight training and return home as Mr/Mrs Universe, you expect to have to put in some consistent effort over a period of time. The same is true for your facial muscles.

Exercising your facial muscles for 5 to 10 minutes per day can make a huge difference and make you feel and look younger. For anyone considering medical intervention to remove facial wrinkles you should consider and try facial muscle exercises.

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Healthy muscle tone, good diet and exercise are ways you can enhance your natural beauty.

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Starvation, a common weight loss practice, results in the loss of your body’s lean body mass or (LBM). The loss of the very muscle that is needed to burn the unwanted fat.

Western Weight Loss Institute of Meeteetse Wyoming utilizes the latest in nutritional science for weight loss and weight management. In order to provide personalized nutrition plans for individual protein diet needs that are based on lean body mass, weight loss goals, lifestyle and body composition.

Protein is needed, not only to maintain LBM, it also is needed to help control hunger and support increasing muscle mass and muscle replenishment. The average daily protein needs range from 88-92 g for men and range from 63-66 g for women. Additional protein needs must also be taken into account during periods of growth, pregnancy, lactation, intense strength and endurance training and for most elderly individuals.

The quality of protein intake is therefore, essential. The fat content of the protein source must be evaluated in the protein consumption. High fat intake hinders any weight loss process and therefore proteins that are low in fats; fish, lean meat, poultry, whole-wheat cereals and grains, nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables and low-fat dairy are essential to the weight loss diet.

Lean protein contributes on average 10-35% of daily calorie intake. The remainder of calories consumed must provide the essential fibers, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, fats and macro nutrients for healthy living.

UCLA research demonstrates that protein consumption of 0.8 gram per pound of lean body mass or 0.36 g per pound of total body weight, diminishes hunger and ensures maintenance of lean body mass. This is a general calculation and defines a range of protein intake of between 10-35 % of total caloric intake from protein for all diets.

Diet supplementation of the 9 essential proteins or Amino Acids ensures the quality and availability of sufficient protein intake and diminishes the loss of lean body mass during dieting, exercise or illness. Meal supplements, available over the counter and too numerous to name, often work against improving health.

Success is found, not in eating less, but in eating more of the right foods and the right proteins. Lean proteins do not expedite the weight loss process. The intake of lean protein food or supplements ensures the maintenance of lean body mass and avoids the loss of 1 pound of muscle to every 4 pounds of body weight that may be associated with many starvation or deprivation diets.

The precise optimum protein intake, individualized to each body’s lean mass and activity level is the ideal determination of healthy protein requirements. Protein required to maintain energy balance, lean body weight, satiety and macro nutrient intake supports the adherence to any weight loss program, while also promoting health and supporting lean tissues in order to reduce risk of chronic diseases.

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If you are like most people today, you lead a fast and hectic life. You have little time for your family, regard household chores as a bore. And you have loads of fat in your protruding belly. YOu desperately want to get rid of it and look like those fitness models on late night TV, but you feel you have no time to commit yourself fully to an exercise program that can help you get rid of belly fat …

If that describes you, then you might want to feel relieved that you belong to a growing number of people on the planet who are getting fatter everyday, but do not know what to do about it.

Before we discuss just how to incinerate all the excess fat in your body, we might spare a moment to ponder about how your belly got fat to start with. You see, fat accumulation or incineration is governed by a very simple but precise mathematical formula …

Burn More Fat Than You Consume. Everyday

That is it. As simple as that. If you have belly fat then it just means that you are consuming a lot more than you burn everyday. So what do you do now ? Well, you might want to start burning a lot more fat than you consume. Everyday. If you do that, you can rest assured that you are on our way to a great looking belly that you will be proud to flaunt in the beach.

But you may not be able to do that if you keep munching on cheese burgers every other hour. The very first thing you might want to do is this :

Start Eating Only Fresh Fruits, Raw Vegetables and Nuts

That means eliminate all meats, poultry, fish, fried foods, junk foods and all dairy products. That is very tough to do alright. But it is most possibly these foods that made your belly protrude in the first place. If you will continue gorging on these foods and wish to look like a super model, then it may be just wishful thinking and nothing more. You may want to ask your doctor before you make great changes in your eating habits.

The good thing is that you can eat fresh fruits, nuts and raw vegetables (preferably organic) in whatever quantities you want, just about when you want. No restrictions whatsoever! You can absolutely gorge on these healthy foods like a glutton and still stay healthy and lose weight. That is unless you are a diabetic or have some other medical condition.

Once you have committed to that, here is the second step

Cardio ! Cardio ! Cardio !

Start a cardio workout program - at a level that you are comfortable with. Though this may definitely not be comfortable, a cardio workout done right can go a long way in burning excess fat.

But that is not all. You see, even diet and cardio can only go so far. To get real results fast, you have to do this vital step right …

Increase Your Metabolism

Your metabolic rate really dictates how fast your body will burn fat. If your metabolism rate does not increase appreciably, your results may not be very impressive. So how do you increase your metabolism ? One way to do that would be to start building lean muscle mass. The more lean muscle you have, the more fat you burn in a day. The less you have, the less fat you burn everyday. You could start a strength training program to build lean muscle mass.

You would want to consult your doctor and a qualified fitness training professional before you make drastic changes in your diet and lifestyle. Gradual changes over time work a lot better than trying to form a dozen new habits overnight.

Also, you may want to give up the idea of spot reduction. Spot reduction just does not seem to work. Your body decides how to use the stores of fat and there may not be much you can do to change that. Adopting a healthy lifestyle may be the best thing you can do when it comes to turning your body into a great looking fat burning machine.

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According to the American Academy of Anti-aging Medicine the three basic rules of anti-aging medicine are:

• Don’t get sick;
• Don’t get old;
• Don’t die!

Well, I like all three of those rules and I think if you think about it for a moment, you will too. In this article I hope to help us a long a little bit on the subject of Anti-Aging.

If you take good care of your physical and mental self you will the better your chances are for living longer and able to utilize the latest biotechnological advancements to live even longer.

Try to speed up your metabolism and retain muscle mass. As we age muscle mass is lost at a much faster rate, and typically our metabolism slows down. Keeping a handle on these two items, metabolism rate and loss of muscle mass is a huge accomplishment when it comes to anti-aging techniques. Lean body mass helps keep your metabolism going strong.
Housework and household chores are good for you! Studies have shown people between the ages of 34 and 59 who began to engage in heavy gardening or heavy housework became the least likely to die a premature death. This is just one more reason to give myself an extra boost of motivation toward those dreaded, routine and boring household chores. I am a desk and keyboard junkie!

I am continually trying to find a way to get all my household chores done by someone else. Could this be because as a child I was never “allowed” or “demanded” or “taught” to engage in household chores? I think to a degree, yes it is. I feel without a doubt all children in the household should be given a fair amount of the daily chores to be done in a household. I was a child who grew up thinking my only vocation was to play with the latest Barbie Dolls, paper doll cut-outs, or just any kind of childhood game. I feel I have suffered as a result of that type of “pampering.” I now feel all my household chores should be instantly done by someone else, but guess what, that someone else, which was my parents are not here to wash my dishes, clean my ceiling fans, etc.

Fortunately I was interested in nutrition, fitness and good health or else I would not engage in exercise either. All these topics seemed like areas of “play,” so they were apart of my “playtime” rather than “work time,” and therefore acceptable activities for me. I worked out continuously riding my bike around and around the little church that sat next door………..That all paid off……now at age 50, I still have fairly muscular legs, good bones and joints (I think)!

One of the first and most important steps you can take to help you live longer is to engage in early detection and regular screenings for health problems. By doing so you will receive the first opportunities to identify, prevent and intervene effectively in disease processes.

Secondly, optimum physical health will help to keep the waistline taut, the hairlines from receding and the skin of a physically healthy person will retain a youthful suppleness and glow as a person ages. Many Americans first see an anti-aging physician for vanity reasons not even realizing that how they look is a direct statement of how their body’s systems, organs, tissues and cells are functioning. Therefore, a qualified anti-aging physician, which should be a physician certified by the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine (ABAAM), can help you improve your health and well-being. This in turn will improve what you see in the mirror. So before you turn to plastic surgery to rid yourself of those age lines, seek the advice of a certified American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine Physician first. What good will it do you to erase those lines with plastic surgery when there is something more serious going on inside the body that may end your life sooner than it should be.

The University of Illinois researchers studied brain scans of men and women age 55 and found that those who regularly worked out lost significantly less brain tissue as they aged than those who exercised rarely or not at all. So…..this certainly should be some proof to us that working out can keep our memory strong and prevent the loss of cognitive function (which is a great fear of mine personally). I think I must hurry and finish this article as the desk and keyboard junkie I am and get out on a routine walking schedule again.

A qualified anti-aging physician is more keenly interested in the long-term whole-body physical, mental, and spiritual health of patients. They will utilize innovative diagnostics and therapeutic interventions to detect, prevent, and treat aging-related diseases, which as just stated, should make you look and feel better than if you used something cosmetically to erase the aging signs.

Finding Helpful Anti-Aging Information and Locating a Qualified Anti-Aging Physician:

If you have heard that anti-aging medicine is solely a hormone replacement therapy (HRT), this is not true at all. Anti-aging medicine is a multidisciplinary approach to whole-body wellness and longevity, incorporating a variety of treatments as medically appropriate.

A word of warning: If you do decide to go with hormone replacement therapy, be sure your doctor uses only natural, bio-identical hormones (BHRT). The reason for this is that BHRTs have the same chemical structure as their counterparts that occur naturally in the human body, which makes them able to fully replicate the original functions with little or no adverse side effects.

Important steps to follow if you decide to go with hormone replacement are:

• Be your sure your doctor first tests for your baseline levels;

• Your doctor also needs to explain to you safe target increases to achieve youthful levels;

• Your doctor needs to monitor you every 3-6 months.

If you need a reliable partner in achieving optimal fitness and health, an anti-aging physician, certified by the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine or health practitioner credentialed by the American Board of Anti-Aging Health Practitioners is your best choice.

It is quite easy to locate a qualified anti-aging physician. All you need do is request a personalized physician referral from the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). The phone number to call is 773-528-4333 or you can send an e-mail to a4m@worldheath.net.

With the appropriate knowledge comes “power.” Consumers need access to the latest science presented to them in a manner that a non-scientist can understand. You can find this type of easy to understand information from A4M on the web. Visit the A4M’s Special Information Center on the web. Their web address is a4minfo.net www.a4minfo.net

You can also join the American Academy of Anti-aging Medicine (A4M). The American Academy of Anti-aging Medicine is the world’s leading nonprofit medical organization dedicated to the exploration and application of innovative diagnostics and therapeutic interventions that aim to detect, prevent, and treat aging related diseases. To join, you can call 773-528-4333 or complete an online New Member Application at

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