Maintaining your energy, brain function, and health as your age can be easy and delicious with these anti-aging tips, including a secret breakthrough that helps fight inflammation, thought to be the culprit of all disease and aging.

What would it be like to embrace aging? Too often, aging is something we fear. Mostly because we feel like we’ll lose the energy and enthusiasm we had in our younger years, become a burden to those we love and lose our independence.

Unfortunately, the image we have of aging is that as each year passes it is inevitable that we’ll have to suffer the symptoms of increasing poor health, ranging from cardiovascular disease to high blood pressure. Maybe even Alzheimer’s or cancer.  The statistics can be pretty scary. For example, one in four Americans suffers from some sort of digestive disorder. As we get older and our stomach acid decreases it is rare to find an elderly man or woman who does not have digestive problems.  Not exactly something to look forward to!

But what they don’t always tell you about aging is that the experience can be a beautiful process of stepping into your power. And that accumulating years does not automatically equate with looking and feeling older.  So let go of any fears you formed as you were growing up and make a commitment right now to age like no one has ever done before. And because you are unique, you’ll do this in your own unique way, creating your own unique journey…with lots of help from The Body Ecology Way of Life.

Start with prevention and take preventative measures to look and feel many decades younger than your birth certificate indicates. The World Health Organization’s most recent studies show that disease is no longer infection based, but is in fact, lifestyle based. The good news about this is that you can change your lifestyleand take charge of your long-term health and longevity!

The Anti-Aging Secret

The real anti-aging secret is to create a healthy lifestyle that contributes to strong digestion, energy and immunity. Of course, keeping your body free of toxins is essential as well. Yes, toxins do come from our environment but some of the most dangerous toxins are produced right in side of us and are called “endogenous toxins.”

A healthy lifestyle means eating a well-balanced diet, like the Body Ecology Diet, reducing stress, getting the sleep you need to feel your best and moving your body daily. Yes, basically what it takes to feel your best at any age is to go back to the basics.

Body Ecology’s founder, Donna Gates, has been researching anti-aging for some time as she prepares to launch her latest book, The Baby Boomer Diet, A Guide to Growing Younger. With 79 million of the most powerful people on the planet (just in the US alone), the Baby Boomer generation is looking for answers to live long and healthy lives.

And guess what? While there are plenty of secrets that cost thousands, there are many more that require very little investment of time, money or energy. Eating foods that balance every system in your body and yet also pamper your digestive system is one of them. We all need to eat, right? Why not choose foods and supplements that add to your life, rather than subtract from it?

Here is a short list of Donna’s favorite anti-aging and energizing foods and supplements:

• Fermented foods and drinks – like cultured vegetables and probiotic liquids, which contribute to better digestion, more energy and beautiful skin and hair.
• Sea vegetables– provide important minerals, boost your thyroid and help promote strong energy and metabolism.
• Adaptogens – helps relieve your body from stressors, sleep better at night while providing you with a calming type of energy during the day.
• Healthy fats and oils – that nourish your thyroid, help get vitamins and minerals into your muscles, boost your brain health and beautify your skin and hair. In the Body Ecology Diet we use a delicious variety of unrefined oils (meaning in their extra virgin state) in our meals throughout the day.

Donna’s new book, Body Ecology’s Baby Boomer Diet, A Guide To Growing Younger, has a cutting-edge information on how to foods, supplements and lifestyle choices look and feel your best at any age. Click here to be notified when the book comes out.

Anti-Aging and Inflammation

Inflammation is a major health issue and is thought to be the culprit behind all disease and early aging. In fact, inflammation is a common thread running through all categories of disease including Alzheimer’s, heart disease, cancer and arthritis. Infections and toxins cause inflammation.

One of the best ways to reduce inflammation is through your diet, and the Body Ecology diet excels as an anti-inflammation diet. In addition, consuming a good balance of omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids is vital for optimum health and youthfulness.

Unfortunately, too many Americans eat an abundance of omega-6 fatty acids when what you really need is more of the crucial omega-3 fatty acids. It’s the omega-3 fatty acids that keep your brain health strong and your thinking skills sharp!

You can find omega-3 fatty acids in oily fish, like salmon and in organic, unrefined oils, like hemp and flax seed oils. The real superstar omega-3 supplement that’s emerged over the years is fish oil, but we’ve found something even better! Using the old world tradition of fermenting the livers of fish, Green Pasture™ has developed Blue Ice,™ a fermented cod liver oil which is much easier for your body to digest and benefit from. Historically, many cultures have been enjoying the abundant health benefits of fermented cod liver oil since biblical times, and now you can too.

But, the real key to the superstar anti-inflammatory power of Green Pastures, Blue Ice Fermented Cod Liver Oil is the fermentation process, which breaks down the nutrients and predigests them for you, so that your body can immediately absorb the benefits. Fermented foods and drinks are whole foods full of nutritional value in their own right. On top of that, the microflora increase the bioavailability of the nutrients in all the foods you eat by hundreds of times.

A diet rich in essential fatty acids is crucial to healthy aging. To help you enjoy the journey and keep your mind and body sharp, we highly recommend the oil found in Green Pasture™ has developed Blue Ice,™ a fermented cod liver oil. Superior to normal fish oil, this potent marine supplement can relieve inflammation and reduce joint pain! Try some today.

So, when you think about aging, remember, staying young in body and mind can be both delicious and fun! Cultivate a “back to the basics” lifestyle with a healthy diet; plenty of regular, low-impact exercise, restful sleep, and supplements like fermented cod liver oil to keep you functioning sharply are key components, regardless of your age!