Aging Well

  When it comes to aging, I have some good news and I have some bad news.   Let’s start with the bad news first, so that we can end on a more positive note.     As we age our bodies slow down.   Muscle loss is a natural part of aging.   It can begin as early as age 30 for some, and by age 35 for the rest of us.   As we lose muscle, our metabolism slows down.   But the amount we eat, typically, doesn’t change and we gain weight. Losing muscle and gaining weight is not the road to aging well.   Actually, that is the road to frailty and illness at the end of our lives.   Personally, I would prefer to age well and be healthy right up until the day I die.   You should too.   To age well we need to reverse the muscle loss and weight gain trend.   Now, the good news. The good news is that you can end that trend of losing muscle and gaining weight.   The key is to speed up our metabolism.   When we increase our resting metabolic rate, our bodies burn more calories all day long.   To increase