Forever Young – with the power of antioxidants to eternal youth?

Who doesn’t dream of it? Being young, vital, and attractive well into old age.

Thanks to what we know about antioxidants, this doesn’t have to remain just a dream. Of course, unfortunately, they cannot work miracles either and transform us in seconds into young, beautiful, and healthy people like a fairy with a magic wand, but… their potential and power to combat oxidative stress is remarkable. And so there are certainly starting points and possibilities for getting closer to the goal of “Forever Young”.

Signs of the times: our age

To actively counteract the aging process, it first helps to understand what happens in our body as we get older. This process is relatively simple and can be summed up quickly. The approximately 37 trillion different human cells, such as skin, intestinal, brain, and muscle cells, are attacked and damaged every day by various processes. These can include sunlight, smoking, or other factors such as an unbalanced diet or stress. As so often, our body responds very cleverly and repairs the damaged cells—where possible. This can be clearly observed with sunburn, which usually subsides after a few days and is replaced by fresh skin.

However, this repair process works less and less effectively as we age. Not all cells can be repaired after the daily attacks, and cell damage is the logical consequence in our body. Put simply, one could therefore say that age is a question of our cellular status.

Telomerase – fountain of youth for telomeres

This also makes it easy to understand that our telomeres—the ends of our chromosomes, i.e. the so-called strands of genetic material in our DNA—become shorter and shorter as cells divide and as we age. While infants still have a telomere length of 10,000 base pairs, a 60-year-old has only about half that.

The result: the telomeres become shorter and shorter, eventually stick together, and our cells grow old and ultimately die—we then age both internally and externally. The so-called telomere effect, researched among others by molecular biologist and Nobel Prize winner Liz Blackburn, deals with how this process can be stopped and even reversed.

Actual and biological age

Knowing that age is a question of cellular status, it is therefore not surprising that some 70-year-olds have the body of a 50-year-old, while 30-year-olds appear “gray” in the truest sense of the word. Especially when people are permanently exposed to high stress levels, their biological age is often higher than their actual years of life. It makes no difference whether the stress is physical, psychological, or emotional—too much stress is poison for the body. This is also supported, for example, by a British study showing that adults with many traumatic experiences in childhood had shorter telomeres than people without such experiences. Fear, stress, and trauma can therefore virtually eat away at telomeres.
The culprit here is the formation of so-called free radicals, which attack human cells and thus produce the much-cited oxidative stress. And this is where antioxidants play a very special role, because they can protect against free radicals and the dreaded cellular attack.
More on this in our article “Antioxidants – our internal rust protection”

The secret of eternal youth

Even though we all wish for it—unfortunately, there is no one-time magic potion à la Asterix. However, if you follow the points below or integrate them into your everyday life, this can have a lasting positive effect on your telomeres and your cellular status:

Stop Smoking!
Smoking is a brutal attack on the cells and therefore causes premature wear of the telomeres and lasting cell damage.
Get out of stress
Yes, we know, this is anything but easy. Especially because stress is also largely produced externally, and we can hardly escape it. That is why it is enormously important that you consciously take time out and enter a state of relaxation. Whether through meditation, mindfulness exercises, or a walk in nature. Regularly slowing down through beautiful moments is worth its weight in gold.
Long live exercise
Studies show it again and again: physical activity is an ideal way to stay vital and young. Oxidative stress decreases, and the length of telomeres can demonstrably be increased. But please always keep it moderate and without an exaggerated focus on performance. If done incorrectly, the positive effect unfortunately turns into the opposite and stresses the body. Forty-five minutes of exercise three to five times a week is perfect as a fountain of youth.
Sleep well
Good, restorative sleep is probably one of the most important recipes for staying young and vital. More than seven hours of sleep ensure better cellular status—however, the quality of sleep and thus the sleep environment also play a decisive role. Fresh air, a high-quality mattress, and avoiding blue light from TV, smartphones, and tablets help, among other things, with the production of the important sleep hormone melatonin, which regulates the human body’s day-night rhythm.
Think Positive
Even if it is not always easy—especially in the current times—to see the glass as half full rather than half empty: positive thinking, laughter, and conscious enjoyment are good advisers for staying young, attractive, and vital; this has been scientifically proven… and the great thing is: life is also much more fun this way.
Active hydrogen – the ultimate antioxidant
Paired with a balanced diet, active hydrogen is THE way to “hunt” free radicals and combat oxidative stress. So it is no surprise that in Pakistan’s Hunza Valley—where Dr. Patrick Flanagan discovered active hydrogen—there was a high proportion of locals who lived to 100, even 110 and 120 years old. In addition, they were also in excellent health, in outstanding physical condition, and able to father children well into old age.
How good, then, that our Active H® contains active hydrogen and that, according to its discoverer Dr. Patrick Flanagan, one capsule corresponds to the antioxidant power of 10,000 glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice.

Convinced? Then draw fully from the fountain of youth now! Our friendly team—consisting of therapists and naturopaths—will be happy to advise you on the power of antioxidants and our products such as Active H®. Call now or use our chat.