Who wouldn’t like to extend the years we live in good health?
Who wouldn’t like to delay the onset of aging and live beyond the average lifespan of currently about 80 years?
Who wouldn’t like to prevent the diseases that frequently come with aging, like Alzheimer's, fatigue, heart disease, stroke, cancer or arthritis?
How do we move towards these goals?
A broad definition of 'anti-aging' is any intervention intended to preserve and extend one's lifespan. All time honored health promoting behaviors such as good hygiene and various safety measures are 'anti-aging'in that they prevent premature death from disease or accident. Diet, exercise and stress reduction are 'anti-aging' by virtue of their ability to increase well being and lifespan.
Current research on antioxidant supplementation and hormone replacement therapy is gathering evidence of 'anti-aging' activity through their ability to improve cellular degeneration associated with aging.