Anti-Aging: A Man’s
Health Starts on the Inside
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| Are you aging unnecessarily? |
| Why age unnecessarily? What if I could show
you how to develop the mindset for postponing aging until well
into your hundreds? Would you like to know the anti-aging secrets?
Better yet, what if you could also be crystal clear about who
you are, what you want, and how to achieve it? To live your
life on purpose. |
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| What's the key to a man's health? |
| The vast majority of website information
on men’s health is about big muscles, hair loss, sexual
prowess, prostrate cancer, and losing weight. There are lots
of magic pills, magic diets, and magic exercises. The compass
and impetus for a man’s health, wellness, and aging well,
however, are on the inside. |
| The change can be quick, painless, and profound—if you know how. The anti aging secret to women's health starts on the inside with your Anti Aging ABCs—your Attitudes, Beliefs, and Coping Skills. |
| Your anti-aging ABCs have a profound effect on your health and on: |
- how you look
- how you feel
- how you age
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| The two best sources of anti aging information come from: |
- studying vital centenarians—people 100 and older
who have a sparkle in their eyes, a snap in their step,
are sharp mentally and physically, and exude vitality
- an objective, unbiased review and analysis of the best
research on health, proactive health, and healthy aging
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I'm Dr. Michael Brickey,
President of The Ageless Lifestyles Institute. When I
turned 50, I became consumed with discovering why some
people look and feel much younger than their calendar
age. You know the kind of people who exude vitality and
resiliently shed stress? And men over 100 who write books,
dance, sculpt, teach, compete in sports and even father
children. They must be doing something different. Sure
enough they do. Pictured on the right is Tom Spears, who
at 103 played three rounds of golf a week, usually scoring
below 90.
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| So what are their anti-aging secrets? |
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When someone turns 100,
reporters often ask their anti-aging secret.
Usually, they don't know. They may guess something like,
"Broccoli, broccoli and red wine. That's my
secret." As a
group, however, their secrets are apparent. It's not magic
pills,
magic diets, or extreme exercise regimes. Could it be
genetics?
Studies comparing identical and fraternal twins found
that only
30% of longevity is genetic. That means that 70% is mental
and
lifestyle. Adopt their beliefs and you too can look and
feel
younger and more vital well into your hundreds.
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| Your Anti-Aging ABCs®: A is for Attitude |
What if you could adopt or hone an attitude
that would help you be healthier, happier, have more friends,
live longer, and be more successful? Research clearly shows that
optimism does this. If you should become ill, your chances of
overcoming the illness are higher if you are an optimist. For
example, optimistic men who have a heart attack have a better
survival rate.
The good news is that optimism is very learnable. It involves
tweaking your perspective. As your optimism increases, so
does your enjoyment of life. Optimism is one of four attitudes
that are especially helpful in men living longer and healthier
and happier lives.
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| Your Anti-Aging ABCs®: B is for Beliefs |
A librarian told me that she
mentioned to her (chronologically younger) staff that she was
over fifty. Ever since they have been treating her differently.
They leave her off key committees. If they mention a celebrity
like Jennifer Lopez, they quickly apologize for mentioning
someone she “wouldn't know.” When you tell people your age, they
pull out their stereotypes and expect you to act your age.
Acting your age is a fast track to aging. What to do instead? So
what do you say? I love Bob Hope's answer. He says he is many
ages. There are times when I want to play with my three-year-old
twins like I too am a kid too. |
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There are times when I want to play ball like
a 20-year-old. And there are times when I want to give
mature sagely advice to my teenagers
(and fantasize they will heed it). The trick is shifting
to whatever age the occasion calls for. As we add years,
our repertoire of ages gets richer and richer. Believing
you are many ages (vs. whatever your calendar age is)
can make a big difference in your outlook on life. When
combined with the other anti aging beliefs, it profoundly
helps you be vital, flexible, and resourceful.
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| Your Anti-Aging ABCs®: C is for Coping Skills |
Sooner or later, people you love will die. People often get
stuck in grieving. They may picture mom in the hospital, all
80 pounds of her with tubes everywhere. Or they see everyone
gathered around the dinner table at Christmas and there is the
empty chair where momma is supposed to be. Those images are
not about mom’s fine qualities, love, and parenting and
don’t do her or you justice.
There are many ways to effectively deal with death. My favorite
role model is Fred Sanford from the TV program Sanford and
Son. Remember what Fred would do when he was having a difficult
time? He would hold his hand on his chest, raise his other
arm, look up and say, “I’m coming Elizabeth. This
is the big one” (a heart attack). He then talked to
Elizabeth like she was right there–a living presence
in his life. He shared his problems and passions. He probably
got along better with her after she died as he was quite cantankerous.
What a wonderful way to deal with death! Fred was a simple
guy. If he can see a deceased loved on as a living presence
in his life, you can too. There are many other ways to effectively
deal with loss. What is vital is that you have grieving coping
skills that work for you. Coping well with loved ones dying
is one of the four critical coping skills for men’s
health.
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| Anti-Aging question: Can’t teach an
old dog new tricks?
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How about George Dawson, an African-American
who dropped out of school in the
8th grade? He got tired of signing his name with an X
and learned to read a write at
age 98. He co-wrote his autobiography at 102. Or how about
Selma Plautt? She
enrolled enrolled at the University of Toronto at 92 and
graduated at 100. A Nazi
refugee, English wasn't even her native language. |
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| Anti-Aging secret: Never retire |
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When Social Security
started paying benefits in 1937, life expectancy was 63.
Most Americans didn't live long enough to collect it.
Now American's life expectancy is up to 76 and rising.
Since that figure includes infant and child deaths, your
life expectancy is considerably higher. The Heldrich study
found that while working Americans still said they wanted
to retire at 65 or younger, only 10% said they just wanted
to take it easy. 90% said they wanted to still work or
do volunteer work, go to school, or start their own business.
We are going to see people weaving in and out of retirement
in their 70s, 80s, 90s, and 100s. Are you ready? |
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The
Ageless Lifestyles concepts are a tool kit for dealing
with having a purposeful life all your life. A good role
model is Dr. Michael Heidelberger, the "father of
immunochemistry." He still conducts research, publishes
journal articles and lectures. When he turned 100, his
colleagues persuaded him to start taking taxis to work.
His usual routine was to take a subway and a bus each
way. When he turned 100, however, colleagues persuaded
him, for safety reasons, to start taking taxis to work
instead of two buses and walking several blocks in New
York City. He also plays clarinet with amateur chamber
music groups.
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| Anti-Aging secret: Cultivating positive memories. |
Vital centenarians (people more than 100 years old) have twice
as many positive memories as negative memories. Like a gardener
lovingly caring for flowers, they recall and retell the good
memories again and again with enthusiasm and flourish. Family
and friends ask to hear again and again. They let the painful
memories wither. Better yet, they see the humor in what were
at the time painful experiences. It can make a huge difference
in your outlook. Combined with the other Anti-Aging ABCs, it
makes a profound difference in feeling good about yourself and
your life.
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| Anti-Aging secret: How can the change be
fast and effortless? |
Imagine how you would feel if you knew your husband or best
friend was lying to you and doing things behind your back.
Angry? Resentful? Paranoid? Then you come home one night and
"Surprise!" The secret scheming was to throw you a surprise
party. In a heartbeat your emotions change to surprise, guilt,
and enjoyment. Instantly your beliefs and feelings about their
behavior changes for good. My system identifies the attitudes,
beliefs, and coping skills that foster inner beauty and defy aging. It backs
them up with data and common sense that give you an "of
course" feeling. Typically, the changes lock in and become
permanent. Like compound interest, they just keep giving and
giving.
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| Quickly and Profoundly? |
In the movie It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey was ready
to take his own life. Rethinking what the future would be like
without him gave him a purpose and mission. Nothing had changed
and yet everything changed that fateful night. In Star Wars,
Luke's life changed radically just by getting some information—that
Darth Vader was his father and Princess Leia his sister. Changing
your mind can happen quickly and profoundly.
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| Nauseated by Affirmations? |
Do you groan when you hear affirmations like, "Every day
and every way I am getting better and better." In my experience
affirmations usually don't stick unless the foundation fits
well with the affirmation. The Ageless Lifestyles concepts build
credible, data-based, common sense, ABCs. Consequently, you
intuitively believe them rather than trying to convince yourself
by repetition.
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| Don't have to meditate? |
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I love Deepak Chopra. He mesmerizes audiences, including myself,
with his presence, integrity, and charisma. Afterwards, however,
most of us don't do much about what he teaches because adopting
an Eastern philosophy, or even meditating, is a big stretch
for most Americans. I developed my ABCs (Attitudes, Beliefs, and Coping Skills) from modeling the ABCs of vital centenarians,
an in-depth study of the best research on aging, and my own
decades of clinical experience as a psychologist. The approach
is easy for Western minds to grasp and use. You might say
I am a Western alternative to Chopra.
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| Anti-Aging question: Are you ready to live
decades longer than your parents? |
Americans' life spans have increased 64% in the last century.
When Social Security started, the average lifespan was 62. Thus
most Americans were not living long enough to collect it. American
men’s lifespan is now 76 years and continuing to rise.
Genetic engineering, tissue engineering, and other medical advances
are going to continue to conquer diseases, increase our life
spans, and help us look younger. It is more important than ever
that we be crystal clear about who we are, what we want, why,
and how to achieve it, and to postpone aging.
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| Robert Frost wrote of how: |
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood...
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
You have a choice. You can follow the
interstate highway of health and aging that typically brings
declining health and vitality and perhaps a nursing home.
Or, you can blaze a trail that will help you live healthier, happier, and longer. It starts on the inside.
You can learn how to grow healthier and younger by changing your mind.
And you can keep the change.
You can:
- Acquire the longevity secrets of healthy, vital centenarians.
- Understand why health and vitality usually do not require extreme diets or extreme fitness programs.
- Learn the 4 Attitudes—Optimism, Gratitude, Dealing with it, and Embracing lifelong learning and change—that
nurture men’s health.
- Discover the 36 beliefs that nurture men’s health.
- Develop coping skills that are vital to a healthy life.
- Appreciate how genetic engineering, tissue engineering, new hormone therapies, and other anti-aging scientific
advances in the next ten years will enable most of us to live longer and healthier lifestyles.
- Anticipate the cultural, economic, and informational changes that foster longevity and what to expect in the future.
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| Different people have different learning
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For people who learn by reading,
Defy Aging gives the
research,
theory and how-to.
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and the Voice of America.
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