Nutrition for a Healthy Life

Nutrition for a Healthy Life

Nutrition for a Healthy Life

Constant exposure to our environment, the things we eat, and stresses from both inside and outside our bodies all cause us to age over time. This film explores those biological processes of aging, how we can maintain health throughout our lives with healthy lifestyles, and how scientists are learning more about the specific nutrients that can positively impact health.

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6.069 -> From the minute we're born, we're aging.
8.86 -> Constant exposure to our environment, the things we eat, and stresses from both inside
13.49 -> and outside our bodies all cause us to age over time.
18.27 -> Aging is highly complex, but scientists are starting to understand what happens at the
22.25 -> cellular and molecular levels.
24.88 -> For example, healthy cells are damaged over time when our immune systems shift from reacting
29.83 -> to short-term problems like injuries and infections, to gradually producing chronic inflammation
35.089 -> throughout the body.
37.51 -> Time also gradually shortens the telomeres that act as protective caps for our DNA-containing
42.96 -> chromosomes.
44.34 -> These and other changes make our bodies less and less able to deal with stress from inside
48.92 -> and outside of our body, so when damage reaches a critical level, our cells, tissues, and
53.899 -> organs may no longer perform normally and our health starts to decline.
58.79 -> The changes associated with aging start to happen on some level at day one.
63.42 -> We begin to experience their effects early in life.
66.64 -> For example, we lose the ability to hear certain high-frequency sounds as teenagers, our cognition
72.61 -> and memory slowly decline after they peak in our mid-20s, the strength of our bones
76.75 -> starts to decrease in our 30s, female fertility sharply declines after 35, age-related near-sightedness
83.33 -> begins in our mid-40s, and our hair starts to gray and thin as early as our 30s and 40s.
89.799 -> After the age of 50, the changes of aging become increasingly noticeable, and because
94.79 -> aging is the biggest risk factor for most of the diseases that affect us as adults,
99.49 -> the older we get, the higher our risk of chronic disease becomes.
104.17 -> While scientists have not yet found a way to stop these processes of aging, they are
108.829 -> learning more and more about how to maintain health throughout our lives.
112.89 -> Some aspects of aging are out of our control--like our genetics and our family history--but we
117.6 -> can educate ourselves about moderate risk factors and do our best to reduce them through
122.51 -> healthy lifestyle and diet choices.
125.78 -> Most of us can be healthy and active well into our later years, if we take care of ourselves.
131.14 -> It's no surprise that regular physical activity can help maintain a healthy weight, improve
135.611 -> moods and sleep habits, and boost overall health.
139.54 -> And it's clear that a well-balanced diet full or nutritious foods, is critical to good health.
144.86 -> But when it comes to understanding which foods are the best choices, much nutrition research
150.35 -> has focused on how certain foods or nutrients may have a negative effect on health, or even
155.269 -> play a role in disease development.
158.19 -> More recently, scientists have begun to explore and understand how nutrition may play a role
163.19 -> in promoting healthy aging throughout of all life's stages.
166.68 -> We are rapidly learning about what foods and nutrients should be emphasized in our diets,
172.19 -> and how they can enhance our health.
175.09 -> Diets full of fruits and veggies, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and lean meats, have proven
180.31 -> health benefits like lowering blood pressure, improving glucose control in diabetes, weight
185.75 -> loss, improving arthritis, and reducing the risk of cancer and cardiovascular events,
190.97 -> to name a few.
191.97 -> And we are learning more about the specific nutrients that can impact health.
197.22 -> For example, plant pigments found in bright orange and red fruits and vegetables may prevent
202.25 -> and slow the progression of eye diseases.
205.17 -> Calcium helps to keep bones strong.
207.7 -> B vitamins play a role in maintaining brain health.
211.72 -> And flavanoids from many plants may improve the health of our cardiovascular systems.
216.74 -> The bottom line is that YOU have the power to maintain and improve your health, add vitality
223.45 -> to your years, and reduce your risk of disease.
227.69 -> And it's never too late to make a change.
230.36 -> To learn more about the nutrients that are critical to your health, and how to safely
234.389 -> turn to supplements if you aren't getting enough of these nutrients in your diet, watch
238.67 -> Healthy Aging With Nutrition at www.agingresearch.org/nutrition.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c06dTj0v0sM