October 13th, 2008 
Von by Tyrone M. Reyes, M.D.
The old saying that “you’re only as old as you feel” turns out to have some scientific merit. As researchers probe the secrets of how we age, they continue to find ways in which our biological age influences our health and quality of life more than our chronological age. The good news is that while you can’t turn back the calendar, you can do something to affect your biological age – the tolls the years take on your body and your health. To put it another way, your lifespan – how many years you live – is important, but perhaps not as much as your health span or that period of your life when you’re functional and able to perform everyday life tasks for yourself. Isn’t that what most of us want more of in our lives – not merely years but good, independent, enjoyable years?
Here are seven determinants of aging that you can control and are essential in extending your health span.
1. YOUR MUSCLE MASS (more…)
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