1. Healthy Ageing

2. What is premature ageing?
• Premature ageing is when we look, act
and feel much older than we are.
• Changes accumulate in our
bodies, especially in our organs, that
prevent them from functioning as well as
they could.

3. Think about this:
• In 1950, there were 2,300 U.S.
centenarians and by 2003, there were
more than 40,000.
• Is a longer life worthwhile if you’re too
unhealthy to enjoy it?

4. Does getting old mean getting sick?
• Jack LaLanne once said, “People don’t die
of old age, they die of neglect.”
• In April 2008, Harvard identified a number
of conditions often associated with aging
that they believe can be
reversed/managed with diet and lifestyle
changes.

5. No Pills For These Ills
• The April 2008 issue of the Harvard Health Letter states
that these conditions can be effectively cared for without
medication:
– Arthritis
– Cholesterol
– Cognitive decline
– Depression
– Diabetes
– High blood pressure
– Osteoporosis

6. How to minimize premature aging?
• Focus on these 2 things:
– Avoid age accelerators
– Embrace age rejuvenators

7. Avoid Age Accelerators
• Cigarrettes
• Drugs
• Water
• Excessive Sun Exposure
• Bad Diets
• Dry Skin

8. Avoid Age Accelerators
• Cigarettes Cigarette smoke
exposes you to
• Drugs damaging free
radicals that will
• Water accelerate the
• Excessive Sun Exposure aging process by
harming the
• Bad Diets microcapillaries
• Dry Skin in the skin.

9. Avoid Age Accelerators
• Cigarettes
• Drugs Alcohol, “recreat
ional drugs” and
• Water prescribed
medications tax
• Excessive Sun Exposure your body’s
• Bad Diets ability to heal
itself.
• Dry Skin

10. Avoid Age Accelerators
• Cigarettes
• Drugs
All water is not
• Water
created equal!
• Excessive Sun Exposure There are
concerns about
• Bad Diets mineral and
• Dry Skin distilled waters.

11. Avoid Age Accelerators
• Cigarettes Some sun
• Inadequate Sleep exposure is
good but too
• Water much
• Excessive Sun Exposure contributes
to
• Bad Diets sunburn, wri
nkling and
• Dry Skin other kinds
of damage.

12. Avoid Age Accelerators
• Cigarettes
• Drugs
• Water
• Excessive Sun Exposure
Dietary issues:
• Bad Diets •Yoyo weight loss
•Calories
• Dry Skin •Nutrient imbalances

13. Avoid Age Accelerators
• Cigarettes
• Drugs
• Water
• Excessive Sun Exposure
• Bad Diets
• Dry Skin Dry skin is weak
skin. It’s more
susceptible to
other forms of
damage.

14. How to minimize premature aging?
• Focus on these 2 things:
– Avoid age accelerators
– Embrace age rejuvenators

15. Embrace Age Rejuvenators
• Adopt a non-toxic lifestyle.
• Get adequate sleep.
• Eat right.
• Exercise.
• Floss.
• Manage stress.

16. Embrace Age Rejuvenators
• Adopt a non-toxic lifestyle.
• Get adequate sleep. A toxin is
anything that
• Eat right. creates
irritation or
• Exercise. harm for our
• Floss. bodies.
• Manage stress.

17. Embrace Age Rejuvenators
• Adopt a non-toxic lifestyle.
• Get adequate sleep. Insufficient sleep
can hinder
• Eat right. metabolism and
hormone
• Exercise. production in a
• Floss. way that is
similar to the
• Manage stress. effects of aging.

18. Embrace Age Rejuvenators
• Adopt a non-toxic lifestyle.
• Get adequate sleep.
Eat a vegetable-
• Eat right.
based diet that
• Exercise. is a appropriate
for your
• Floss. metabolism and
• Manage stress. state of health.

19. Embrace Age Rejuvenators
• Adopt a non-toxic lifestyle.
• Get adequate sleep.
• Eat right.
• Exercise. Even small
amounts of
• Floss. exercise can
shave nearly 5
• Manage stress. years off your
“body age”.

20. Embrace Age Rejuvenators
• Adopt a non-toxic lifestyle.
• Get adequate sleep.
• Eat right.
• Exercise. Tooth decay and
• Floss. gum disease are
associated with
• Manage stress. heart disease.

21. Embrace Age Rejuvenators
• Adopt a non-toxic lifestyle.
• Get adequate sleep.
• Eat right.
• Exercise. Chronic stress
increases the
• Floss. level of cortisol.
• Manage stress. Cortisol
increases blood
glucose and fat
deposition.

22. Other Age-Defiers
• Address emotional traumas to maintain
psychological health
• Become a lifelong learner to keep your
brain performing optimally
• Stay socially engaged – people who feel
connected to others handle the ups and
downs of life better

23. How can naturopathy help?
What is naturopathic medicine?
• Naturopathic medicine is a distinct system of primary health care
that addresses the root cause of illness and promotes health using
natural therapies.
• Naturopathic doctors are highly educated primary care providers
who integrate standard medical diagnostics with a broad range of
natural therapies.
• Naturopathic doctors work collaboratively with you to ensure your
needs are met by treating the whole person: mind, body and spirit.

24. How can naturopathy help?
NDs can:
• Guide and coach you as you establish your age-defying
lifestyle.
• Treat any health conditions you may have using
therapies that are natural, safe, gentle, and effective.