Your Midlife Molecules A Time to Take Co
No matter what we do, we can’t stop time. We grow a little older as every minute, hour, and day passes. We might not feel older mentally, but our bodies don’t move as well as they used to. It seems like it would happen as a slow, natural progression, but many people report feeling an onset of aging once they cross certain thresholds. A recent study by Stanford University researchers found that our bodies age faster when we enter our mid-40s and early 60s than at any other point in life. The study reviewed data from 108 people who donated blood and other biological samples throughout several years. Through their efforts, researchers found that nearly 81% of the studied molecules demonstrated age-related fluctuations when subjects reached their
mid-40s and early 60s. Both age groups sustained molecule changes related to cardiovascular disease, caffeine metabolism, and skin and muscle groups. Those in their mid-40s saw changes related to alcohol metabolism, and those in their early 60s had changes in immune regulation and kidney function. The results of the study may make you feel powerless to stop these molecular changes once you reach these specific ages. However, like most health-related scenarios, you can take action to help offset age-related changes. Maintaining a balanced diet is one of the best ways to do this. You can eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and healthy proteins to improve and maintain your heart health. Eggs,
INBOX OVERLOAD? DIG YOURSELF OUT OF THE EMAIL AVALANCHE!
If your email inbox grows every morning like a tidal wave, a quick digital cleanup may be what you need. Scrolling through hundreds of emails daily wastes time and drains your ability to focus on other, more purposeful tasks. To make all those messages from old subscriptions, names you don’t recognize, and other digital debris consuming your valuable time disappear, use these three steps to clean up the mess.
you need some of those emails, click on “archive” to get the messages out of your inbox. Creating and storing email in folders can save you a lot of time otherwise spent scrolling. Select each email you want to move aside, hover over the subject line, click “move to,” and relocate it to a new or existing folder. And if you have a backlog of unfinished emails (who doesn’t?), attack that queue, too. CLEAN THE DIGITAL CLOSET. Many people have old documents stored on their computers that serve no purpose other than making it easier for cybercriminals to gather personal
UNSUBSCRIBE FROM CLUTTER. Delete all incoming emails that drain your energy. You may have to open every email and scroll to the bottom to find the “unsubscribe” link, but once you have done that, the problem is partly resolved.
information. Discard any data or documents you don’t need or use, and empty the trash afterward. While some apps purport to help you declutter your computer, be wary: Some may set up subscriptions to their own feeds or share your data with a third party.
LAUNCH A PURGE. Your backlog of unread and unwanted emails may number in the thousands by now. If you’re sure you don’t need mass groupings of emails, you can delete them by the page en masse. If you aren’t sure whether
Working through all these tasks
may take an hour or more, but the sense of accomplishment and freedom from future email overload will more than make up for the time.
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