Tests Of Aging

There are tests of aging you can do at home to see where you are in relative terms on the aging scale. The first is subjective. How old do you look? People guess me at around thirty five. I get compliments almost daily that I don't even look old enough to be a Doctor. That's a nice compliment , considering I am fifty. Being slim and trim makes a difference too. Obesity comes with age, if you let it, obesity is not inevitable, quite the contrary, you can maintan ideal weight for more than a century. It's your choice! Second, is a balance test. Stand on the foot opposite to your handedness. If you are right handed stand on your left foot. Now time how long you can balance like that on one foot With Your Eyes Closed! Old people fall over in a few seconds, young people can balance like this for thirty seconds or longer. I can go thirty seconds to a minute easily. If you topple in ten seconds, you're getting old. The Third Test is skin elasticity. Pinch the skin on the back of your hand, with your other hand, for ten seconds, let the skin go and see how long it takes for the pinched skin to go completely flat. More than one second and you are getting old. Youthful skin bounces back in half a second. A fourth test of aging is how much gray hair you have. If you have a full head of gray hair, you are getting old. I have surprisingly little gray hair and I compare my brother and my cousin to me as they are both within a year of my age and they are both completely gray now. I have even met people younger than me who have more gray hair than I do. The Fifth test is the ruler drop test. Take a ruler and have someone hold it above your thumb and index finger and see how many inches it takes for you to catch it. Reaction times slow with age, so compare your results with some young peoples. If you are catching it past the twelve inch mark, you are getting old. The thesis of my book is we have tremendous control over our rate of aging and the deleterious effects it brings. We can slow our rate of aging dramatically and avoid the losses aging can bring. Start today and live a lot longer and healthier! You'll love every minute of it!
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Dr. Doug Ikeler