All important metabolic processes – enzymatic reactions, transport mechanisms, membrane potential changes, etc. – in our body are dependent on an optimal pH value, which lies between 7.38 and 7.42. To ensure that the pH is permanently in this range, our body has a special regulatory mechanism, the acid-base balance. The goal is homeostasis – … Anti-Aging Measures: Acid Base Balance
Sleep Duration Recommended sleep duration for all ages: Ages Ideal sleep duration Newborn (0-3 months) 14-17 Infants (4-11 months) 12-15 Infants (1-2 years 11-14 Kindergarten children (3-5 years) 10-13 School children (6-13 years) 9-11 Teenagers (14-17 years) 8-10 Young adults (18-25 years 7-9 Adults (26-64 years) 7-9 Seniors (≥ 65 years) 7-8 Behaviors that promote … Sleep Disorders: Sleep Hygiene Tips for Good Sleep
It is known from scientific studies that people who are separated or divorced are more likely to suffer from depression. In fact, the lonelier a person is, the higher his or her mortality risk (risk of death), because social isolation has a comparable negative effect on health as the risk factors of smoking, obesity and … Social Contacts: Needed for Good Health
The term stress refers, on the one hand, to mental and physical (somatic; bodily) reactions caused by stressors (specific external stimuli; strains) that enable the body to cope with particular demands, and, on the other hand, to the physical and mental strain that results. Stress can therefore be described as any sensible reaction of the … Stress Management
Environmental medicine deals with the influences of the environment on the body and the development of diseases due to environmental factors that cause illness.The environment is a complex system of natural, but also artificial substances, to which more and more people react with diseases and complaints such as allergies.The environment consists of Water Ground Air … Anti-Aging Measures: Avoidance of Environmental Noxious Agents
Regular exercise plays an essential role in maintaining good health. Sports activities positively influence body systems such as breathing, heart, circulation, immune system, muscles, kidneys, bones, digestive system, brain as well as energy metabolism. Plenty of exercise also promotes mental balance, prevents weight gain and obesity (adiposity), and reduces the risk of degenerative diseases in … Effects of Sport on the Body
All human mucous membranes are colonized by bacteria called microorganisms. The body needs these microorganisms because they perform important functions in our body. Already at the beginning of the last century, the Nobel Prize winner E. Metchnikow found that a high number of lactobacilli in the intestine has a positive effect on health and promotes … Anti-Aging Measures: Gut Remediation, Symbiosis Steering
The term “dinner cancelling”, also known as evening fasting, refers to a diet in which, depending on the rhythm of the day, from a certain time onwards, the intake of food is abstained from. According to the recommendation of the supporters of the Dinner Cancelling should lie between the last meal of the day and … Anti-Aging Measures: Dinner Cancelling
Weight management to optimize body weight is one of the important measures to maintain or optimize health. In this context, the therapy of underweight – see eating disorders/malnutrition – is just as important as the treatment of overweight. The treatment of overweight is presented below. Losing weight is divided into three phases: Start phase – … Anti-Aging Measures: Weight Management
The so-called calorie restriction or calorie restriction means a reduction of energy intake through food, in order to achieve in this way a health-promoting and life-prolonging effect. In humans, calorie restriction is able to lower LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting glucose and blood pressure, and improve HDL cholesterol and insulin sensitivity. Other studies-see below-have shown that … Anti-Aging Measures: Calorie Restriction
With increasing age, mental performance decreases, because the brain is also subject to aging processes. This development is accelerated by cardiovascular diseases, metabolic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Affected by this are attention, memory and intelligence. When it comes to intelligence, a distinction is made between the: Crystalline intelligence – this refers to knowledge acquired through … Cognitive Training
Psychohygiene refers to all measures that contribute to maintaining or consolidating mental health and thus preventing stress-related mental illnesses. Through psychohygienic measures, the patient becomes more resilient, i.e. more resistant to private and professional stresses, and at the same time optimizes his active stress management. Instructions for psychohygiene Live in harmony with yourself. Every person … Mental Hygiene
