Strong and Vital No 4

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2017: The future of healthy «OLD» people has begun. Dr Charles Eugster (98), athlete, and his trainer Sylvia Gattiker (62)

The senescent cells are dysfunctional cells and remain in the body. They are «senile» and continue to roam the body. With increasing age, these cells grow in number and attack organs, thus contributing to the onset of chronic and other diseases as well as to the signs of aging. We can positively influence our cell metabolism through our lifestyle, primarily with nutrition and muscle training. In fact, the regulatory capacity of cells is indepen dent of age. That is the basis of a healthy life. Below are the factors that are beneficial to our health: Not only skin and bones age, but also the cells of the immune defence system. With a healthy lifestyle, which requires a combination of health-oriented muscle trai ning, exercise for endurance, nutrition, sufficient sleep and the avoidance of oxidative stress, we can keep our cells and our body effici ent and counteract metabolic ageing. The better the general condition of our body, the stronger our defences are. These are facts that cannot be denied. Unfortunately, conventional medicine is very one-dimensional, mostly focussed on one indication, one symptom or one spe cific clinical scenario.

A holistic approach is required, the importance of the cell with its pow erhouse of mitochondria must be recognised. PD Dr Bodo Kuklinski (nutritional physician) made the following state ment during a lecture:

«People don’t fall ill because they lack medication, but because biochemical disor ders occur in the body that are not recog nised and corrected in time.»

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