This post is sponsored by Celltrient™, however all opinions, anecdotes, and enthusiasm are my own.

It’s so rude, but true. Starting around age 40, and picking up speed in subsequent decades of life, our body’s cells start to become less efficient. This time-related deterioration can start to have a noticeable effect on strength, energy and resilience beginning in middle age and beyond. 

As a master athlete in my 50s, I have begun studying and implementing methods to slow down my body’s aging process. Read on to learn three ways I’ve been minimizing Age-Associated Cellular Decline so that I can stay strong and healthy to keep reaching my goals and living my best life. Spoiler alert: 1) Diet, 2) Exercise and 3) Supplements!

Aging is a fact of life, but it doesn’t have to mean being the stereotypical senior or elderly person. If you take good care of your body, you are significantly improving outcomes for longevity on your terms. And, I don’t know about you, but “my terms” are to keep running, hiking, working out, finding adventures, and exploring the world for as long as I can.  I believe “age” is part mindset (it’s just a man-made number, right?), and part how you feel physically. 

Physically, people start to notice signs of aging when cells begin deteriorating, replicating, and performing sub-optimally – it’s that Age-Associated Cellular Decline thing. Think back way back to high school biology and learning about how mitochondria are the power plants of our cells. As time passes, these cellular “power plants” start to peter out and this impairs cell energy production and can contribute to a build-up of free radicals and oxidative stress within cells.  This is the 15-second explanation of how and why age a cellular level. Super good articles for more info HERE and HERE.

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Three Ways to Improve Your Cellular Health Today

• Maintain a Healthy Weight: What we consume on a daily basis is passed to mitochondria for creating our energy currency and so it makes sense that eating more food than needed and becoming overweight or obese is damaging to the mitochondria, and ultimately the cell. An onslaught of nutrients to process can basically wear the system out faster. Some studies suggest, and it is not proven, that a dietary/calorie restriction could help you live longer . . . but as an athlete, I need that fuel to perform optimally. I think it’s just smart eating. Don’t take in more calories than you expend. Eat a balanced diet of whole foods in a rainbow of colors to nourish your body, and cut out processed foods, or at least minimize them to the best of your ability.
• Exercise or Move Daily: Exercising daily can help keep your mitochondria humming along. It keeps the balance between what you eat and what you burn easier to maintain. This, again, helps the mitochondria be the best little cellular power houses that they can be for you. Exercise doesn’t have to be crazy, intense – in fact, a lot of exercise is stressful to the body (although it adapts over time). However, a mild walking program of just 30 minutes daily can be beneficial and a good place to start.
• Take Supplements: In combination with good diet and exercise, using a supplement that targets the mitochondria can help improve your “healthspan,” those healthy, functional years of living we are all so desirous of. For example, Celltrient™ provides deep-acting nutrients to help transform how your cells perform with age to help them keep up with you. These supplements have been easy for me to incorporate into my daily routine and have been extensively studied in a clinical setting, so I feel safe using them. Celltrient is the first brand to provide a range of targeted cellular nutrients, including NR, UA and GlyNAC, designed to address three major mechanisms of Age-Associated Cellular Decline. The three targeted cellular nutrition formulas from Celltrient have helped me take control of my cellular health and redefine how my cells perform with age.

Strength: I’m loving this Strength formula with nutrients to support strength and stamina, and clinically proven to help people over 40 walk farther, faster and increase leg and hand strength. Even though I’m in my 50s, I still try to perform at the best of my abilities, and feel like Celltrient is helping me achieve my goals. It’s a great way “fight back” against Age Associated Cellular Decline in athletes.

Protect: The Protect formula has a patented combination of amino acids that help protect the cells from the daily damage caused by free radicals and oxidative stress. Helps replenish building blocks important for Glutathione production. While regular exercise is good for everyone, acute exercising can create oxidative stress, and I so have been taking the Protect formula to help me get out of the Overtraining Syndrome situation I sometimes get myself into.

Energy: This formula has nutrients to support daily energy that helps restore the body’s natural ability to make energy. Provide mitochondrial support and helps replenish NAD+ to support cell’s natural ability to make energy. 

Learn more about Age-related Cellular Decline and visit Celltrient to find which product is best for you: Product Recommender

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