This evening's BBC Horizons programme began by leading us on a merry dance as they introduced us to scientists on the brink of discovering the panacea for ageing with some exciting results! One scientist had studied genetically engineered rats for ten years, desperate to prove that anti-oxidants were the cure because they dealt with oxidating stress - a contributing factor to age related diseases. Anti-oxidants have become a billion dollar industry as we all clamour for the elusive elixir of youth. His evidence ended up disproving his own theory, which he was personally dismayed about. (Note to self - don't bother buying grape juice for the anti-oxidants as they don't work anyway...oh and stop buying those expensive skin creams just because they contain, you guessed it, anti-oxidants!).
The next researcher was trying to develop drugs which would inhibit the shortening of the chromosome which affects the ceasing of our cells being able to divide which subsequently leads to our death (or something like that). But apparently that wasn't going to work either! Yikes, stumped again!
Then we watched a chap research a particular jewish population who appear to be able to smoke, drink and eat what they want, who don't necessarily partake in much exercise and yet live well into their 100's. They are lucky enough to have a gene which means that whilst lifestyle is 80% responsible for the majority's longevity, it is only 20% responsible in their case. Lucky for some.
Then we met a women, the first and last female researcher to be featured, who had discovered (wait for it) that the state of our health and well-being is massively impacted by how we feel, what we believe about ourselves and our bodies and that basically if we expect to die at a particular age then we will do. Like the saying goes; we are as old as we feel. Not a new one on me, but hey - how fantastic to have it confirmed scientifically!
The thing that is key here is to really paying attention to our thought processes. To catch and interrupt that predictable little voice inside saying - "You forgot that arrangement - you must be getting old." or "I can't run as fast as I used to...". The conversation we have with ourselves and others about how we look and feel and how we expect to look and feel in the future is a really powerful thing.
Looking after ourselves well and loving our bodies is all part of that positive body image and this is when wearing beautiful lingerie - our second skin, which makes such a difference to how we feel, inside and out, can in turn, impact how fast we age. I love that it's not just the crystals in Crystalla that support your health and well-being, it's our beautiful lingerie too! And I've got the science to prove it.....! x
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qm7zr/Horizon_20092010_Dont_Grow_Old/
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