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Aging is a controversial topic.\u00a0 On the one hand, we hate the thought of wrinkles and age spots, not to mention disease and decline.\u00a0 But, let\u2019s face it, we all want to get older because the alternative stinks.<\/p>\n
Since hitting 40 I have tried to embrace aging.\u00a0 In general, I have always been of the \u201cYou are as old as you think you are\u201d adage, but have noticed a few, albeit subtle, changes.\u00a0 My once normal skin is getting drier (as is my hair) and there is a little more sagging and a few extra fine lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But really, do we want to look 25 (or 30) when we are 40 and up, or do we want to look healthy for our own age?<\/p>\n
An article from Weleda’s WE Magazine<\/a> really tells it like it is but in a very uplifting and positive way.\u00a0 They lay out the facts, but also put a few notions out there that you don\u2019t usually read about.\u00a0 Check out this paragraph from the article:<\/p>\n If it\u2019s reassuring to know we age at our own individual rate, NIA research is also helping us understand other aspects of the effects of time on the body, such as the distinction between aging and disease. A study of patients over a 50-year period showed that even though our bodies over time become more delicate and can decline in certain ways, these changes are distinct from diseases. In other words, if we take care of ourselves, we can avoid maladies such as diabetes, hypertension or dementia and even minimize or overcome any genetic predispositions. Through a proactive approach, we can affect our aging processes for long-term health and vitality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Cool, huh?\u00a0 And we all know what it takes to do that; eating a healthy, balanced diet, exercising regularly, keeping stress to a minimum and eliminating as many toxins from our lifestyle as possible.\u00a0 Love Lula has a great guide to keeping you looking and feeling your best<\/a>.<\/p>\n It sounds so clich\u00e9 but true beauty really is inner beauty.\u00a0 Who do you think looks more beautiful, the woman who is all made up and \u201cperfect\u201d or the woman who obviously takes care of herself and seems comfortable with who she is?\u00a0 For me it\u2019s hands down the latter.<\/p>\n Image:\u00a0 Lucas Janin at Flickr.com, Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Aging is a controversial topic.\u00a0 On the one hand, we hate the thought of wrinkles and age spots, not to mention disease and decline.\u00a0 But, let\u2019s face it, we all want to get older because the alternative stinks. Since hitting 40 I have tried to embrace aging.\u00a0 In general, I have always been of the […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":3478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[15,11],"tags":[946,463,3461,4834,1860,4251],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/happywomanbylucas_janin.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}