There are two people around me who look particularly young, one is unmarried and the other sleeps a lot.
The unmarried one is almost 40 and is often mistaken for being in his 20s when walking on the street.
The 30-year-old who sleeps a lot was asked if he was a college student on an internship when he was on a business trip;
The former said: You are already 40!
The latter said: You already have a child!
Both of them are men, neither of them has a baby face, and they are more self-pursuing. At least they go out clean and will maintain their weight. What I learned from them is:
- Try not to have children if you can, and try not to take care of children if you have children. This is useful for anti-aging.
- Sleep more and sleep more, which is useful for anti-aging.
- Control your weight. If you eat too much, you will become ugly. It is not just your body shape, but also the flesh on your face, the inexplicable acne, and the unrefreshing feeling you exude. All of these are not good-looking.
- Clean yourself up and wear clean and aesthetic clothes.
- Try not to be stressed mentally if you can. Don’t whine all day long, saying that they have money but I don’t. Only with money can you resist aging. Instead, spend more if you have more, and spend less if you have less. You can’t bring anything with you when you die, and you will worry about it tomorrow.
These are all practical and effective anti-aging methods that can be implemented in life.
If I have to sum it up in one sentence, I think the most effective anti-aging method is:
“Be a clean and thorough lazy person.”
The first step of anti-aging: reduce the body’s oxidation frequency
We all know that one of the essences of aging is cell “oxidation” and excess free radicals.
And what is the biggest “oxidation source” for modern people?
An overactive pace of life.
Frequent socializing, constant anxiety, excessive exercise, lack of sleep… all accelerate the oxidation of the body. Studies have shown that chronic stress can activate elevated cortisol levels, leading to collagen rupture and premature skin sagging.
In other words, the more you “move”, the easier it is for your body to age.
It’s not that you can’t move, but over-exerting yourself will be counterproductive.
The cheapest anti-aging magic weapon: sleep
The friend who “always looks like a fresh graduate” has a great hobby – sleeping.
And sleep is the core period for the body to perform “cell repair” and “hormone balance”. Studies have shown that people who sleep 7 to 8 hours a night and have high sleep quality have better skin metabolism efficiency and slower aging.
A study by Harvard University also pointed out that people who lack sleep for a long time have 45% more facial wrinkles on average than their peers.
So, instead of staying up late to apply expensive masks, it is better to turn off the lights before 11 o’clock in the evening.
The most secret aging accelerator: emotional fluctuations
Anti-aging also has a seriously neglected enemy – high-frequency emotional fluctuations.
Psychological research shows that high-frequency emotional fluctuations will cause long-term consumption of the nervous system and affect the stability of the endocrine system, which is directly reflected in the skin quality, complexion, and hormone levels.
The two anti-aging masters have one thing in common: a stable mentality, rarely a glass heart, and never argue about right or wrong.
They are not “sad”, but they don’t take everything seriously.
Real anti-aging is an “introverted lifestyle”
It is not about not working, not exercising, and not socializing, but:
Reduce the output frequency, not always “online business”
Slow down the pace, don’t let life keep turning like a treadmill
Leave some space for work, give the body a little rest window
Live frugally, eat less processed food, control sugar and oil
Maintain hormones, don’t let the body “panic” to respond to stimulation
In the final analysis, the essence of anti-aging is not how young you look, but how calm the body’s internal state is.
Basically, those who can do these things, even if they don’t look young on their faces, don’t look old.