Hello. I know that hair cells don’t regenerate and are gradually lost with aging. Currently, I’m taking Resveratrol, CoQ10 and alpha lipoic acid (just because they are included in my multivitamin). Are you taking any other supplements, or have you researched what to take to at least slow down aging a little?
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I think one has to take action.
Being physically active, engaged and involved in various manner of things and daily problem solving will keep you youthful with a zest for living.
Taking pills, capsules, tablets and powders, will stress you out over valid doubts of their efficacy amid the very justifiable fears that you have been swindled, bamboozled or beguiled into investing and worse into believing all the claims.
So eat simple, unprocessed foods and stay active.
However, if anyone is selling their hearing aid due to remarkably improved hearing months into a herbal remedy regimen - please let the OP know!
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Agree, the not-so-secret secret is exercise, sleep, healthy diet, managing stress. Unless you are actually deficient in something, supplements are largely snake oil.
Except that supplements are easy and the other stuff is hard.
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Except.
Way back my dog had cancer.
My vet was licensed. She was a holistic vet too. She served me for 35 years. Her primary treatment was holistic.
First dog lived an extra year and a half. Last dog was 16-1/2. Maybe longer. Her emphasis was real diet and holistic medicine.
Magnificent person. She also rescues race horses. Had 40 who would have been glue after track injuries.
She helped me so much.
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The only authorized supplementation is vitamin D3 (calcitriol) if you don’t live in sunny places. In Poland, there is a recommendation of taking 2000-4000 IU depending on individual factors, especially in non-summer seasons. See your local guidelines.
If you’re vegan/vegetarian it is worth to check ferritin (only when you don’t have inflammatory disease like cold, flu or so) and vitamin B12-derived labs from time to time.
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I think “exercise” used to mean aerobic exercise (walking,jogging,biking, etc.) Although this is important there seems to be more and more evidence of the value of resistance exercise (weight lifting, bodyweight exercises, etc.) along with getting adequate protein.
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Yes, because resistance exercise leads to larger muscle mass and more glucose receptors - less insulin resistance and larger rest metabolic rate.
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I think that’s part of it but I think there may just be some intrinsic value. It also keeps one more capable. My Mom needed a lift chair to assist her standing up from sitting. Somebody with strong legs isn’t going to need that.
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Yes, you’re right, I only mentioned some less obvious positive values of resistance exercise.
If you have a cat or dog, have it drink hydrogen oxygenated water, no tap water at all and eat healthy foods with no processed meats, pets will live longer same for humans.
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My vet had me do that. I’d forgotten. Thanks.
I drink a teaspoon of organic black cumin seed oil every day and I’ve been taking it for 11 years. I always had a good head of hair and at 68 years old I have no grey hair. I recommended it to my brother in law a couple of years ago and within a few weeks his grey hair started going to back to black and it started getting thicker.
Google 101 benefits of black cumin seed oil. It is very good for you.
Give it a try. You might be surprised. If you hate the taste of the oil stir it into a small bowl of yoghurt to take the taste away.
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Thank you. I wear a cpap mask and cap/chinstrap. I’m losing hair
Like, H2O water- as opposed to…hum…?
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I think this quote from the New York Times sums it up best
"If you have $100 and want to improve your health, you’re probably better off buying $100 of fresh fruits and vegetables than two cases of hydrogen water,” Dr. Rosner said.
I agree with others above on the original question posted by the op. Regular exercise (whatever you can do) and good diet are the best answer and supplements are rarely needed unless blood work shows a deficiency.
Getting regular blood work is important especially if anything starts to be out of the recommended levels.
For years I have tried to follow the general recommendations to keep a low salt (sodium) diet - but my annual wellness bloodwork tests started to show my sodium and chloride levels to be below recommended levels. I run and work out regularly and sweat a lot (!) and my doctor who is an ultra marathon runner recommended I take salt tablets after running (she does this as well) and sure enough my sodium and chloride levels have been back to normal for the last couple of years.
Yup I guess I am on a higher sodium diet!
I will be buying a hydrogen water machine and eat only organic foods without any processed meats. I can sell these water as extra income.
For me personally, sleep, good sleep is the key. My hearing suffers very badly if I don’t sleep enough. Exercise also helps a lot. Very hard to persuade myself to do it sometimes, harder as I get older but i always feel much better for it. A mixture of weights and cardio. I find cardio makes me sweat more and blows the cobwebs away, weights force me to focus and get in the zone, concentrate less on my fluctuating hearing loss. Hopefully then that means a good nights sleep afterwards.
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I totally agree with that as my age will soon start with a 7…
I used to run daily but now my target is 3 times a week (reality is a bit less…) but although it is hard to motivate myself sometimes I always feel much better afterwards…
It’s ionized. My vet had me provide it as treatment for dogs under her care. I’ve taken it. I should now. Dogs lived much longer under her care
It is pretty desperate to be using cranky advice from a vet as a guide to hearing advice in humans!