Aging, much like inflation, is an inevitable process that diminishes the value of life over time. And while maintaining a healthy lifestyle—through diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management—can certainly help you stay healthier longer, these measures are not enough to stop the clock.
If you watch a day of U.S. TV programming from the 1930s and 1940s, you will see a massive focus on exercise, family health, and diet. However, none of the fitness instructors and dietitians in these commercials eating spinach, fasting, taking contrast showers, cold plunges, and doing gymnastics daily are alive today. They aged and died like everyone else.
