Argue
Face to face, and not in a late-night chat under someone else’s name, armed with available tools such as Wikipedia, Google Books and a selection of good old paperwork from people who spent more than three minutes studying the issue while reading Mail.ru Answers.
Nothing is more inspiring than a real chance to get bream for your beliefs or give a long-time opponent a good scolding for getting too personal in the middle of a debate about Heidegger. Most likely, as a result of the dispute, you will not come to a compromise, but in practice you will learn the value of words and insults. For a person in the era of anonymous trolling, a very useful experience. Ask as many questions as possible and don’t be afraid that they will seem inappropriate or trivial to someone. Practice shows that it is simple questions that most often confuse people. A man becomes old. when you stop being curious. “We know, we swam”, “Everything is clear”, “What is there to talk about?” - the typical rhetoric of an old man who has “seen everything in this life”, settled in front of the TV, waiting for the “Time” program.
Study
Now everyone who has a friend, a DJ-designer-photographer-urban planner with three higher educations, one honors diploma and work in none of the specialties received, grinned skeptically. Skeptics may not read further, but we remind everyone else that we live in a rapidly changing world, where some knowledge is in demand today, and another tomorrow. And even very good knowledge of one narrow subject does not guarantee you a warm place for life.
And don't confuse studying with education. You can study anywhere and from anyone; for this you do not have to waste several years sitting down at a desk at another university. The main thing in learning is still desire, perseverance and curiosity. And also the opportunity at any time to admit how little, in fact, you know and can do. As Stephen Hawking said: “It is not ignorance that is scary, but the illusion of knowledge.”
Be content with little, strive for more
As long as you can laugh at those who boast about the size of the plasma, and prefer a bus from Cambodia to Nepal to an all inclusive holiday, you will be young. Then it won’t be so cool to despise comfort - you will simply be considered a rogue, deceiving yourself (and most likely, they will be right). In addition, many people underestimate the ability to get by with little. But in vain. This quality will help you avoid bourgeois groaning and attempts to reduce your life to one big New Year's shopping for as long as possible.
Drop the seriousness
The best way to make a fool of yourself is to give every sneeze the status of a universally significant event and be offended when this is pointed out to you.
While you are living in a rented hotel in Maryino, forget the phrase “co-founder of a successful startup.” The ability, albeit jokingly, to admit that you are not particularly busy with anything and that you actually have a lot of free time, immediately reveals that you are a young goofball. A clerk who has had a presentation about the efficiency and social responsibility of business downloaded into his brain will no longer see this freedom. Before the cage of adult life slams shut completely and responsibility looms from all sides, there is still time to fool around for fun.
Eat properly
Fatty, spicy and fried foods negatively affect the liver, which leads to rapid aging of the skin. Salty foods contribute to the accumulation of fluid in the body and, as a result, the appearance of bags under the eyes. When you eat sweets and baked goods, your skin becomes oilier and acne may appear. Under the influence of sugar, collagen is destroyed, the skin loses elasticity and wrinkles appear.
To prolong youth, you need to avoid the above foods, making up your diet exclusively from natural and healthy foods. Be sure to eat vitamin-rich greens, nuts, vegetables and fruits. Fish, seafood, lean meat, dairy products, and various cereals are very rich in microelements that can protect the skin from aging and, in general, maintain health.
Violate
What a Russian always does with great skill and without outside help is to break the rules. Contempt for laws and standards is in our blood. Jump over the turnstile on the subway? Drink from a bottle of alcohol right in the store and then put it on the shelf? You're welcome! All this seems as natural as the fact that water flows from a tap and the sun rises in the east.
But only in youth do you feel that special, incomparable pleasure from your own arrogance. All these jumping over turnstiles, climbing over fences and other passages to concerts with one ticket... And if they catch you, jump up like Cohn-Bendit on the Parisian barricades and shout: “It is forbidden to prohibit!” You should hurry up with excesses: closer to 30, the euphoria of traveling without a ticket turns into a daily shameful ritual, revealing you as an over-aged loser who is unable to pay for the subway fare.
Masks after 30 years: how to make at home?
Yeast natural mask
It is necessary to add approximately 19 grams of yeast to the egg white. This resulting mixture should be combined with peach oil. But it should be heated to 40 degrees in advance. An important condition: the mass must be thick. Be sure to leave it on your face for about 35 minutes.
Advice! Don’t forget to rinse off with warm water first, and cool water to increase microcirculation.
Oil beauty mask
It is necessary to heat approximately 90 degrees in a sauna. vegetable oil. Add rowan juice into it in the amount of a tablespoon, add honey, as well as some chamomile flowers - they should be ground first and let stand for 18 minutes.
Take a thick piece of cotton wool and apply an effective mixture on it. Place the thickener on your face and a towel on top. After 23 minutes, rinse with water. After the procedure, apply a non-greasy cream containing:
- Algae
- Essential oils
- Emollients
- Moisturizing ingredients
Refreshing mask with carrots - a radical remedy for wrinkles
This vegetable must be grated. The carrots should not be too big. It is important to mix it with starch and olive oil in small quantities. Add the egg white into the mixture and stir the mixture thoroughly. The mass should be applied to the face, décolleté and neck. Remove any residue with a damp swab.
You can make beautiful and effective face masks yourself at home.
Mask with whitening effect
You need to take lemon juice and add it to the protein. Apply this mixture to your face using a special brush. But until the mask has dried, it is important to apply another layer consisting of: a few drops of vegetable oil, lemon juice. After 16 minutes, it is recommended to remove the residue.
Mask consisting of honey and clay
For these purposes, you need to use green or black tea leaves. Add dry white clay and honey to this. Stir the product until you end up with a thick paste. Apply the product to a steamed face, leave for 22 minutes, and then rinse with water.
Mask to eliminate forehead wrinkles
It is important to take a spoonful of cream (but not heavy), egg white. The latter should be beaten well, and then combined with cream and stirred thoroughly. Now the resulting thicken should be treated with the skin. After 19 minutes, it is recommended to rinse the mask with water.
Facial skin requires attention and care
A mask that softens the skin
Grind a small banana and then add potato starch. Next, add a little heavy cream. Apply the resulting thick mixture to your face and wash off after 19 minutes.
Despise healthy lifestyle
Gadgets that measure your pulse, calories, cholesterol, sugar levels and the number of kilometers traveled gradually turn you from a healthy person into a patient hung with sensors, obsessed with biometric indicators. From this there is only one step to black hypochondria, during which you find yourself with a good half of the diseases from the medical reference book. Which, of course, various kinds of charlatans, yogis, gurus and other cleaners of other people’s karma will not fail to take advantage of.
Replacing your life with a “healthy lifestyle” is the worst way to waste your youth. The goal of any medical, and especially pharmacy, business is to constantly keep you at bay by offering cures for non-existent diseases. This doesn’t mean you need to squander your health left and right like an aging rock star, but worrying about your illnesses, especially if you don’t have any, is even worse.
What causes the need to monitor your eyes?
Eyes, like the human body or skin, need constant care. Of course, one can argue with these requirements; there may be people who have their own opinion on this matter, especially those who do not devote enough time to caring for their appearance. They say the eyes reflect spiritual beauty given from God. However, one can hardly argue with the argument - we are obliged to take care of everything that is given to us by nature. Representatives of the fair sex may have a question at what age should they start caring for their eyes in order to maintain their youth. And you need to start courting, dear girls and women, the sooner the better. And even more so, if you learn to devote some regular time to yourself, then this approach will not just become a habit, but will turn into a necessity. Much depends on self-discipline and desire in this matter.
Act spontaneously
Do you remember how your dad told you about how he once went to see a friend in St. Petersburg after a late-night call, and there on the street he met his mother, who eventually married him, because he stood in a suit and with flowers in the fountain, reciting Yevtushenko to her ? All this seems funny and absurd, like the costumes from the Bolshevichka factory and Soviet songs on the radio. Until you ask yourself the question: “Could I do the same?”
In many cases it turns out that he could not. And this is in the complete absence of work, personal life and any plans for the near future.
Everyone knows someone who makes jokes about infant mortality, disaster victims, and abused women. And he says all this with such an arrogant and blasé look, as if he himself lives in heaven, drinks holy water, and defecates exclusively in violets. And somewhere down there, the mob with some of their own experiences.
And he doesn’t seem to say anything special, but you want to punch him. Firstly, because a cynic is no better than those whom he slanders, and sometimes much worse. Secondly, because satiety itself does not make anyone smarter.
How to prolong youth
Less meat, more healthy spices
Our vigor, activity and well-being are very dependent on metabolism, that is, metabolism. At the age of about 25 years, these processes go quickly, and the body quite successfully fights with various excesses that we allow ourselves. And after the age of thirty, purely physiologically, metabolism begins to slow down and becomes more “lazy,” says endocrinologist Natalya Gridasova. But we can outsmart him and make him work like he did in his youth. It has been proven that with age, our body begins to absorb animal proteins worse. And the substances contained in red meat (beef, lamb, pork) begin to work not on energy production, but on oxidative processes. And cell oxidation leads to a variety of diseases - from cardiovascular to cancer. Therefore, anti-aging therapy experts now recommend that people over 35-40 years old eat red meat no more than once or twice a week, and preferably without fried crust. After all, it is in it that carcinogens accumulate. But fiber, on the contrary, speeds up metabolism and helps remove breakdown products of drugs, alcohol and other toxins from the body. Foods rich in it (oatmeal, cereals, unprocessed rice, green beans, asparagus) are in first place in anti-aging nutrition. With age, the absorption of milk in its pure form deteriorates because the enzyme that breaks down milk sugar is not produced. And during fermentation, milk protein is digested much faster and easier, without straining the pancreas. So it makes sense to switch to fermented milk products and replace cream cheese with cottage cheese. It is also very important to eat more greens - dill, parsley, cilantro, lettuce such as iceberg or romaine. They contain a lot of vitamin K, which is important for prolonging life. There are many long-livers in those places where there is a culture of consuming spices. The most beneficial for the immune system are: black pepper, turmeric, cinnamon, ginger.
Every age has its own vitamins
As we age, our body's need for vitamin A decreases (it accumulates in the body, and after 40 years it is not worth taking it additionally). But the need for B vitamins increases. So choose complexes that are age appropriate. What women need after 40 years: - Vitamins B6, C and bioflavonoids improve the functioning of the immune system under conditions of stress and heavy workload. — Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium. Magnesium protects against heart disease, diabetes and colon cancer. — There are also vitamins that support and prolong the sexual function of women. To stimulate the production of female sex hormones - estrogens - we need vitamins K (spinach, pumpkin, green peas, beef liver), as well as folic acid (parsley, cauliflower and white cabbage). — Phytoestrogens contain: beans, lentils, dates, pomegranates, buckwheat. And lemongrass, unprocessed rice, cherries, and apples are rich in stimulating substances that are useful at this age - legnans. What men need: - Antioxidant vitamins (vitamin K, C and B6) protect the male body from the harmful effects of the external environment and slow down the aging process. B vitamins (B6, B12 and folic acid) play a critical role in the metabolism of homocysteine. This amino acid has an effect on the vascular system and protects against heart attacks. And zinc increases male immunity, improves sperm formation and helps maintain potency.
Take care of your teeth
Scientists from the University of Bristol conducted a large study on the effect of daily hygiene on life expectancy. It turns out that “banal” thorough brushing of your teeth twice a day and regular visits to the dentist can actually extend your life by 10 years or more! Experts explain the mechanism of this dependence as follows. There are a lot of bacteria in the oral cavity - more than 350 species. Not particularly careful dental care leads to bleeding gums. And microbes can enter the bloodstream through damaged capillaries and even cause blood clots (it has already been proven that bacteria that cause gingivitis act on blood clotting factors). And a broken blood clot can clog a blood vessel and even lead to myocardial infarction or pulmonary embolism.
“Catch” diseases while they aren’t there yet
“They live for a long time where there is good medicine, including preventive medicine,” said Pavel Vorobyov, a well-known geriatrician and deputy head of the formulary committee of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. The largest number of people whose age has exceeded one hundred years is now in Japan. So, as Vorobyov says, after Hiroshima an excellent system of outpatient services was created there, and people were taught a cult of prevention. In our country, the majority of people go to doctors, alas, not to make sure that they are healthy, but when they have a serious illness. In fact, modern “regular” ultrasound machines can detect, say, a tumor smaller than 0.5 cm - at a very early stage. “Don’t be afraid to get examined, go for a medical examination,” says cardiologist, doctor of the highest category Tamara Ogieva. Now in our country, the direction of preventive medicine is actively developing, that is, “recognizing” possible diseases while they do not yet exist. For example, you can draw up a “health passport” in which, based on your tests and medical history (that is, based on what you have already suffered from and what your parents suffered from), a forecast will be made on the risks that you potentially face. And based on this, a prevention program will be drawn up. Moreover, you can get such a forecast for free by contacting the Health Center.
Study, study and study
German neurophysiologist Gerhard Dinke conducted an interesting experiment. It is generally accepted that the ability to remember information declines after 40 years. But Dr. Dinke proved that they can be returned. Three hundred volunteers aged 60 to 75 years with early signs of Alzheimer's disease were given the choice of either learning a foreign language or playing a simple game using a computer program. After six months, those who chose the language, tests for storing information and long-term memory improved several times! Psychotherapist Anatoly German also believes that many of us age prematurely due to “laziness of mind.” Solving complex intellectual problems, the ability to use gadgets, and navigate the Internet really gives a rejuvenating effect. Partly psychological, but partly also physical: mental mobility literally “accelerates blood in the brain,” improving its circulation from the smallest capillaries.
Try to live without the Internet for at least a week
The most difficult thing. The iPhone is an extension of our hand: we are so used to it that we don’t pay attention to it. From time to time, excited voices of regular researchers are heard that computers have weaned us from concentrating, thinking and making decisions. That our personality and freedom no longer belong to us. That, in the end, we spit on living people, preferring gadgets to them.
This text is dedicated to the young and arrogant, as well as to all those who like to experiment on themselves. Therefore, we suggest you check for yourself whether dependence on technology and constant online presence is so terrible. For a week, throw away all this multitasking, reading headlines, and clip thinking to hell.
Try what virtual death tastes like. The main thing is to endure until the end and not cheat by checking Twitter under the covers. Perhaps you will again see yourself through your own eyes, and not as a reflection in the eyes of others. After all, what is youth if not the ability to not care about the opinions of others on the other side of the monitor?
