Keep Going Strong: What Your Body Needs as You Get Older

You may still be walking the same trails, working in the yard, playing 18 holes, traveling, or keeping up with the grandkids—but your body may be sending you a few more reminders the next morning.

A little stiffness when you get out of bed. Tired muscles after a workout. Soreness after a weekend that was busier than usual.

As we get older, the body may take longer to recover from activities that once seemed effortless. Understanding why—and what your body needs along the way—can help you maintain an active lifestyle.

Why Do Aches and Stiffness Become More Noticeable With Age?

You’ve probably heard the terms “free radicals” and “antioxidants,” but what do they actually have to do with aging?

Your body naturally produces free radicals during everyday processes such as converting food into energy. Factors such as sunlight, air pollution, cigarette smoke, and physical activity can also increase free radical production. When free radicals build up faster than the body’s antioxidant defenses can manage them, it can lead to what scientists call oxidative stress. Fortunately, the body has its own antioxidant defense system to help maintain a healthy balance. One of its most important antioxidants is glutathione.

Glutathione helps protect cells from oxidative stress and also plays a role in the body’s natural detoxification pathways and other important cellular processes.

Research suggests that glutathione levels and metabolism can change with age. That doesn’t mean low glutathione is the cause of a sore knee, stiff back, or tired muscles—aches and pains can have many causes.

It does, however, make glutathione and the body’s natural antioxidant defenses an important part of the larger conversation about healthy aging.

Staying Active Still Matters

Regular physical activity can help maintain strength, balance, mobility, and independence as we age. Whether that means walking, gardening, swimming, golfing, strength training, or keeping up with family, finding ways to keep moving can help make everyday activities easier.

Recovery is part of that equation. Giving your body the time it needs after physical activity can help you maintain an active lifestyle for the long term.

Supporting the Body From the Inside Out

No single food, supplement, or habit determines how a person ages. Healthy aging starts with the basics: regular movement, a varied diet, adequate sleep, good hydration, and appropriate recovery.

Nutrition can also help support the body’s natural antioxidant defenses.

The body makes its own glutathione from three amino acids: cysteine, glutamate, and glycine. Cysteine is particularly important to this process, which has led researchers to explore nutrients that can help support the body’s natural glutathione production.

That’s the approach behind OGF®, Original Glutathione Formula®.

Developed by Dr. Robert Keller, OGF® combines NAC, a source of cysteine, with other targeted nutrients including vitamin C, alpha-lipoic acid, quercetin, milk thistle, L-glutamine, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, cordyceps, and NADG.

Rather than simply supplying glutathione, OGF® is formulated to support the body’s own natural glutathione production and antioxidant defenses.*

Keep Doing the Things You Enjoy

Healthy aging isn’t about trying to turn back the clock. It’s about taking care of your body so you can continue enjoying the life you’ve built.

Glutathione is one piece of that bigger picture. Understanding its role in the body’s natural antioxidant defenses can help you make informed choices about supporting your health as you age—and keep doing the things that matter to you.