What changes in our body after 30?

 

What changes in our body after 30?

Undoubtedly, our body changes as we pass from one stage of life to another. The first two decades of life are where there are more obvious changes: from being a newborn child incapable of various things, we pass to childhood, the school age full of energy, adolescence with its hormonal and sentimental variants, and finally to the adulthood.

Adulthood is the most extended stage of life and there are also significant metabolic and hormonal changes that impact all the organs of our body simultaneously. In this article we will learn about some of those important changes that occur to human beings after turning 30 years old.

Contents

• 1 Basal Metabolic Rate
• 2 Cell loss
• 3 body fat
• 4 skin
• 5 Bones and joints
• 6 Weight
• 7 Hormones
• 8 Important tips for this stage of life

Basal metabolic rate

Basal metabolic rate is the minimum amount of energy we require to sustain the simple bodily functions: brain, liver, and respiration.

As age changes, the basal metabolic rate gradually decreases (2% per decade). In other words, an individual who maintains the same eating and physical habits of the twenties, in the thirties will find that he slowly gains weight.

Cell loss

The human body is made up of multiple tissues: fat, lean tissues such as muscles and organs, bones, and a very substantial proportion of water (45-60%).

When we reach the age of 30 we begin to lose tissues naturally and involuntarily; not only muscle that is replaced by fat, but minerals and consistency of our bones, including organs such as liver, kidneys and brain decrease their ability to regenerate and begin to lose vital cells.

Body fat

The proportion of fat in the body increases progressively from the age of 30, and is concentrated in the central part of the body, that is, the abdomen, and also near the internal organs. However, the superficial fat cover that is instantly below the skin thins out, making the skin look thinner and less bulging and stable.

Skin

Being this the most rigorous organ and the primordial window to the exterior of the organism, it is evidently where the corporal changes begin to be noticed. As a result of the reduction of body water and skin fat, there begins to be flaccidity, loss of elasticity and turgor of the skin, and the appearance of wrinkles and furrows.

Additionally, the intense sun exposure of adolescence and early adulthood leaves its mark with freckles, sun spots, and pigmentation changes. A good recommendation is to use beauty products that help take care of your skin.

Bones and joints

Another development that begins around the age of 30 is the tendency to lose height, a consequence of changes in bones, muscles, and joints. On average we lose 1 centimeter every 10 years after the age of 40, and this development becomes faster when we reach 70 years of age, losing 3 to 4 centimeters from 25 to 75 years of age.

Joints, made up of cartilage and tendons, undergo dehydration that makes them stiffer and less flexible. Therefore, from the age of 30 it is more difficult for us to carry out certain types of movements, such as stretching and bending, which have the possibility of causing a muscle tear or contraction.

Weight

Total body weight varies over the years, both due to changes in basal metabolic rate and hormone production. You start to gain weight from your thirties to your sixties, and later you start to lose it due to the replacement of muscle by fat, which weighs less.

Hormones

For women, the thirties are still a substantial part of the reproductive stage, but they are also the beginning of perimenopause, a time of reduced egg production and hormonal changes.

So, although paradoxical, there are variants in estrogen and progesterone that lead to mood swings and sensitivity, hot flashes, and memory loss. It is also the time of life when some conditions similar to hormonal changes, such as endometriosis and uterine fibroids, have their peak.

For men, hormonal changes start later (in your mid-40s or 50s) and are due to a drop in testosterone, which boosts energy and libido, creates muscle mass, and maintains focus and emotional security.

Important tips for this stage of life

Perhaps by this time you already feel depression and absolute worry. Wait, there are a few things you can do to counter all these changes:

• Integrate into the physical routine exercises that stimulate the production of muscle mass, that is, doing weights or isometric exercises such as pilates or calisthenics.
• Periodically it is suggested to carry out stretching and elasticity exercises such as yoga or tai chi to keep the joints flexible and soft.
• Reduce the consumption of foods with saturated fats and simple sugars, and recalculate the necessary caloric intake according to our age, weight and physical education.
• Use a sunscreen every day and an acceptable moisturizing cream with vitamins and antioxidants to counteract the lack of moisture in the skin.
• Periodically help the doctor: in women, a visit to the gynecologist to check the reproductive organs and self-examination of the breasts is of special consideration.
• Balancing family, expert, and personal responsibilities; offering ourselves time to do leisure activities with the same priority as obligations.