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Jeanette McVoy

Staying Fit Assists With Healthy Aging

Posted by Jeanette McVoy on May 7th, 2015

The aging process starts from the day we are born. A person may not realize it but we need to work on staying fit andhealthy everyday. In the end, you’ll feel and look younger all during the aging progression.

There are many things you can do to stay healthy and feel good. Watch your diet and continue activities throughoutthe course of your life. Your diet has a lot to do with aging and health. Your diet contains vitamins, minerals and othernutrients you need to stay healthy.

If your over weight try getting yourself into an exercise program. Walking is a great program to get involved. Start outwalking gradually and work your way up to 12 to 15 miles by walking two or 3 times a week. Walking brings up theheart rate making it do its work.

You can loosen the tight and stiffness in your legs and besides loosing weight with diet it will help to tone yourmuscles. Combined weight lifting with your walk agenda but don’t over work yourself because it will make yourmuscles sore. Along with your new walking and weightlifting program trim down your diet and take supplements tomake up for the vitamins you are cutting out. Exercising will burn up some of your vitamins too so make sure you takeenough but not too much of the supplements. If you are not sure about the amount to take, consult you physician.

As you build new activities, you will be meeting people and that always gives you something new to talk about to helpkeep the depression away. You will need encouragement and support throughout your goal to stay healthy. Seeksupport from family, friends, or people with the same goals.

As we grow older high cholesterol becomes a health issue with some of us. Your new walking program is a good startto lowering your levels. 2 miles a day, 3 times a week will help you to lower your cholesterol by helping you lose theexcess weight you’ve put on in the last couple of years.

If walking doesn’t seem to be helping to level out your cholesterol, try eating seven nuts. The combination of both willsometimes bring it to a balance. Be sure your doctor knows what your doing as these things continue. Grease is

good in nuts and olive oil to help lower the blood pressure and blood sugar as well.

Try changing your diet and eat more whole grain foods while you cut back on the meat you love so much. Instead ofusing, spreadable fats use olive oil and coconut oil. As a snack, sneak in those nuts:

Has your blood pressure gone up in your older years? Try adding a little dairy products to you diet. Calcium,magnesium and potassium are good to help lower that blood pressure.

Cancer is always a threat to us young or old so we need to start early on trying to help prevent it. Vitamin D is a goodvitamin to take along with getting 10-15 minutes a week of sun with no sunscreen on. Watching your diet and takingvitamins, helps reduce the risks of getting colon, breast, or ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer for women is very common, yet women have the power to lower their risks. Green and black tea 2times a day or even eating an apple or grapefruit will help. Anything that is high in antioxidants is good.

Mixing your foods to cover everything daily is a good idea so you don’t get bored eating the same things all the time.Mixing up what you eat in a recipe or on your plate is a good idea.

Changing your foods that you eat may not stop you from getting cancer but it is known to lower the risk and helpprevent it. Remember your not a doctor so be sure to have regular check ups.

To Your Health!

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