Healthy Ageing Articles
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What Not to do When You Want to Achieve Healthy Aging - Some people thrive on lists of things to do. Here is a list of things not to do when you want to achieve healthy aging.
Ways to Be a Great Grandparent – And Stay Young - Bring out all of your old stories. Unlike their parents, your grandchildren have never heard them before and will be excited to hear about your childhood and past adventures.
Walking Fitness Over Fifty - It's not how fast you walk but how far you go that counts when it comes to fitness over fifty. Walking is good not only for your physical health but for your mental well being as well.
Walking Essentials for the Over Fifty Crowd - There are a few essential steps you should take even if you are a seasoned walker that will help you to stay safe while you are getting fit. Proper clothing, proper shoes and a hat and sunglasses are normal equipment for walking fitness.
Vitamins for aging skin - Vitamin A is a key nutrient that can be helpful when it comes to maintaining skin beauty. It can be found in many of the foods that we eat, including eggs, organ meats, dairy products, carrots, and broccoli.
Things to know about menopause - One thing to remember is that it’s not the end of the world. Many women see it as an ending point in their life, but it is important to note that one third of your life happens after menopause.
The Process of Grief - Individual responses to death can vary. After a loss, a grieving process has to take place, most often in stages.
The Lost Health Years - Think about what priorities have been during the "younger years". In your teens we felt we were indestructible, in our twenties we could do anything and felt freedom for the first time at college or at work.
The Importance of Your Weight As a Senior - It is not unusual to allow your weight to slowly add on as you get older, while it is also normal to have had a weight problem your entire life. However, being overweight puts you at a much higher health risk for a variety of diseases.
The Importance of Friends and Living Longer - If getting older has you feeling like shutting yourself up in the house and ignoring the world, stop! Not only does having some close friends make your life more enjoyable, but friends beat out relatives in helping us live longer. The Centre for Ageing Studies at Flinders University in Adelaide Australia did a study of people who were 70 years old and older.
The Health Benefits of Being Happy as You Age - The saying goes that, "happiness is a state of mind. " Is age a state of mind too, or are we just as a society finding more to be happy about as we age? The baby boomers are aging and as with so many events that the baby boomers impacted as they aged; there is a definite impact they are having on being "older".
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