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Vic41


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Live healthy, happy and invest into your golden years

 

 

 

 

6 Simple Steps to Healthy Ageing:

 

 

 

1. Stay active (but you dont need to run a marathon)

 

Its important to be active during your midlife and golden years to remain lively, but it doesnt mean you have to sign up for the next Iron Man Challenge. Experts say that just a little exercise daily can work wonders. You can even receive major health benefits from hobbies that dont involve any traditional exercise, i.e. Gardening, cooking, arts & crafts. Simply dedicating time to an activity you enjoy.

 

 

 

 
2. Meditate, Breathe

 

Coping mechanisms for stress & anxiety are necessary to live a healthy life, and can make a vast difference. It can be as simple as taking six consecutive 10 second breaths any time you feel stress creeping up or overwhelming you. Physical practices such as yoga and meditation are also recommended in dealing with stress & Anxiety.

 

3. Guard your joints

 

Joint pain can be debilitating if left untreated. If youre experiencing even the first stings of joint pain, consult your health care professional today to discuss different strategies, work-outs and exercises for long term joint health. Tai Chi is a popular exercise that can be quite beneficial without heavy wearing on joints.

 

4. Learn your levels and have a regular check up

 

Your cholesterol and blood pressure levels are good indicators of how you are ageing. Its important to know your levels and adjust your diet/exercise regimen accordingly. The best way to keep healthy levels is simply to eat well. Berries are known to knock points off your blood-pressure reading, so keep up the anti-oxidants and cut out the processed foods.

 

5. Keep good company

 

Studies have shown that being among friends relaxes and ultimately causes lower blood pressure and promotes healing. So although you may not be able to gather with all your family members and friends on a daily basis, experts believe you can still add quality years to your life by keeping up regular standing lunch dates, book clubs, movie nights, holidays and more with your friends and family.

 

6. Keep an open and inquisitive mind

 

Never stop learning! More education means more opportunities which increases your chances of a longer, happier life. Take opportunities to learn new things throughout your life, and keep your cognitive reserves sharp and in use for longer.

Source article: http://www.realsimple.com/health/preventative-health/aging-caregiving/healthy-aging

 



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Recent TV comments suggest for fitness(heart health etc.etc.) an intensive 3 - 5 minutes at full power and highest heart beat is better than any long brisk walk of a few kilometres.Varying opinions are surfacing lately. Now coffee is OK for mental/brain alertness with no heart beat detriment. My concern is memory and brain activity. I can't even do basic kindergarten trivial pursuit. I'm embarrassed at my lack of general knowledge.My parents were drinkers and smokers and I,being an only child,used to play basketball,table tennis,squash,football and running.I keep up with general news lately and my teenage grandchildren seem obsessed with computers. I'm a tad computer illiterate. So my daughter suggests subscribing to "Luminosity" or "Lumosy" is it for $69 a year to improve all brain aspects. I'll certainly have a look at it. I try the odd crossword and out of ALL the clues I can answer about five(5)!! Addition,division and substraction and %s are a pass mark and i can count notes and coins,although too many notes do stick together sometimes eh. I agree with all the points above but include some brain exercises too.

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Always amuses me to see elderly Tai Chi practice.

I wonder how many realise it comes from one of the most lethal free hand combats ever devised.

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Cloak wrote:

Always amuses me to see elderly Tai Chi practice.

I wonder how many realise it comes from one of the most lethal free hand combats ever devised.

Ahh soooooo,,,

funny-muscle-lady.jpg

 



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lol

Wow she's cute... It's a she isn't it?

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sheeds wrote:

Recent TV comments suggest for fitness(heart health etc.etc.) an intensive 3 - 5 minutes at full power and highest heart beat is better than any long brisk walk of a few kilometres.

 Is that a recommendation for sex?



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I like to do a crossword or sudoku puzzle each morning. I see it as one way to keep track of my mental faculties. The crosswords have several degrees of difficulty, and you can also take advantage of word hints.

www.youplay.com/games/list/free-crossword-puzzles/
www.youplay.com/games/list/word-puzzles/
www.youplay.com/games/list/number-puzzles/
www.youplay.com/games/list/online-trivia/
www.youplay.com/games/list/brainteasers-and-more/


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Dorian - thanks for that link - I love work puzzles, and trivia - have joined up to youplay.

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billeeeeeee wrote:
Cloak wrote:

Always amuses me to see elderly Tai Chi practice.

I wonder how many realise it comes from one of the most lethal free hand combats ever devised.

Ahh soooooo,,,

funny-muscle-lady.jpg

 

 That picture was enough to blow out any bowel inconsistencies I had...

I am now inner cleaned than taking a clove of raw garlic.

 

 

 



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Always amuses me to see elderly Tai Chi practice.

I wonder how many realise it comes from one of the most lethal free hand combats ever devised.

 To some extent agree. But the Shaolin style pre dates this and was effective. 

How ever you look at these forms it is a case of both mind and matter. Westerner teachings concentrate on the matter side and forget the significant mind aspect.

 Had this out with my Aussie trainer. He did not follow. His Chinese master did understand my point of view on this and agreed. Outcome, you guess.

I have done both Yoga and martial arts. Both demand the focus of the mind, before the material issue of the strike.

 

 



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Cloak wrote:

Always amuses me to see elderly Tai Chi practice.

I wonder how many realise it comes from one of the most lethal free hand combats ever devised.

When stationed on Penang in Malaysia, if you drove around the suburbs early in the morning the parks were full of elderly Chinese Malaysians doing Tai Chi, all in unison.    They always carried at stick as well, to beat off any dogs I think.... 



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