Healthy Aging and your Quality of Life

September 21st, 2009

The quality of healthy aging.

From the day we are all born, we age everyday.  As a young person, we don’t think about the later years in our life. We live in a very fast pace world today and it causes a lot of stress in our lives and as time goes on, the stress will affect us increasingly.

Everyone young and old, we all need to take care of our bodies and minds. By taking care of ourselves, it keeps us active both mentally and physically, and helps prevent major illnesses such and cancer and many other diseases. We all have to work at keeping ourselves healthy and there is no better time than right now. The younger you start taking care of yourself the better it is; by starting early your are catching things before they have time to progress.

So right now, start off by eating healthy. Keep an eye on your eating habits and make sure you are not overeating, but eat enough to get vitamins you need to have. A good multivitamin is a good way to start adding supplements to what you don’t get in your food.

Food doesn’t always have the amount of vitamins anymore like they use to, and that starts at the farmer’s level. Don’t blame the farmer for this because they are just doing their jobs the same way we all go to ours everyday. The farmer has to add fertilizer, chemicals and even water to their crops to make them grow bigger, faster and for beauty too. Adding all these chemicals destroy most if not all the natural vitamins that you need. Water has chemicals in it too; one reason why your water needs to be tested at least once a year especially if you have well water. Once the food is grown and ready to be shipped it is polished, coated to keep it nice and fresh looking during shipment, which is why this will take away some of the vitamins as well. Try to eat as much homegrown food as you can instead of processed foods. Fresh homegrown food is the best, since you get natural vitamins.

A good multivitamin isn’t going to hurt anyone. It is known that people who take a multivitamin everyday is in better health than someone who doesn’t. Sometimes your doctor may want you to take extra vitamin. As we grow older because our bodies change and sometimes require more of something. In addition, as we grow older our eating habits change and we don’t eat as much or we want to lose weight and don’t eat the right foods.  Nevertheless, remember you can lose weight and still eat right.

As we grow older our bodies and minds change. All the stress we had growing up and continue through out our lives. Relieve that stress as much as possible because it can do a lot of harm to us. Stress is known to be a major factor for poor heart conditions, strokes, and it will lower our immune system, as we grow older.

Exercising regularly is good for all ages and helps relieve stress at the early ages as well.  If only families took time out, maybe as a family with their children, and made it a part of their lives that would help relieve stress during the younger years.

A person who learns and enjoys exercising on a daily basis will keep fit and healthy during that time, as they grow older as well.

Exercising will help the older person to keep those bones strong and those muscles more flexible so they don’t get stiff and weak. The heart gets benefit from exercising too. Exercise will cause the heart to function naturally, by working it harder to keep it highly healthy. Exercising helps to keep our bodies toned up and helps us to lose weight, or at most keeping the weight maintained.

Remember starting early can help in later years to make your life healthier and more contented.

Healthy Aging

April 12th, 2009

Aging gracefully! Do we know exactly what this means? Growing older is usually associated with pain and discomfort. We read about ways to improve our mind and body but the focus should also be about our environment. By taking care of our surroundings of where we reside can lead to a healthy and happy future.

It is said that the home is where the heart is, your home should be a place of sanctuary.It should not be the source of emotional stress. Creating a healthy home is not as easy as you think. some of us have allergies that sometimes lead to illness. You may need to remove unwanted carpets or other dust catchers, bathing pets regularly and investing in an air purifier. Dehumidifiers and humidifiers can reduce elements in you home that cause allergies.

Your home should be nurturing. If there is a lack of comfort in your living space, try the following:

Bring the outdoors in. Bring in cut flowers, pieces of rocks or other natural elements that give you a sense of nature.

Put green plants in your home. This helps to filtering indoor pollutant. The recommendation is two plants for every feet. The plants will also distribute natural oxygen throughout your home. What a great way to live a healthy aging life.

In addition, take advantage of the sun; allow as much sunlight as possible toflow through your house. This gives your home a feling of warmth. Take care that you avoid direct sunlight however for prolonged periods, since the sun can damage your skin.

Clear out the clutter, fewer items means less frustration. Get rid of the things you do not use or need anymore.If you think you need these items, weigh out th pros and cons. If you see that the cons are higher then the pros, let it go.

Did you know that colours affect you emotionally and affect the way you feel in the home? Every colour has a significant meaning that could represent our physical and mental state. For instance:

Red room: energising, supports energy and passion and creates movements.Great for an exercise room, not beneficial in your bedroom.

Yellow room: Inspires organisation, intellectual clarity with happy thinking. Even by using the colour yellow as accents instead of painting all walls will be positive.

Green room: Brings balance and tranquility but has the same energising qualities. Often used as a calming place for thinking for people in trouble, or just neeeding to feel refreshed, since nature is our first established home. We all love nature, rather most of us do. Green plants, flowers etc, all brings nature into focus, which makes the heart feel good.

White room: Essential for feeling cleansed and purified. Remember that too much white brings a sterile environment that can also become isolated. Make sure to accent a white room with a vibrant colour when painting all white. This is a perfect colour for ceilings to brighten up with the sunlight.

Improving your life could easily start in the home, whether it’s trying something new with something natural or changing a colour, these are easy methods to create harmony and balance in your surroundings, not to mention inspirations and warmth. The more effort you put into aging healthy, the more you will see results.

Tip: Animals have proven to be a source of healing. Allow a friendly critter to touch your heart.