CELEBRATE THIS OLDER AMERICAN MONTH LIVING HEALTHY

 As we get older, we pray for long life that is healthy and free of disability or disease. But due to aging, our body becomes weak and unhealthy this bring many difficulties to survive the rest of life. As we see our senior’s citizen, whose health gets weaker day by day they suffer from aches and pains, which causes frustration in their life. 

 Thus, it is essential that our senior citizens should live healthy life as they are our ideal and we should not allow them to spend their retirement days in bed and hospital. So for that one should take care of their diet, physical and mental health. These are the some most important factors, which should not be avoided.

Here are some tips, which may help you to be healthy and live a beautiful long life:

1.Balanced Nutrition  
  One should select a balanced nutrition which  contains high fiber food like whole grain breads, cereals, beans, fresh vegetables, and fresh fruits, and vitamin B and D is also very much essential. As Vitamin B 12 plays an important role for proper functioning of blood and nerves.   

2.Hydration
 Proper hydration will keep your body functioning efficiently and assist in digestion and preventing constipation. Therefore, our senior citizen should be hydrated by drinking water and water based beverages like soup, fruit juice, tea, coffee etc.

3.Exercise
 Exercise plays a vital role in senior citizens life as it reduces the risk for medical conditions like heart disease, arthritis, diabetes and osteoporosis and many more. Daily exercise is essential for senior citizens as it not only keeps the body strong but also reduces the risk of injury that is related to age like osteoporosis.

4.Avoid smoking
  Smoking is very much dangerous to our health. So it should be avoided. As it causes many serious health problems like Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases, Respiratory Disease and many more.

5.Medical checkups
Regular Medical checkup is very much essential for senior citizen because it is only one source that will tell us about the health condition of our senior citizen.

6.Mental exercises
 Just as physical exercise, mental exercises also plays an important role in our body. Mental exercises are essential to control brain. As we get older, the function of brain decreases and the brain itself start shrink with age. So to overcome from this one should do mental exercise.

 Therefore, this is the month for the senior citizens.   Apply these activities into your daily life and this will keep your body and mind fit, Have gracefully aged life.

Health Tips for Women Over 40

As we know that diet and exercise are vital and plays an important role in every stage of life. But after the age 40 it become much more important for the women’s. As after 40, women’s suffer from many health problems like heart diseases, breast cancer, osteoarthritis, depression, insomnia, fatigue, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis and many more. So for to be healthy even after 40 you must need to be follow the following tips:

1.Change your diet to maintain a healthy weight:
Women’s after 40 should consume less calories and should make their diet schedule according to their physical activity.

2. Increase the Intake of calcium:
As the age of women’s increased, they should increase the consumption of calcium. As it is an important, constituent that helps in building bone mass. It is needed for healthy teeth, strong bone and also for proper function of nerves, muscles, kidneys and heart. It also helps to reduce the risk of osteoporosis.

3. Don’t forget physical activity:
Physical activity is very much important and beneficial for health. It helps to do following the thing:
1. Helps to recover self-esteem.
2. Boost fitness level.
3. Assist to build and maintain bones, muscles, and joints.
4. Prevents from weight gain.
5. Improve flexibility and posture
6. Helps manage, reduce weight.  
7. Lowers risk of heart disease, colon cancer, and type 2 diabetes.
8. Control blood pressure.
9. Helps to reduces depression and anxiety.

4. Quit smoking: 
Women's should avoid smoking because it effects on her fertility and reproductive health. It also causes lung cancer, cardio vascular diseases, osteoporosis, and cancer in breast. Habitual smoking also experience menopause. Therefore, the women’s should avoid smoking.

5. Don’t skip doctor’s visits: 
Do not skip your Medical checkup. Regular medical checkup is very much essential for women's health. Here are some of the essential doctor’s visits that should be never miss:

1. Primary care checkup:
Primary medical checkup depends on your age and personal risk factors. According to that doctor, decide the best treatment schedule for you. Always attend your medical examinations, even if you are feeling fine.


2. Eyesight checkup:
Eyesight checkup is very much important for the diabetes patient. Adults between 18 to 64 years should do their regular eyes examination.
It becomes essential for a person who is having family history of eye problems as they are having great risk of developing eye problems.

Therefore, by following the above steps women’s can live a good and healthy life.