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Tips To Help You Look Forward To Your Golden Years
It is impossible to simply stop the clock, and nobody has the power to entirely reverse the effects of aging. As you get older, you must ensure that everything you do actively contributes to a lifetime of responsible, pleasurable and memorable days. Read the following tips for some advice on how to be at your best.
You should have a healthy diet. Get plenty of produce, and cut back on sugary sweets and fatty treats. When you eat well, you will have plenty of energy to face the day. You will be healthier in body and mind.
When budgeting for retirement, you should also set some money aside for any medical issues that may arise. You will need enough money saved up in order to pay for any emergency health problems that may come your way.
Avoid extreme environments. The cold air and the sun can both equally damage your skin. Doing so leads to premature aging effects as well as increases your chances for skin cancer later in life.
As we age in life, for some people living alone is not possible anymore. It is the best policy to sit down and talk to people that care about you about what your options are. If relatives are out, consult social services to learn about care homes for old people. There are also communities for able-bodied elderly people who enjoy a community of like-minded individuals.
Staying active will allow you to age gracefully. Staying active will help keep you mentally sharp and physically fit, resulting in looking and feeling younger. On the contrary, a sedentary lifestyle has negative effects on aging and reduces the quality of life. Find an activity to enjoy each day.
Do not worry so much about the number of years in your age. It is all about how you feel, not what age you are. If you feel old, then you are old. You may feel like a spry teenager even though you are 72 years old. Try not to let your age have a negative affect on the way you feel. Focus on the positive aspects of aging, not the numbers.
It is important to have fun! You have more free time than at any other stage of your adult life. You have wisdom, experience and a lifetime of great memories. Think positive and suck life's marrow out of every precious day on Earth. It is good to be alive!
A smoking habit will make it a lot harder for you to age gracefully, as it accelerates the effects of the aging process on your face. Smoking causes wrinkles around the mouth even at a young age. Cigarettes are not only dangerous to your body, but will also make you age significantly faster than a non-smoker.
Try to spread joy wherever you are and whenever you are around someone. You can feel great by helping others feel happy. Happiness is priceless. It doesn't cost a penny.
Try not to fall. Falls are a huge cause of fractures, serious injuries, and sometimes death among the elderly. Take a 30 minute walk at least three times a week to help your health and happiness. A great way to increase bone density and prevent fractures is to combine weight training with supplemental vitamin D and calcium.
If your skin shows signs of aging, try using a primer when putting on makeup. This is a new, silicone-based makeup product. Primers smooth your skin out by filling in wrinkles. This can make applying makeup easier.
Social support from multiple people is essential to aging well. Being an active community member has been linked to increasing your years and living healthier. Value current friendships, but never be afraid to get out there and meet new people. Even a casual encounter with a stranger can brighten one's day.
Always have your medications written down, and make sure that list is easily accessible. If you regularly fill prescriptions from different pharmacies, this is critical. You can have the pharmacist go over your medications to see if any of them interact.
It is actually surprisingly easy to keep yourself engaged and energized as you grow older. Do all you can to keep your mind and body healthy. You can get ideas of what to do by reading newsletters and articles about retirement. If you try new things and stay active, you are sure to enjoy your golden years.
BONUS : Tissue Oxygenation and Regeneration
Much like the left ventricle of the heart, veins and arteries thicken as we get older. Arteries are composed mainly of smooth muscle surrounding the lumen, which is the interior of the arteries where blood flows. Veins are composed exactly the same, except they contain one-way valves to eliminate any chance of back-flow.
The thickening that occurs in our arteries is due to an accumulation of calcium and collagen around the smooth muscle cells that surround the lumen. As we age, calcium and collagen deposits become more and more prominent, reducing the carrying volume and elasticity of our arteries and causing a decline in tissue oxygenation.
Since without tissue oxygenation normal living functions don't exist, in the presence of reduced oxygenation, biological functions like cell regeneration are slowed down.
Aging affects our ability to produce new tissues not only due to reduced oxygenation, but also due to other important changes that take place in our systems.
As we age, nutrient absorption and assimilation are reduced, which is also a major reason why tissue regeneration slows down. Combined with reduced oxygenation of our tissues and an overall slow rate of cell reproduction, we experience tissue loss in specific areas of our body. Tissue loss, in turn, affects entire organs and systems, resulting in diminished function of the lungs, digestive system, and heart, amongst others.
Tissue loss is also responsible for physical changes, like wrinkling for example, which come from cell disorganization and a decline in cell replacement.
Veins are affected differently as we age. As the years go by, the one-way valves preventing deoxygenated blood from returning to the heart don't work as well. As they become less efficient, we can see its effects as marked blue lines along our skin. These, known as varicose veins, are a common symptom of diminished function within veins' valves.
Much like the left ventricle of the heart, veins and arteries thicken as we get older. Arteries are composed mainly of smooth muscle surrounding the lumen, which is the interior of the arteries where blood flows. Veins are composed exactly the same, except they contain one-way valves to eliminate any chance of back-flow.
The thickening that occurs in our arteries is due to an accumulation of calcium and collagen around the smooth muscle cells that surround the lumen. As we age, calcium and collagen deposits become more and more prominent, reducing the carrying volume and elasticity of our arteries and causing a decline in tissue oxygenation.
Since without tissue oxygenation normal living functions don't exist, in the presence of reduced oxygenation, biological functions like cell regeneration are slowed down.
Aging affects our ability to produce new tissues not only due to reduced oxygenation, but also due to other important changes that take place in our systems.
As we age, nutrient absorption and assimilation are reduced, which is also a major reason why tissue regeneration slows down. Combined with reduced oxygenation of our tissues and an overall slow rate of cell reproduction, we experience tissue loss in specific areas of our body. Tissue loss, in turn, affects entire organs and systems, resulting in diminished function of the lungs, digestive system, and heart, amongst others.
Tissue loss is also responsible for physical changes, like wrinkling for example, which come from cell disorganization and a decline in cell replacement.
Veins are affected differently as we age. As the years go by, the one-way valves preventing deoxygenated blood from returning to the heart don't work as well. As they become less efficient, we can see its effects as marked blue lines along our skin. These, known as varicose veins, are a common symptom of diminished function within veins' valves.
