Sunday, December 15, 2024
ARTICLE - ABOUT AGING, OPINIONS OF THE CDC AND ME
Basically, th U.S. population is undergoing a quiet revolution, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They predict that by 2030, the U. S. population aged 65 and older will reach about 71 million. This is roughly double the present number.
As those of us who are already classified as seniors know, the CDC recognizes the increasing health and financial burdens which begin to accrue with age. Also, there is a diminished quality of life and risk of disease and/or long-term illness.
However, as I have often pointed out in this blog and in other articles, many of which have been published on other websites, and on my website at nodiet4me.com, not all of the negative expectations, which are real, need be as negative as most people assume.
Again, the CDC and I are in agreement, they based on research and me based on my own life experiences.
A great amount of the very real illness, disability, and death which go hand-in-hand with the normal progress of aging can be controlled, at least to some extent, and, in some cases, be reversed. The most common steps towards healthy aging do not require extreme measures or esoteric potions or nostrums.
The CDC and I agree that some of the best steps to take include regular exercise, proper nutrition, avoiding dangerous habits such as tobacco use, proper sleep and rest, and regular medical checkups.
There are a lot of things about aging that make life hard, but we don't have to make life harder to effectively administer our own personally designed anti-aging program.
Labels: aging, CDC, donovan baldwin
Thursday, May 05, 2022
POEM: I LEFT MY HOUSE
I left my house and walked to the shore,
The white sand laced with seaweed,
And dotted with shells.
Hands in pockets and wind roaring in my ears,
I walked beside the talking water,
Rolling in and rolling out
Talking to me of faraway lands.
I was a boy and only knew of distant places
From books I had read, or from lessons
Taught at school.
Being a boy, all was jumbled up in my head
Treasure Island side by side with
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Sants and sinners lived "out there"
Somewhere across that water,
And, despite the efforts of the nuns,
I liked the sinners better,
I thought.
Still do, sometimes.
Out in the bay a sometimes ship
Went by, going somewhere...out there,
and, on weekends, I could see
The white sails of pleasure craft as people enjoyed
A happy life I could only dream of.
Then, one day, I left my house.
I went out there
And met some sinners and some saints
And still like the sinners better,
Generally.
While I was gone
My father left this world,
My mother left the house,
And I lost track of who I was.
Then, one day I came back.
The house was there, but, not my house.
And, I realized with sadness,
I had left my house for the last time.
9/30/2016
Labels: aging, death, home, house, life, poem, poem by Donovan Baldwin, poetry
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Healthy Aging Should Include Quality of Life
The quality of your healthy aging strategy is part of the quality of your life.
From the day we are born, we begin to age.
In our younger years, we don’t think about the later years that are to come in our life. We all live in a very fast paced world today and it causes a lot of stress in our lives. As time goes on, this stress will increasingly affect us.
Everyone, whether young or old, needs to take care of their body and mind.
Taking care of ourselves day to day helps keep us thinking, moving and preventing major illnesses such as cancer and many other diseases and conditions. We all must work at keeping ourselves healthy and there is no better time than right now...no matter your present age.
However, the younger you start taking care of yourself, the better results you will attain over your lifetime. By starting early you are catching, and preventing, things before they have time to progress.
Right now, you can start of by eating healthy.
Keep an eye on that diet and make sure you are not overeating, but eat enough to get the vitamins and other nutrients you need for health.
Taking a good multivitamin is an excellent way to start adding necessary nutrients you don’t get in your food without eating more food.
Many believe that food today doesn’t always have the amount of vitamins like it used 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 is believed to decrease the natural vitamins that you need which would normally be found in food. Even something as simple as water may have chemicals in it too. This, by the way, is one reason why your water needs to be tested at least once a year especially if you have well water.
Many, by the way, try to protect their health by arranging to provide clean water at home through the use of a water filter.
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 another step which may take away some of the vitamins as well while adding "unnatural" chemicals and compounds to the food we eat.
Try to eat as much organic or homegrown food as you can and avoid processed foods where possible. Fresh, homegrown food is the best, since you get natural vitamins without all the additives used in commercial farming and food processing systems.
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 mind 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.
A regular exercise program 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 it during the younger years.
A person who learns and enjoys exercising on a daily basis will keep during it, as they grow older as well.
Exercising will help the older person to keep those bones more flexible so they don’t get stiff and weak. The heart gets benefit from exercising too. Exercise will cause the heart to produce naturally, by working it harder to keep it highly flavored. 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 later in years to make your life healthier and more contented.
Labels: aging, exercise, healthy aging, healthy eating, quality of life
