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If You Are in Your Mid-50s or Older, What Health Advice Would You Have for Someone in Their 20s or 30s?
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At 75, and still quite healthy, I would say:
Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.
Move more, eat less, no fast food.
Forget fruit juice, eat the fruit.
Breathe fresh air, no smoke, dust, ash.
Give yourself time to really enjoy the world you live in and move through.
Be content with who you are; you're good enough.
Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.
Move more, eat less, no fast food.
Forget fruit juice, eat the fruit.
Breathe fresh air, no smoke, dust, ash.
Give yourself time to really enjoy the world you live in and move through.
Be content with who you are; you're good enough.
I'll echo a lot of what others have posted. I have some to add. First if at all possible have a few good friends (including your significant other if possible). Having good relationships has been proven to help one's health.
Second, pay attention to drug side-effects and interactions. Doctors don't pay attention to those. Pharmacists mostly don't bother checking what you're taking against what is prescribed. I use drugs.com and enter in all prescribed and OTC drugs. I found, for example, that ginseng interacts with some prescriptions so I stopped taking it. I also found that lasix was causing side-effects and stopped it. My wife was prescribed a drug that was causing her problems.
Third, a balanced attitude toward symptoms and conditions is really helpful. My wife has me go along to medical appointments and I look up symptoms and possible causes not to diagnose myself but to ask doctors questions.
For example, I had a couple of CT scan findings using the words "suggestive" and "possible" which of course means the doctor reading the CT scan was not sure what's going on. Since the doctor I was seeing did not mention them, I asked him. His answer was that people of my age often have those conditions but his advice was the obvious to take care of my health in all the usual ways because if they are real conditions that's what advice he would have given me anyway. But that might have been something he overlooked.
Second, pay attention to drug side-effects and interactions. Doctors don't pay attention to those. Pharmacists mostly don't bother checking what you're taking against what is prescribed. I use drugs.com and enter in all prescribed and OTC drugs. I found, for example, that ginseng interacts with some prescriptions so I stopped taking it. I also found that lasix was causing side-effects and stopped it. My wife was prescribed a drug that was causing her problems.
Third, a balanced attitude toward symptoms and conditions is really helpful. My wife has me go along to medical appointments and I look up symptoms and possible causes not to diagnose myself but to ask doctors questions.
For example, I had a couple of CT scan findings using the words "suggestive" and "possible" which of course means the doctor reading the CT scan was not sure what's going on. Since the doctor I was seeing did not mention them, I asked him. His answer was that people of my age often have those conditions but his advice was the obvious to take care of my health in all the usual ways because if they are real conditions that's what advice he would have given me anyway. But that might have been something he overlooked.
I love these! I appreciate the rest of the advice in the thread, too. Thanks to everyone who has posted so far!
What if breathing clean air is not an option, though (due to living in a highly polluted city with a high air-quality index value)?
Also, don't try to open beer bottles with your teeth. You can only get away with that a couple of times.
I almost winced reading that.
VoidCat
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Im only 21 but i figured id point out how much food you eat should depend on the individual and their circumstances in regards to health. Due to my genetics, the fact im currently going through puberty a second time, how much i exercise, and how high my metabolism is I have to eat a lot. Even before starting T I'd eat more then twice most folk and I wouldn't gain an ounce. I also was slightly underweight, what little weight I had was mostly muscle. For some eating less is good advice but for others like me eating less would possibly be determintal. My circumstances means i need the extra calories to get through the day.
Well, I didn't mention "obey your doctor" because a lot of people in the world don't have a doctor ready-to-hand. However, if you know you have higher caloric needs than others, nothing wrong with getting those calories. But the advice remains: "not too much" meaning "not more than you need." And mostly plants also remains good advice --grains, pulses, legumes, fruit and vegetables.
That's a problem for many, sadly. You have to breathe the air available, don't you? That is one reason so many "eco-warriors" are trying to clean up our planet -- including the air we breathe. The fewer carbon-powered vehicles there are driving, floating and flying around our planet, the cleaner the air will be. The more we curtail carbon emissions in our factories and homes, the better.
I don't know where you live, but looking at the linked chart, you can see that much of the first-world countries (an antiquated nomeclature) are actually doing quite well. My city, Toronto (the fourth largest in North America) has a very good AQI.
World Air Quality Index (AQI) Ranking | IQAir
Keep track of the most polluted cities in the world with our air quality index (AQI) ranking.
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Secret to a happy, healthy life.
Find a man who is kind and loving.
Find a man who exciting and bold.
Find a man who is wonderful in bed.
The secret to a happy, healthy life.
It is important that these 3 men don't meet.
Find a man who is kind and loving.
Find a man who exciting and bold.
Find a man who is wonderful in bed.
The secret to a happy, healthy life.
It is important that these 3 men don't meet.
VoidCat
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But but...what if i want to start a polycule so me and these 3 men could play DnD together?/j
It soon becomes an unhappy life
Dao Hao Now
Active Member
You seem to acknowledge that heredity plays an important role in health and longevity.
This is insightful, since it may well be the dominant factor.
So the question is how to best play the hand you’re dealt?……
There is no need to “replace professional advice”, but simply follow it.
That professional advice being:
• Eat a balanced diet. (and not to excess)
• Avoid over indulgence of substances such as
alcohol, salt, sugars, trans and saturated fats,
caffeine, etc.
• Exercise regularly
• Don’t smoke
• Avoid prolonged UV exposure
• Avoid stress
You know the usual boring stuff.
On a personal anecdotal note….
The “exercise regularly” advise should be emphasized.
Of the above recipe of do’s and don’ts, the one that becomes more problematic as you age tends to be the “exercise regularly” part.
All the rest have their challenges to be sure, but aren’t nearly as effected by aging.
As you age, endurance and strength become more difficult to maintain and even more difficult to recover should you allow it to slip.
For example;
I worked a physically demanding job for years and taught/led classes in kung fu for many years and maintained excellent heath.
I retired mid 2019 and in Sept. did the
Camino de Santiago walking from France across Spain some 600+ miles (1000ish km)…
no problem.
Then Covid hit, I was no longer working, kung fu closed up, my mother’s health deteriorated (luckily not covid) and I have been her caretaker for going on 4 years now.
This resulted in my exercise being seriously curtailed.
For my 62nd birthday, my daughter and I did a rim to rim hike of the Grand Canyon (which I had done a few times before), followed a month later by a backpacking trip to Havasupai Falls.
(If that’s your cup of tea and you have availability, I can highly recommend them both!)
Having slacked on exercise for an extended period of time, the weight gain and being out of shape that resulted, made those trips a struggle and the recovery time far longer than on any previous outings.
It’s human nature to seek comfort, even more so as we age.
My advice would be to not become complacent and prioritize remaining active even more as you age.
You have surely heard the adage
“use it or loose it”?
It becomes more apropos as time marches on!
I’m not sure how old you are, but if you are in the 20-30 range as indicated in the OP, you may have never heard this…..
It’s the first thing that popped into my head when I read your post.
It was very popular around the turn of the century……
Enjoy!
VoidCat
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Darn. Now how am i going to find folk to play DnD with if not in a polycule?/lighthearted
exchemist
Veteran Member
Don't smoke, drink alcohol in moderation, making sure you have 2-3 days a week when you don't consume it, so that your liver gets a rest and it doesn't become a daily routine to drink, eat a diet with plenty of fruit and veg in it and do some form of cardio exercise 2-3 times per week, cycling, swimming etc. Even if you feel tired at the end of the day, some physical exercise will take your mind somewhere else, which is good, and give you a sense of wellbeing. And cultivate a hobby, something besides work which you find fulfilling, ideally something that involves a bit of socialising with different people from those you work with.
Mens sana in corpore sano.
Dao Hao Now
Active Member
K, now I have to get a towel to clean up my
spit-take and blow my nose…..Thanks!
Which makes me want to add to my previous advice……
Maintain a sense of humor, it’s vital to ones mental health.
You seem to be doing just fine @ChristineM !
I echo the recommendation for regular cardiovascular exercise. I've crossed into my 60's and am still at my college weight, require no prescription medications, and am in overall good health. Primarily a runner, but biked and swam as well till my 50's when I had to give it up because my connective tissues could no longer recover from that level of activity. Just bad luck there on the genetic lottery. Now I can hike up and down hills and stairs without much problem, just can't run or or other high intensity activity for long periods.
Although my activity was intense up until my 50's, workouts were only an hour to an hour and a half max. No marathons, etc.
I do not drink that much alcohol, about 2 drinks 5 times a month. No drugs. I also avoid over-the-counter medications like cold medicine and allergy medicine.
Of course, five years from now I could go into a rapid decline, there is no guarantee that all that exercise will get me to the age of 100. But compared to my contemporaries who are all taking some medication or multiple medications, I think I'm doing pretty well.
Although my activity was intense up until my 50's, workouts were only an hour to an hour and a half max. No marathons, etc.
I do not drink that much alcohol, about 2 drinks 5 times a month. No drugs. I also avoid over-the-counter medications like cold medicine and allergy medicine.
Of course, five years from now I could go into a rapid decline, there is no guarantee that all that exercise will get me to the age of 100. But compared to my contemporaries who are all taking some medication or multiple medications, I think I'm doing pretty well.
Altfish
Veteran Member
Burping isn't good for youLager doesn't mean it's gassy, But what does gassy have to do with good health?
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Huh? It's just a natural means of getting rid of excess gas. Nothing bad about it.
"Though it may be unpleasant for you and those around you, burping is a completely natural way to get rid of air swallowed during eating and drinking. It’s also known as belching or eructation."
- How to Stop Burping: 8 tips and Prevention