Here’s How To Give Us Our Best Chance:
1) Eat Healthy and Eat Small Amounts Often Each
Day. I
hate to put it this way but many people eat every meal as though it’s their
last….remember…there will always be another one! “Grazing” all day is better
for you than stuffing yourself all at once….especially near bedtime. When
eating dinner out, no matter how fine the restaurant, I often order only two
appetizers. Frequently they’re the best tasting morsels anyway. However,
I do allow myself a nice big meal occasionally to celebrate a special
holiday.
2) Eat less red meat or no meat at all for a couple
of weeks at a time every once in a while. It is known that vegetarians tend
to live a long time. But we do need some meat to get protein and a few of the
amino acids that our body does not produce on its own. You can get these amino
acids in some vegetable foods also…legumes for example. (As well as
supplements.) High intake of marbled meats are known to cause heart
disease.
3) Don’t put the salt shaker on the
table. If you or your family are “salt-aholics,” learn to substitute with other
seasoning like lemon, garlic and onion powder. Fast foods are full of
salt.
4) Drinking water is most important…our bodies are
made up of 60% water. Some people say all liquids can be counted in the
amount of water we need to drink each day, but for our best long range health
many of us say plain water is the best for lubricating and helping to detoxify
our bodies each day. Urine should be light in color, never let it turn dark due
to dehydration.
6) Sweat at least 3 times a week. For strong bones and a healthy
heart, work up a sweat at least 3 times a week and take extra calcium. For your
bones and heart health any kind of exercise is good as long as you sweat for 20
minutes. Many people don’t realize that with no calcium in our bodies we would
be like rubber, unable to stand up. Our body’s calcium level declines about 1%
to 3% every year if we do not supplement. It’s never too late to start taking
calcium.
7) Be in control…take charge. We often know what to do, but
don’t do it. Here we need to psyche ourselves up…remember 100 is our goal. How
nice it would be to be able to live longer and see our
great-grandchildren…right! One of our biggest hurdles is cutting down on
calories….. obese people have a shorter lifespan, and many diseases develop
because of “fat.” Remember, if we don’t have our health we don’t have
anything!
Another
major hurdle in thinking is when we believe that diseases always happen by
chance or are inherited from previous generations. Have you considered that
your bad dieting habits could be what have been passed down from one generation
to the next? There is much proof that what you put in your mouth contributes to
serious diseases OR what you put in your mouth can protect you against serious
diseases. It is up to us to take charge.
8) Avoid Excessive Exposure to the Sun. There are still so many
non-believers!. If people could only SEE what was happening UNDER the
skin, even the first time they burn from the sun, they would be convinced of
the damage.
9) Don’t Smoke Cigarettes. A pack-a-day cigarette
smoker is four times more likely to develop heart problems than a
non-smoker. But it’s never too late to quit. Five years after
stopping, ex-smokers have about the same risk of developing heart problems as
someone who has never smoked.
10. Consider the Use of Supplements. As each year passes our bodies are less likely
to assimilate food…to get the full nutritional value from what we eat.
Fast foods and over cooked foods have much less nutritional value, also. I have
always supplemented my diet with vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, and amino
acids, as well as a veggie & fruit supplement.
Driving
and drinking can certainly stand in your way of reaching your 100th birthday.
There are
several benefits of moderate use of alcohol.
The French, as you know, eat plenty of cheese and meats that are rich in
fat and cholesterol, yet they have low levels of heart disease. The French
credit this to “consuming wine.” Is it true? I’m not sure, but what is
clear is that a small amount of alcohol does benefit the good HDL cholesterol
levels as well as helping to prevent blood clotting.
12) Free Radicals. Many thousands of these toxic chemicals are
naturally produced in our body every day. Our body automatically gets rid
of them, but as you get older your body is less capable of counteracting this invasion.
Free radicals have the power to age you if you don’t counteract them.
Plant food, like green leafy vegetables, fiber, vitamins, and fruit help
fight free radicals. Fatty foods like meat (especially red meat) encourage
them.
13) Use your brain – you have heard it many times but
it is very true…USE IT OR LOSE IT…is never truer than with our brain as we grow
older. When you use (exercise) your brain, more blood flows through it,
providing more nutrients and oxygen to all its cells. If you don’t exercise
your brain, it can shrivel up just like a muscle. Learning a new game, planting
a new garden, meeting with friends, conversation, finding things to do to help
people, all help build brain cells.
14) Happy people live longer. If you are unhappy and can
figure out why, you should try to do something about it. Sometimes
there’s no quick fix, but once you recognize what is causing your unhappiness
you can zero in and work to change it. It’s your right to be happy. It’s
important to feel good about yourself, to have a sense of purpose in work, even
volunteer work, or a hobby.
15) We need good sleep. Your body repairs itself at
night while you sleep, which in turn helps slow the aging process. In
general, 7 or 8 hours is best. If you take a nap in the afternoon, that time
counts too. The bottom line is you should wake up feeling relatively refreshed.
16) Get annual medical check ups. Medical checkups provide
the opportunity to PREVENT serious problems. This is a very important aspect of
my personal health care program. You say you don’t have the time or money? It
will take plenty of time and money if you become very sick.
Besides
getting a general checkup every year the tests below can allow for an easy
cure, if the problem is caught early enough. Get them done in a timely manner
when your doctor suggests:
>COLONOSCOPY TEST. Today the equipment is so
perfected that you feel nothing and it takes little time. If you are not getting
the test because you fear embarrassment, try having colon cancer! It’s your
move. Do it.
> PAP TEST. Cervical cancer is almost 100 percent preventable
when it is caught at the pre-cancerous stage. Almost every woman who is treated
for cervical cancer in the early stage is cured. So why not work toward
prevention. Your health and life may depend on it.
>MAMMOGRAM. As we all know, a mammogram can
detect tumors even your doctor cannot feel. It is important (maybe life saving)
to identify breast tumors while they are still curable. The earlier you spot
the tumor, the better chance to live a long and healthy life.
>GET YOUR MAN TO
HAVE A PROSTATE EXAM. There are several disorders of the prostate gland,
and most of them are curable if caught early enough. Cancer of the prostate
gland is common and ranks high among the type of cancers that kill men. It is very serious and mostly
preventable. Make an appointment for him if he won’t.
SO WHERE DO I PERSONALLY STAND ON ALL THESE TESTS?
I’m
sharing my recent medicals tests results with you to demonstrate that good
health is not necessarily age related, if you take care of yourself. I’m
convinced that what I’m doing, and have done for years, has been the right
thing to do.
My latest
bone density test at age 72 showed my bone density is that of an 18 year old. I
know this sounds unbelievable—even my doctor was surprised…but it’s true. This
test was done in an MRI machine of the lower back and hip.
At age 72
my colonoscopy test showed NO POLYPS AT ALL. I have a test done every 5 years.
If you are younger your doctor may suggest every 10 years for the test.
My
dentist says my gums are as healthy as a 20 year old and to keep doing whatever
it is I’m doing…I intend to! (I believe it’s because of good diet and my water
pic.)
I have no
arthritis, aches or pains….and take no medication for it. I take no cholesterol
medication.
My weight
is the same as it has been all my adult life…120 pounds. (This does not mean
YOU should weigh 120 pounds…I have small bones) My weight is not because of my
genes either…my loving brother, 3 years younger than me, allows me to tell you
he weights 335lbs. He has all kinds of life threatening health problems I’m
sorry to say. He admits it’s his lifestyle.
My energy
is nonstop and I am still very flexible.
"So, take your own health in
hand. You are the best keeper of your health and body".
Love, Oleda
So many
people ask me what I do to "be" so youthful...I tell them it all
starts with what you feed the cells inside your body...We must keep our cells
"splitting" all our lives as they did naturally when we were younger.
Each year we become older, they split less on their own.
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