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Lifetime Personal Health
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Early 20's Checkup
Healthy Eating: Eat lots of fruits and veggies with every meal. Include lots of lean protiens into diet to maintain energy. Always keep healthy snacks on hand like nuts, seeds, and fruit. Drink tons of water throughout the day to stay hydrated.
Physical Activity: Go on frequent jogs/runs throughout the week to stay active. Try out different types of classes with friends like yoga or cycling.
Health Care: Go to a gynocologist to have a full check up and continue on birth control. -
Early 30's Checkup
Healthy Eating: Continue to maintain a balanced diet of lean meats and lots of fruits and veggies. Drink lots of water. Include foods rich in iron, phytonutrients, and folate as you begin to juggle the real world.
Physical Activity: Walk your dog every other day and jog once or twice on the weekends. Indulge in a yoga class twice a week to prevent stress.
Preventative Health Care: Talk to your doctor about kids and pregnancy if you haven't already and get an annual checkup. -
Early 40's
Healthy Eating: Cook a bunch of healthy lunches and breakfasts at the beginning of the week as you will be very busy with kids and work. Drink a lot of water and keep healthy snacks like nuts and yogurt on hand.
Physical Activity: Walk/jog with the dog and kids a couple times a week and join a kickboxing class to get in some intense workout.
Health Care: Talk to your doctor about routine check ups and continue on birth control. -
Early 50's
Healthy Eating: Eat less sodium and more potassium like in bananas to lower blood pressure, stroke and heart attack risk. Eat lowfat yogurts and drink milk to get your daily intake of calcium. Drink more water. Stick to healthy grains, fruits, veggies, and lean protein for meals.
Physical Activity: Go for a walk most days or a hike on the weekends. Try to do some type of physical activity each day to stay healthy.
Health Care: Talk to your doctor about early signs of menopause. -
Early 60's
Healthy Eating: Eat whole grains to get enough zinc to boost immune system. Take supplements to get enough vitamin D. Drink lots of water and stick to healthy snacks like fruits, veggies, nuts, and seeds.
Physical Activity: Go on frequent walks and hikes.
Health Care: Talk to your doctor on how to prevent high blood pressure, heart disease, and cancer to stay at maximum health.
