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Healthy Eating
Smoking, Alcohol and drugs are a NO. (Alcohol to be consumed with extreme moderation) Include proteins, calcium, and healthy fats in your regular diet. Exercise Regularly and Get Enough Sleep to help maintain good health. -
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Problems you can Prevent
Be wary of skin when going out in the sun.
Use Sunscreen to protect yourself
Avoid Tanning Salons Practice Good Hygiene
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Exercise
It is important to exercise to maintain healthy body tissues and maintain a healthy mental status. Getting sleep also helps maintain a healthy mental status. -
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Eat Healthy
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Healthy Foods
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Avoid Tanning Salons
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Swim Laps to get Exercise
This is one method of maintaining a healthy body -
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Healthy Eating
This is the same as the twenties. It is important to maintain a healthy diet. Eat lots of vegetables and fruits. Avoid processed foods and fast foods. Avoid smoking and drugs. Quitting Smoking can be one of the most beneficial things you can do. -
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Problems you can Prevent
Quitting smoking, monitoring blood pressure, measuring your BMI, and reducing stress are all ways you can prevent health problems. Reducing stress helps to maintain your health. Use common sense to prevent accidents and injuries at home. -
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Exercise
Get between 30-60 minutes every day. Do Aerobic exercises such as jogging, dancing, biking or swimming. Get enough sleep. You need 6-8 hours to function properly, so make that time. -
Monitor Health
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Prevent Accidents
Use common sense and make sure that you smoke detectors are up to date and working to prevent fire in your home. -
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Concerns in Your 40's
Reproductive Health
Arthritis
Skin Problems
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Health Recommendations
Yearly Check ups
Screening for chronic conditions
Hormone Deficiency -
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Health Concerns Continued
High blood pressure (hypertension)
High cholesterol, triglycerides and homocysteine levels
Menopause (average age of menopause in women in the U.S. is 51; may cause hot f lashes, weight gain,
vaginal dryness and f emale sexual dysf unction and increase the risk f or heart disease, bone loss and
other health problems)
Osteoporosis
Overactive bladder
Prostate issues (benign prostatic hyperplasia [BPH, enlarged prostate])
Skin problems (adult acne, sun damage, age spots, wrinkles, dry skin) -
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Concerns in your 50's
Abnormal blood sugar levels (insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, type 2
diabetes)
Anxiety
Cancer (breast cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, skin cancer)
Changes in vision
Chronic pain (arthritis, tendonitis, bursitis, back pain)
Depression
Digestive issues
Erectile dysf unction (ED)
Hair loss in men and women (thinning hair, male pattern baldness)
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Concerns in your 60's
heart disease (atherosclerosis, heart
attack, stroke), arthritis, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis (bone loss), some cancers, benign prostatic
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Recommendations
Bone density test—at age 60 or 65, as recommended Colonoscopy—every 10 years beginning at age 50 or as recommended
Dental exam—every 6 months or as recommended Eye exam (the risk f or glaucoma, cataracts and age-related macular degeneration increase with Fasting blood glucose test—at least every 3 years or as recommended
Hepatitis vaccines—as recommended by your health care provider
Pap test (in women)—every 3 to 5 years or as recommended, at least until age 65
