Its Never Too Late for Exercise!
Great news if you are 65 or older and have not had the healthiest lifestyle thus far! You can beat and prevent illness through proper diet and exercise, says a new study.
Physicians and scientists found that adults, 65 and older, can have significant health improvements by making a few simple lifestyle changes, said the study published in Its Never Too Late for Exercise! the November issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The researchers found that risk could be reduced for many diseases-including obesity, cancer, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. Richard S. Rivlin, professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College analyzed how the elderly can ward off risks to their health late in life by improving body composition by lowering fat and boosting muscle mass.
“When measures to combat chronic disease are started in one’s 60s and 70s, there are still definite benefits,” says Rivlin. “But older adults must realize that there is no quick fix. They must change their lifestyles.”
The researchers also found that lowering high blood pressure or hypertension - a major risk for cardiovascular disease - through improved diet and exercise had more dramatic health benefits for the elderly than for any other age group.
Control of hypertension could potentially prevent one-fifth of coronary heart disease cases in men, and 30 percent in women!
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The information is interesting, but I think the hardest thing will be to change 65 years of habits and behavior. I’m 30 and fight to maintain a healthy diet and exercise regularly.