Taking care of our health starts when we are young, however, it is until we are older adults when we worry about this such an important stage of human life, expert points out
Health is an issue that, being young, the population does not take into account and it is not until they become older adults that they begin to worry about the changes that the body undergoes; However, the physical and mental state must be a responsibility to address from youth, which is when the chances of suffering from chronic-degenerative diseases that will appear in old age could be prevented or reduced.
Cancer, senile dementia, Alzheimer's, diabetes, are just some of those conditions. However, according to Dr. Beatriz Corona-Figueroa, Professor-Researcher at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara (UAG), older adults can have successful aging if they start taking care of themselves from an early age, after youth, in the middle stage. of life which can be from 40 to 60 years.
Age does matter
He mentioned this in the conference “10 Keys to Successful and Healthy Aging”which he taught to students of the Specialty in Psychodiagnosis and Child Intervention.
“Aging is a process inherent to the human life cycle, it is determined by factors: genetic, cultural and psychosocial. “It is a dynamic process that the entire society and individual experiences in different ways,” he said.
Degeneration occurs at all levels of the body: bones, blood, organs, brain, which causes adults to have a greater chance of getting sick.
The keys
Dr. Corona Figueroa commented that the University of Pittsburgh, through research, developed “The 10 Keys to Healthy Aging,” which present health care recommendations starting in middle age in the following points to follow:
- Maintain social communication.
- Cancer Monitoring.
- Give up smoking.
- Regulation of blood glucose levels.
- Stay physically active.
- Maintain low levels of systolic pressure (refers to the pressure of blood in the artery when the heart contracts).
- Keep bones and joints healthy.
- Fight depression.
- Reduce LDL cholesterol levels.
- Immunizations.
The decalogue recommends that older people take care of themselves and have more human relationships. Study, read, cultivate your mind, entertain yourself with art, physical activities within your reach and have periodic exams, be attentive to your moods and go to the doctor regularly. These actions help keep the mind and bodies healthy.
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