Healthy Aging

I am going to pound on my table until you get how cool it is. Mental wellness looks to be the horde of well meaning professional types gathering on the horizon and preparing to descend on boomers to protect them from getting older. To really make you understand what it is all about, a brief story is in order.

Those who did not exercise had a significant drop in mental emotional wellness and brain function as opposed to those who maintained an active lifestyle. I may be tragically wrong about this. Many patients fear this most common form of dementia, and with good reason.

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As we become more knowledgeable about the mechanisms of action of botanical substances and exploit their properties by using them in functional foods or supplements, the division between food ingredients and drugs is increasingly blurred. However, L-Arginine is not the only nutraceutical out there. Take it for what it’s worth to you. That gets my goat and this was kind of a shotgun wedding between antioxidants and vitamins. People actually turn to experts when this happens. I personally think you can have a mixture of both it and antioxidants coffee and the question is where? I really don’t know.

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I don’t want this to be lost on you, but here are some incredible ideas about mental health & wellness for healthy aging.

Diet is the perfect place to start with changes for healthy senior years. A handful of studies show that your eating habits in middle age can have an effect on your Alzheimer’s risk. Poly and mono saturated fats are best. As your mother used to say, ‘eat your vegetables’. Do as she says and also add fresh fruit to your diet if it is not a part of it already., Stop the fast food routine now and eat only vitamin rich foods. A study also found that the risk of developing dementia is raised by 50 percent if you don’t eat fish or take fish oil. B vitamin is associated with cognitive function.

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