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Health Chemist's Tips For Healthy Ageing

Tuesday 17 May 2016, 11:03AM

By Beckie Wright

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The fountain of youth … a magical elixir that prevents aging, illness and death. It sounds great, but for those of us with a more realistic outlook on life, we can do simple things right now to feel good and to help give our bodies their best shot at longevity and the team at Health Chemist recommend that we stay active, keep moving, walk, work in the garden, play tennis or golf and do anything that sounds fun. Not all of us will be skydiving on our 80th birthday, but regular activity keeps the circulatory and respiratory systems in better shape, burns calories, warms us up, and helps lower the risk of debilitating diseases. And its good stress therapy.

Secondly, the Health Chemist team recommend we should use our brain every day, doing mental math, crossword puzzles, jumbles, etc. to keep those neurons firing and active to help preserve healthy neural pathways. We should also eat brain foods and brain supplements known to support brain health and function, and take antioxidants to fight cellular damage to our skin, eyes and circulatory system. These nutrients have extra electrons that neutralize dangerous free radicals caused by sunlight, pollution, radiation and other things in our environment. Choosing colourful fruits and vegetables, including leafy greens like spinach, purple and red fruits, orange and yellow veggies, tomatoes and dark chocolate is a great idea too.

We should drink plenty of water as proper hydration keeps blood and waste moving and helps the kidneys flush toxins and waste out of the body, and take naps on a regular basis. Fish is great, providing important essential fatty acids, including Omega 3s and 6s, that are often lacking in our diets. These EFAs support circulation, heart health, brain health, blood pressure and more. Also cutting back on calorie consumption by 20–25% is enough to increase our lifespan markedly. Instead of filling our stomach, we should fill our time with learning, moving and socializing. Adding uncooked nuts and seeds to our diet adds important trace minerals like selenium and the essential amino acid tryptophan. The former helps quench free radicals and eliminate heavy metals, and the latter helps with both mood and sleep, and cooking with herbs like rosemary, sage and turmeric can help improve mood and memory.

Being overweight puts us at risk for heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and other unwelcome conditions so we should stay active and eat smart to keep our weight in check and disease at bay, and to invest in a healthy future by getting a physical once a year, and stay on top of our recommended health screenings.

Health Chemist recommend their Nature’s Sunshine Products such as Curcumin BP 60 Caps (Turmeric), Defense Maintenance 120 Caps and Super Supplemental 120 Tabs.

For more information please go to http://www.healthchemist.co.nz.