“5 Unhealthy Habits After Age 50 & How to Maintain Good Health”

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People’s health is closely related to lifestyle habits. Especially since after the age of 50, some unhealthy habits will lead to accelerated aging.

1. Exercising without warming up the body

If you want to improve your health, you need to do proper physical exercises. It is necessary to have the right frequency of movements, to pay attention to warming up the body before physical exercises, the frequency of breathing during them and stretching the body after exercises.

2. Irregular eating

Regular nutrition is very important for health, especially for the digestive system. Forming this good habit is beneficial to supplementing the human body with energy.

3. Uninterrupted use of the mobile phone

Many people read or play continuously on their mobile phones, which seriously injures the cervical spine and eyesight. Many middle-aged and elderly people have started wearing presbyopic glasses due to prolonged use of electronic devices. As such, their excessive use should be avoided.

4. Rage

Good mood and positive state of mind are extremely important for health. If you are always angry or sulky, your health will be affected. It’s good to keep calm, be upbeat and relaxed. Nothing is worth the upset, which harms health.

5. Lack of a diet

The diet is necessary for middle-aged and elderly people. You should avoid eating a lot of fatty foods that are hard to digest, cakes and strong tasting foods. Diet contributes to better health.

After the age of 50, you should pay attention to the following points to maintain your health.

1. The peak of gastric cancer usually occurs after the age of 50. The hereditary factor plays a greater role among young patients with gastric cancer, and the environmental factor is the main cause of this disease among people over 50 years old. To prevent gastric cancer, the effective measures are to reduce the influence of environmental products, to form healthy eating habits, to avoid as much as possible foods with a lot of fat and salt, pickles, and very hot dishes.

2. People over 50 are recommended to have a brain check. Alzheimer’s disease can be detected by a blood test even before symptoms appear. By the time patients have symptoms, they have already suffered from massive neuronal death and irreversible damage to neuronal fibers. In this situation, treatment can mainly help improve symptoms.

3. It is good to have an annual fundus examination which can detect the signs of many chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, Alzheimer’s and inappropriate use of medicines.

4. Many elderly people suffer from osteoporosis. The main causes of this disease are unhealthy lifestyle and aging. Dietary habits are closely related to calcium absorption. Consuming foods rich in calcium and protein, with little salt is favorable for the prevention of osteoporosis. And exposure to the sun for at least 20 minutes a day helps calcium absorption.

5. The carotid is a “window” of the coronary arteries of the whole body. Severely thickened carotid artery is usually accompanied by coronary artery disease, renal artery stenosis, or arterial stenosis in the lower limbs. Patients over 50 years of age with carotid atherosclerosis, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and smokers should have regular carotid screening.

6. From middle age, muscle mass decreases annually by 0.5-1%. The rate of muscle loss accelerates after age 50, especially in women. It is predicted that by the age of 60, the lost muscle mass will reach 30% and by the age of 80, almost half. This situation will lead to weakening of muscle power, increasing the danger of falling. That is why, with advancing age, we must ensure a nutritious and balanced diet, do regular physical exercises to maintain muscle mass.