| Antiaging health advice usually includes lots of | | | | foods containing lots of sauces and flavorings - we've |
| encouragement to eat a healthy diet and engage in a | | | | forgotten what whole foods really taste like. Try |
| regular exercise program. The standard description of | | | | vegetables by themselves, raw and cooked, and |
| a good diet advises lots of vegetables and fruit, high | | | | discover how each tastes - you may be pleasantly |
| fiber, low fat, low sodium - whole foods when possible. | | | | surprised at the range of natural flavors. If obtaining |
| regular exercise means about 30 minutes of physical | | | | fresh vegetables is a problem, stock up on the ones |
| activity preferably five days a week. A healthy lifestyle | | | | that keep relatively well, like root vegetables, and buy |
| also includes a good multivitamin and, of course, no | | | | other vegetables frozen. Introduce whole grains slowly |
| smoking. | | | | too - these too have distinct natural flavors that you |
| This standard antiaging health regimen sounds simple | | | | will probably come to love. |
| but for many seniors, it's not so easy. it often seems | | | | For exercise, think about what you like to do. Perhaps |
| that the healthy foods are also the most expensive, | | | | you'd enjoy walking with your dog, or someone else's. |
| and good fresh fruits and vegetables may not be | | | | There might be a park nearby where you can take |
| available close to home. Similarly, it costs a lot to join a | | | | the dog to play. If walking outside isn't possible, you |
| gym and even if you do join, you may have to travel | | | | could use a treadmill while you watch the evening |
| some distance to get there. If you don't drive, this | | | | news. Is there a swimming pool nearby? Most |
| entails additional expense. You can walk for exercise | | | | community pools offer exercise classes or free swims |
| of course, but 21st century communities seem built for | | | | - even swimming lessons! If your neighborhood is not |
| cars, with few sidewalks and hazardous crosswalks. | | | | too hilly, you might ride a bicycle (or even a stationary |
| Furthermore, if you haven't been living an antiaging | | | | one inside). Gardening is good exercise too, or you can |
| health lifestyle up until now, switching to one late in life | | | | spruce up your house with vacuuming and dusting - it |
| can seem very strange and disorienting. The food | | | | all counts toward the antiaging health routine. |
| may seem disappointing at first, and the motivation to | | | | Whatever changes you make in your lifestyle, make |
| get up and go out for that half hour of exercise can | | | | them slowly and take the time to appreciate the |
| be difficult to summon. Quitting smoking is notoriously | | | | incremental improvements in your health. Some things |
| difficult and requires real committment. Swallowing that | | | | will take time, but over the long term, you'll feel better |
| multivitamin is the easiest part of the new routine. | | | | and enjoy life more. Start with the multivitamin, but don't |
| By all means, take the multivitamin for antiaging health | | | | stop there. Before you know it, your antiaging health |
| and go on from there. Introduce new foods slowly. | | | | routine will seem like the way you were always meant |
| Many of us are used to fatty foods, salty foods, and | | | | to live. |