Protecting Your Health As You Age

 

As we grow older protecting your health becomes more of a concern and it is not a good idea to depend solely on conventional medicine or the hope that your genetic background will protect you from most of the ravages of old age according to Dr. John Briffa in his book Food for Health. In it he warns that conventional medicine accounts for only 10 percent of overall health while genetics accounts for only another 20 percent. While lifestyle, including what we eat and physical activity accounts for a whopping 50 percent.

This is because the human body is continually renewing itself . Each day cells and tissues in our body are wearing out to be replaced by new tissues and biochemical processes. According to nutritionists such as Dr. Briffa some 98 percent of our bodies are replaced this way each year.

With this in mind it becomes crystal clear that proper exercise and especially a good diet are going to play huge roles in our health as we grow older and there are things we should keep in mind when selecting Some of the things that we should keep in mind in order to protect our health include:

 

• Eating for Energy
  
• Eating for a Healthy Heart
  
• Eating for Digestive Health
  
• Eating for Weight Control
  
• Eating for Immune Health
  

 

These are some of the pointers he includes in his book which is very well illustrated and easy to understand.

The are all things that top Olympian athletes do and we should be following their example if we really want to enjoy our "golden years".