Changes in lifestyle that can help aging process
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What changes in your current lifestyle might help you age more successfully when you become an older adult?
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This solution discusses the changes that a person can make in their lifestyle to help them age more successfully and explains how each of these changes benefits the body and the brain and will help slow the deleterious effects of the aging process and promote a more healthy life.
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Some things that a person can change to help age more successfully are:
Eating a healthy diet - Consuming an adequate amount of calories and protein is important to give the body fuel and materials for building tissue, repairing tissue, and maintaining tissue. Vitamins and minerals are also extremely important for the body to be able to function. As a person ages, the amount of calories they need decreases; however, the amount of protein they consume should increase. Because a person's lean body mass decreases with age, 10-15% of their daily diet should be protein (1).
Exercise - As we age, some modifications may have to be made for those with ...
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