A number of global changes occur in the human nervous system with age. These changes affect the Autonomic Nervous System as well as other parts of the nervous system. The weight and volume of the nervous system reaches a maximum at puberty and later begins a progressive decline beginning in middle age. Some areas are relatively spared, such as the parietal lobes and brain stem. In the peripheral nerves, there is a loss in fiber number and a loss of myelination. The number of neurons is reduced with age, although the extent of loss has been difficult to assess in human. (more…)

Adopted by the federal, state and local laws, there are more and more effort is put to protect elderly consumers. A legislation which protects older adults consumers over unfair and deceptive acts, practices statutes, home call sales activity, the integrity of competition law, the truth in Lending Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. (more…)

Of all parts of the body, the foot seems to be the most common site for chronic and irritating disorders. Corns, bunions, painful joints, nail abnormalities, and other minor problems abound, par¬ticularly in later years. Many of the difficulties are related to poor care of the feet and thus can be minimized. The nail should be trimmed with nearly square corners and not too close, and this should be done at regular intervals. Minor infections should be treated immediately, especially in persons with diabetes or poor circulation where the consequences can be serious. (more…)

Some years ago an experiment was made on young college students to test the effects of inactivity. Each student was immobilized in a body cast for a period of several weeks, and measurements were made of various body functions before and afterwards. It was found that the enforced inactivity resulted in deteriorated function of many body parts. (more…)

As we grow older, our dietary habits seem to become more deeply entrenched. As a consequence, deficiencies in the diet are perpetuated and can eventually cause trouble. Most people get enough carbohydrate (sugars and starches) and fat in their meals but protein is often inadequate. Meat and fish are the most important sources of protein, but dairy products and vegetables such as beans are also good sources. (more…)

Aging is not only about old age. This is an ongoing process which will define the stages of biological, psychological and social conditions in human lives. Aging has limit for averages human life expectancy rate. For centuries, many have tried modern science to delay human life expectancy rate so much from this frightening condition of man. There are millions of websites on the internet providing information on aging and more than half a million consultations related searches information on how to alter averages human life expectancy rate. (more…)

There are differences on what exactly contribute to quality of life on a personal level from person to person. Although many older people in good health condition have the increase of physical problems that affect them and their businesses. Although these disorders are more common with age, including Alzheimer, dementia, arthritis, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, depression, kidneys problem; lung disease, cancer and men’s prostate disease. (more…)

An international consensus statement on physical activity, fitness and health (Bouchard et al 1994) identifies six areas affected by physical exercise: body shape, bone strength, muscle strength, flexibility skeleton, physical fitness and motor fitness of metabolism. Other areas benefit from physical activity is cognitive function, mental health and adaptation to society. Exercise was defined as a regular activity that follows a specific pattern, and whose purpose is to achieve desirable results in terms of fitness, as a better general health or physical functioning. (more…)

There are new strategies to address the 3 critical factors for body health: blood sugar, insulin and inflammation. These formula guarantees that we will not get obese and be lean for life. Inflammation and obesity has relation that can be describing when we eat foods, it immediately causes high of blood sugar to drop, but then again it creates higher levels of the hormone insulin, which causes inflammation. (more…)

Green Food is a popular term used to describe young cereal grasses such as barley grass, wheat, rye and oats, before the grass is changed to grain. Cereal grasses have long been cultivated for their energy-dense granules, but change the profile of green cereal plants as they grow up fast. Chlorophyll, protein and vitamins in cereal grasses declines sharply and the amount of cellulose (indigestible fiber) increases. (more…)