How to Avoid Body Aches and Pains in Elderly in 7 Easy Steps

I’ve been noticing my body’s growing inclination to slow down, how it’s starting to get tougher to get off the couch, how it takes longer to heal, how I groan a little more when getting out of bed in the morning. I see a trend for the next 60 years.

And, I’ve been playing with it and experimenting with how to avoid all that. You too can avoid body aches and pains in elderly by following these 7 Easy Steps.

Drink more water. Human body are considered as one big sponge. If you don’t drink enough water, you become a dry crunchy sponge. Something like 70% of residents in the U.S. are chronically dehydrated. This means that the immune system doesn’t work as well as it could. The digestive system, the nervous system, EVERY system in the body doesn’t run as well as it should if you don’t drink enough water.

Eat lots more protein and less processed foods.You know that statistic that after the age of 35 humans lose a pound of muscle mass per year? This is purely a function of not eating enough protein. And I bet your brain just said I do eat enough protein. No, you don’t. Eat more. Good sources of protein are red meat, fish, chicken, cottage cheese, (NOT milk). If you use a protein supplement, make sure it’s protein -isolate-, not protein -concentrate-. You should also eat based on recommended daily protein intake on your age.

Exercise regularly. Movement is life. The more you move, the more different ways you move, the better. Exercise for elderly keeps you mobile, limber, and strong. Muscle mass has a strong correlate to the immune system and aging. The more muscle you have when you are getting older, the stronger your immune system when aging.

More good fat, like fish oil and coconut oil.Good fat is your friend. Coconut oil bypasses the normal fat metabolism system of the liver and is immediately available as fuel. It is also anti-bacterial, and doesn’t go rancid.
Omega 3 fatty acids are anti-inflammatory and absolutely essential for the proper function of the nervous system. It’s tougher to develop nerve disease if you get enough good fats into your body.
Oh, and you have my permission to eat real (organic and raw) butter. It is not bad for you, although the commercials say otherwise.

Reduce glucose and food that contained sugar and high carbohydrate. You know that as we are aging, we need to maintain blood sugar level. In this situation, our body metabolism is working hard to digest food and supply energy to body. In the process, energy (in the form of blood sugar level) is released. Converting this back and forth should be smooth and without interruption, but aging makes the process quite complicated. Even though aging and diabetes is not directly related but it is estimated 1 in 5 people over 65 years are diabetic.

More fiber in your food.There will be no wine before its time.
Fiber is necessary for -so- many aspects of optimal health; including digestion, waste and toxin excretion, and keeping blood sugar get absorbed at a slower rate which is great for keeping blood sugar levels stable and under control.

Vitamin D. This may not be an issue if you get out in the sun in Arizona much of the day, but most everybody in the U.S. is deficient. Yes, really. Vitamin D (which is really a hormone) is turning out to be an incredibly important nutrient for health and feeling good. One symptom of Vitamin D deficiency is random body aches and pains in elderly, (and heart disease).

Aging doesn’t mean that you have to end up looking like -that- guy.

As we age, we can all agree that we slow down to some degree: loosing muscles and immune system and aging. But that whole thing around getting weaker and breaking down doesn’t have to happen like it does. Of course there is a point at which we get old, and a point at which we die. But we can be WAY more healthy and vibrant that most elderly Americans are. Heck, look around at middle aged people…

We really can be strong, vital, healthy, vibrant 90 year olds. But we need to make sure we get enough of the above 6 steps. If we do, we won’t lose muscle mass so we’ll be stronger and more able and willing to be active. We will hurt less, so we will be more able and willing to be active. We will get sick less, and get less disease, so we will be more able and willing to be active. Our bodies will work better. Just like the better care you take of your car, the more you keep it’s oil clean and keep it running well, it can run well long after being considered an antique.©