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Health in My 20s
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Staying Healthy and Young
It is important to eat a healthy diet to reduce risk for chronic health problems later in life. As for your whole life 20 is not a good time to start smoking, drinking and driving, or drive without a seat belt. Bone mass peaks in your 20s so build bone with exercise of 30 minutes a day. You should always protect your skin from UV rays so that includes wearing sunblock and avoiding indoor tanning. Start finding health care providers you can see regularly. Avoid loud concerts to keep your hearing. -
Routine Health Care
You should begin to see your own medical specialist during this time in order to make sure you are in working order. This includes a doctor exam every 2 years, dental every 6 months, and any other exams your doctor may prescribe based on your family medical history. Since this will be the first time completely on your own there is a lot of stress of finding housing and getting a new job. It is important to keep this in check by reducing stress in your life by reducing you needs or find a hobby. -
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Health in My 30s
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Preventing Health Problems
It is important to get the recommended amount of 6-8 hours of sleep per day to make sure you don't get sleep deprivation and be as healthy as you can. You should also not smoke due to increase chances of diseases. Drink in moderation so no more than 2 drinks a day. This time period can be stressful with jobs and kid so it's important to reduce your stress and spend time with yourself. Make sure to stay up to date on any tests or screening procedures your doctor may have to detect diseases early. -
Maintain A Healthy Weight
In your 30s your metabolism begins to slow down making loosing weight a lot more difficult. Being over weight can cause to chronic medical conditions. This is why it is important to maintain a healthy diet and exercise regularly. You should be reducing the amount of salt in your diet by the time you reach 30 and increase healthy green foods. You should also be getting 30-60 minutes of exercise everyday to have the best life style. -
Prevent Accidental Injuries
This applies to almost every part of a life but since around 30 in when most people end up with a house, car and job it land here. You should always stay up to date on house maintenance like checking smoke detectors. You should also practice car safety by not drinking and driving and wearing a seat belt. Don't cram everything you have to do around the house into one weekend but instead break it up over the week to prevent overuse injuries. -
Special Health Concerns
Since most people are in some form of long term relationship by the time they are 30 it is important to make sure your reproductive organs are in tip top shape in order to start a family. Since there is a lot of stress involved with jobs and families it is important to maintain your mental health. When we turn 30 our body start converting muscle to fat so it is important to keep hitting the gym. You should also continue with regular eye, ear, teeth and cholesterol screening as recommended. -
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Health in My 40s
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Common Health Problems
Try to prevent disease like arthritis or back pains by giving yourself a rest every once and a while. A good way of managing stress and keeping your body healthy is buy exercising at least 30 minutes a day. Keep a close eye on your blood pressure and cholesterol to make sure you are not at a greater risk for a heart attack or stroke. Bones being to decline in mass in your 40s so it is important to weight training and eat healthy to prevent the development of osteoporosis. -
Even More Health Risks
During your 40s it is normal for your eyes and ears to start to go so it is important to get screened and get glasses if needed. On top of the normal medical and dental exams it is important to start monitoring other factors like you blood pressure, cholesterol, skin and diabetes with screenings every couple of years. This is also the time when you need to start being screened for cancer regularly so this may include prostate, testicular, breast or skins cancer in order to catch it early on. -
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Health in My 50s
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Healthy Lifestyle
This is the most important time to keep a healthy diet and keep exercising because of the slowing metabolism. This is why it is very important to keep exercising 30-60 minutes a day and keep up with your require vitamins and minerals. To do this it's very common for people to take vitamin supplements. It is not to late either to quit your bad smoking habit with the help of programs. You should also try to reduce the amount of stress in your life because this may cause you tro age more rapidly. -
Increased Health Concerns
When you get older you being to lose things like your hair, eyes, ears and ability to get an erection so it's important for you to talk to your doctor and get treatment. Older people are also at higher risk for diseases like cancer, diabetes, depression, chronic pain and skin problems so that's why it's important to be routinely screened by a professional. Starting around this time doctors may begin to start recommend more exams which are important to do to make sure you keep a healthy life. -
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Health in My 60s
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Making Sure The Golden Years are Golden
If you took care of yourself throughout your life, as recommended by doctors, it is very likely you will have full and healthy years coming but it's still important to take of yourself. Older people have an increased risk of heart attack and stroke so it is very important to know and recognize the warning signs in order to seek treatment because the heart is the leading cause of death. It is also important to follow all doctor guidelines about new medication or shots you need to have. -
Get Ready For Some Tests
As you get older you develop a high risk of many disease because of your lowered immune system and just overall age. This is why it's important to get checked even more regularly than before. This includes bone density tests, thyroid test, skin exam, prostate exam, pap tests and much much more. This may be scary at first but this is all very good for your health because it will catch any disease that pops up early so it can treated. Also since of you lowered bone density be careful of any falls.
