I Must Be Getting Old!Yes, it’s true: death, taxes and aging are all inevitable. Aches and pains of getting old, however, are not. 
Aging is a biological function that is very much affected by the way we treat our bodies. You have to work harder to maintain an optimal level of function as you age, but it most certainly can be done.Here is an unusual but effective way to return to a more vital level of health: pretend you’re twenty years younger. Oh, come on! No, really. In 1979, Harvard researchers had a group of men aged 75 or older pretend it was 1959. The researchers had the men stay at a retreat center that duplicated life as it was in the late 1950’s through music, magazines and books, and had the men talk about events that happened in their lives during that time period. Acting younger had profound effects on the men. Their memory and manual dexterity improved, they took more responsibility for their own care, they looked younger, their fingers lengthened, and they had measureable improvement in flexibility, posture, muscle strength, eyesight and hearing! Another way to help yourself stay young is to continually rethink your medications. Doctors may think that if you’re old, you should feel bad, and there’s nothing you can do about it, except take some pills. Elderly patients are often prescribed a pill for some cause, but no one ever revisits the question whether they still need the medication. By the time people reach their 80s, they may be on a dozen different medications. But the Physicians Desk Reference advises that older patients need less medication. For nearly every drug listed, there are warning statements, such as, “In general, dosages in the lower range are sufficient for most elderly patients.” A doctor for a nursing home in New York decided his patients were taking too many drugs and started to wean them. Even though the patients’ health improved quickly, family members, staff and even some of the patients fought with him, believing his reduction of the patients’ medications would cause them harm. Getting old doesn't mean you automatically get Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, diabetes, diminished sex drive and other disorders erroneously associated with old age. This just is not true. Better nutrition, targeted therapeutic supplementation, and changes in your lifestyle or exercise regime can all improve your pain and help your body to remain healthy well into old age. If you want to learn more about healthy changes that will put life in your years, subscribe to my weekly ezine: No Pain, Just Gain! Email Marketing by iContact PLEASE THANK OUR SITE SPONSOR BY LEARNING ABOUT THEIR NEW PRODUCT: POWER DOTS. TOTALLY DRUG-FREE PAIN RELIER. CLICK THE LOGO BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION!
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