Forever young: How to stay healthy after 50

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Celebrating your fiftieth birthday, many are faced with the idea that, those fun days are over, the body already obeys, not as good as once, and on good physical shape you can forget. The depressed approach is fundamentally not true. Practice shows that good health can and should be supported always, and not wasting money on vitamins and dietary supplements. According to psychologists, the people behind half life is just beginning, and to keep in shape even for many years, open to new things, will help the proper rest, healthy food and correct exercise. Plus, a couple of secrets that we will reveal in this article.

 




Exercise If the athlete wants to be fast, after passing the threshold of 50 years, he must constantly monitor his physical condition. Stay in shape will help moderate physical exercise: 20 minutes of easy running, and 15-30 minutes of strength exercises. Try different approaches to your workout, and take the time in such sports as Cycling, swimming and skiing.



No step back in Any case can't pass regular high-intensity workouts, no matter how difficult it became to follow them every year. One concession to his laziness – and you most likely will never return to the world of sports. Remember to keep yourself in shape only helps us good self-motivation, often remind yourself why you decided to do sports.



Diet With age our metabolism changes. Studies show that when we get older we need more protein in the diet. But this does not mean that you need to eat more, you can increase your protein intake from carbohydrates. Protein contributes to muscle growth, while an excess of carbohydrate can lead to obesity through the interaction of chemicals in the body that are responsible for fat accumulation. When we are young, testosterone allows you to consume carbohydrates without the threat of obesity, but at a later age he could not cope with its task.



Antioxidants After 50 the immune system is increasingly weakened and the risk of various diseases, especially heart, increases several times. To strengthen the body will help foods that contain antioxidants. According to scientists, the immunity are particularly beneficial vegetables, many fruits and berries, green tea and coffee.



Do not sacrifice sleep Sleep with age is becoming increasingly important for recovery after workouts. Men over fifty should do everything possible to improve the quality of their sleep. It will have to change the conditions in which you usually indulge in slumber: only the peace and total darkness. At least an hour before bedtime, try to avoid factors that can stimulate the nervous system



Love and sex it is believed that about intimate life in old age, it would be time already and to forget. But, actually, why not? The children matured and left, made a career and a personal life remains much more time. Also, sex once or twice a week strengthen the immune system, contributing to the production of antibodies that protect the body from colds. published

Source: dnpmag.com/2015/03/13/vechno-molodoj-chto-delat-chtoby-ostatsya-zdorovym-posle-50/

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