Life After 50 Expo

Foods to avoid with high cholesterol !

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Cholesterol is made naturally by the liver and is then transported by proteins throughout the body via the bloodstream. It’s an essential building block for cell membranes. It is also necessary for producing hormones, vitamin D, and substances that work to digest fatty foods.

However, a person’s lifestyle and genetics can cause their body to produce too much cholesterol. When cholesterol builds up in the arteries, it can block blood flow, which can lead to coronary heart disease, heart attack, or stroke.

fried foods
Trans fats are found in fried foods and should be avoided whenever possible.

The American Heart Association advise reducing saturated fat intake to no more than 5 to 6 percentof the total daily calories. To do this, they suggest limiting the following foods:

  • fatty beef
  • lamb
  • pork
  • poultry with skin
  • lard and shortening
  • dairy products made from whole or reduced-fat milk
  • saturated vegetable oils, such as coconut oil, palm oil, and palm kernel oil

It is also important to avoid trans fats. Foods to stay away from include:

  • packaged cookies, cakes, doughnuts, and pastries
  • potato chips and crackers
  • packaged frosting
  • commercially fried foods
  • bakery goods that contain shortening
  • buttered popcorn
  • any products that contain partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated vegetable oils
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Massaging your partner can boost your well-being, reduce stress !

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It is no secret that having a massage can help to improve physical and mental well-being. According to a new study, however, giving your partner a massage may be just as beneficial.
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Researchers say that massages may be a good way to boost couples’ physical and mental well-being.

Researchers from Northumbria University in the United Kingdom came to their findings by studying couples who engaged in a 3-week massage course.

Lead researcher Sayuri Naruse and her colleague Dr. Mark Moss found that the course led to significant benefits; both giving and receiving a massage led to a reduction in stress and improvements in well-being in each partner.

The researchers recently presented their findings at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference 2017, held in the U.K.

According to the American Massage Therapy Association, at least 19 percent of people in the United States received at least one massage between July 2015 and July 2016.

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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317315.php

Healthy budgeting habits !

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It is but normal to commit errors especially when you are not yet used to doing things your job calls for you to. But, do not make those mistakes that you would surely regret in the long run. As soon as you could, you have to develop a great way of managing to budget your money. There are some tips you could remind yourself of. These would be points you could use in making or establishing good means to improve the way you budget your money.

• Make a list of your unwanted budgeting habits. This includes all those you think of being not useful or helpful for you and your financial needs and financial security.
• You plan on what to do in order to take the first steps in changing your old habits or acts in which they made your budget method a failure.
• Manage your income and the amount of money you spend by preparing a sort of tally sheet of such information.
• Prepare your spend plan. This must include your foreseen expenditures.
• Collect receipts and note bigger amount spent
• Limit spending by looking for some alternatives to it
• As much as possible do not uses much credit card or checks.
Those above-mentioned points are really a great reminder for you. If followed, you would clearly see the improvement in your budget techniques. It would surely result to better financial management capacities for you.

When this is achieved, you would definitely live a more satisfactory life. The right way of how you budget what you need as a winning one in the field of financing one’s self.eti

Advice on aging !

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Many of us are between 65 and death, this is not original to me and is making the rounds with excellent advice for aging.

1. It’s time to use the money you saved up. Use it and enjoy it. Don’t just keep it for those who may have no notion of the sacrifices you made to get it. Remember there is nothing more dangerous than a son or daughter-in-law with big ideas for your hard-earned capital. Warning: This is also a bad time for investments, even if it seems wonderful or fool-proof. They only bring problems and worries. This is a time for you to enjoy some peace and quiet.

2. Stop worrying about the financial situation of your children and grandchildren, and don’t feel bad spending your money on yourself. You’ve taken care of them for many years, and you’ve taught them what you could. You gave them an education, food, shelter and support. The responsibility is now theirs to earn their own money.

3. Keep a healthy life, without great physical effort. Do moderate exercise (like walking every day), eat well and get your sleep. It’s easy to become sick, and it gets harder to remain healthy. That is why you need to keep yourself in good shape and be aware of your medical and physical needs. Keep in touch with your doctor, do tests even when you’re feeling well. Stay informed.

4. Always buy the best, most beautiful items for your significant other. The key goal is to enjoy your money with your partner. One day one of you will miss the other, and the money will not provide any comfort then, enjoy it together.

5. Don’t stress over the little things. You’ve already overcome so much in your life. You have good memories and bad ones, but the important thing is the present. Don’t let the past drag you down and don’t let the future frighten you. Feel good in the now. Small issues will soon be forgotten.

6. Regardless of age, always keep love alive. Love your partner, love life, love your family, love your neighbor and remember: “A man is not old as long as he has intelligence and affection.”

7. Be proud, both inside and out. Don’t stop going to your hair salon or barber, do your nails, go to the dermatologist and the dentist, keep your perfumes and creams well stocked. When you are well-maintained on the outside, it seeps in, making you feel proud and strong.

8. Don’t lose sight of fashion trends for your age, but keep your own sense of style. There’s nothing worse than an older person trying to wear the current fashion among youngsters. You’ve developed your own sense of what looks good on you – keep it and be proud of it. It’s part of who you are.

9. ALWAYS stay up-to-date. Read newspapers, watch the news. Go online and read what people are saying. Make sure you have an active email account and try to use some of those social networks. You’ll be surprised what old friends you’ll meet. Keeping in touch with what is going on and with the people you know is important at any age.

10. Respect the younger generation and their opinions. They may not have the same ideals as you, but they are the future, and will take the world in their direction. Give advice, not criticism, and try to remind them that yesterday’s wisdom still applies today.

11. Never use the phrase: “In my time.” Your time is now. As long as you’re alive, you are part of this time. You may have been younger, but you are still you now, having fun and enjoying life.

12. Some people embrace their golden years, while others become bitter and surly. Life is too short to waste your days on the latter. Spend your time with positive, cheerful people, it’ll rub off on you and your days will seem that much better. Spending your time with bitter people will make you older and harder to be around.

13. Do not surrender to the temptation of living with your children or grandchildren (if you have a financial choice, that is). Sure, being surrounded by family sounds great, but we all need our privacy. They need theirs and you need yours. If you’ve lost your partner (our deepest condolences), then find a person to move in with you and help out. Even then, do so only if you feel you really need the help or do not want to live alone.

14. Don’t abandon your hobbies. If you don’t have any, make new ones. You can travel, hike, cook, read, dance. You can adopt a cat or a dog, grow a garden, play cards, checkers, chess, dominoes, golf. You can paint, volunteer or just collect certain items. Find something you like and spend some real time having fun with it.

15. Even if you don’t feel like it, try to accept invitations. Baptisms, graduations, birthdays, weddings, conferences. Try to go. Get out of the house, meet people you haven’t seen in a while, experience something new (or something old). But don’t get upset when you’re not invited. Some events are limited by resources, and not everyone can be hosted. The important thing is to leave the house from time to time. Go to museums, go walk through a field. Get out there.

16. Be a conversationalist. Talk less and listen more. Some people go on and on about the past, not caring if their listeners are really interested. That’s a great way of reducing their desire to speak with you. Listen first and answer questions, but don’t go off into long stories unless asked to. Speak in courteous tones and try not to complain or criticize too much unless you really need to. Try to accept situations as they are. Everyone is going through the same things, and people have a low tolerance for hearing complaints. Always find some good things to say as well.

17. Pain and discomfort go hand in hand with getting older. Try not to dwell on them but accept them as a part of the cycle of life we’re all going through. Try to minimize them in your mind. They are not who you are, they are something that life added to you. If they become your entire focus, you lose sight of the person you used to be.

18. If you’ve been offended by someone – forgive them. If you’ve offended someone – apologize. Don’t drag around resentment with you. It only serves to make you sad and bitter. It doesn’t matter who was right. Someone once said: “Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die.” Don’t take that poison. Forgive, forget and move on with your life.

19. If you have a strong belief, savor it. But don’t waste your time trying to convince others. They will make their own choices no matter what you tell them, and it will only bring you frustration. Live your faith and set an example. Live true to your beliefs and let that memory sway them.

20. Laugh. Laugh A LOT. Laugh at everything. Remember, you are one of the lucky ones. You managed to have a life, a long one. Many never get to this age, never get to experience a full life. But you did. So what’s not to laugh about? Find the humor in your situation.

21. Take no notice of what others say about you and even less notice of what they might be thinking. They’ll do it anyway, and you should have pride in yourself and what you’ve achieved. Let them talk and don’t worry. They have no idea about your history, your memories and the life you’ve lived so far. There’s still much to be written, so get busy writing and don’t waste time thinking about what others might think. Now is the time to be at rest, at peace and as happy as you can be!

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How old is old ?

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Have you given any thought to what old means lately? It can be a hard thing to get your mind around. There are lots of folks with lots of ideas on the subject. But you can’t go anywhere and get “the” answer.

There is a suit in my closet that I have worn for many years. I think it’s old. My wife has an outfit in her closet that is not this season’s. She thinks that’s old.

As a kid on the safety patrol – do they do that anymore? – I heard an even younger kid explaining that by the time you are 21- that’s really old. No great support for that theory, is there?

Some baby boomers are not yet 50. So that’s not a good place to look. What about senior discounts? If you get one are you old? They can be had as early as 50 and even as late as 65. I guess that is not a good indicator of “old”.

At age 60 some folks feel old but others are barely middle aged. Early retirement can begin at 62, according to the Social Security Administration. A sign post possibly but not a clear indicator of old age.

Then we get to 65. That’s a big number. But wait. Now you need to be about 66 or so to have a full retirement benefit from Social Security. Maybe, that is not the answer. Recently, I did see a newspaper reporter mention “elderly people.” And then he noted gratuitously- those people over 65.

But why age 65? In the Great Depression era, retirement plans were on the minds of many people. Some states had plans with age 70. Some other countries used age 60 or 65. The compromise by Congress was age 65 with the advent of Social Security. No research. No scientific investigation. And this at a time when life expectancy was 58 years for men and 62 for women. Currently life expectancy is a little over 78 years.

Some folks prefer to talk about ages where you are most likely to have reduced functions in some of your senses. Studies show that hearing impairment may begin in your 40’s. Vision, touch and taste may be more affected in your mid 50’s. Usually, smell is not affected until our mid70’s. But these are not good indicators of age for the general population.

We have all heard about 40 being the new 30. Some professionals would now like to use age groups. From age 55 to 74 is called “young old.” Age 75 plus is referred to as “old old.” Still others want to add in a group called “middle old.” Another thought is to talk in terms of “functional age” versus “chronological age.” Do we really believe any of these methods are going to catch on outside the academic world?

Possibly we just need to think more like Satchel Paige, the ageless major league pitcher . “Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind. It doesn’t matter.” Remember he was “ageless” because he had no birth certificate.

My personal view is that old has to be at least a year older than me. Hopefully, that target keeps moving.

But how do you really judge age? Maybe what we need is a system that uses more than age alone. Perhaps you have the answer. So, how old is old? Nobody seems to really know. Do people even care? The real question is: How old do you -yes you – feel?