I'm 77 next month. I agree in some kind of moving is a good, perhaps the best cure. Start slowly, if you are not used to it, and expand. Walking is great and according to science it is the first 4,000 daily steps that matters, the following up to 10,000 steps do little extra, but not much. Get into a habit of walking faster than slow; experts recommend little faster than normal walk. Stretching and exercise, people who seems to know about it says, should be done slow for us elder folks — many people points to tai chi as a solution — I'm a believer in that some stretching exercise daily keeps your body in an acceptable shape; talking from experience, and I've also never been sporty. I have a little program I do every morning in slow moderate speed, it's about slowly stretching full out in each exercise. In all it takes few minutes, mayby 10, I never timed it. Also a bit strength training might be good. Experts say that a slow release is what matters for elder folks; for example lifting something is not so much the weight, in spite of whatever is lifted, but that it is descended slowly. Another important thing is weight — one's body weight or BMI — if too high it can stress joints, and also make exercise as walking difficult and painful. If BMI is in the higher end, even higher end of normal, consider to loose some weight. Look at both how much you eat and what, like reducing carb can do a change, or skipping a daily meal. Some favours the 16/8 intermittent fasting; I normally use it, it's just a question of habit, to enjoy it. Vitamin D is important, many of us are low in vitamin D. I take mine as part of a natural herb prostate supplement, it should preferably be up around 2,000 units (IU) daily and up to 4,000 units (100 micro grams), according to health experts; this is more than normal official recommendation, but still safe, mine is almost 1,700 units, but I also get little extra Vitamin D from other vitamin-mix. Also vitamin C and vitamin B-12 complex — vitamin B shall always be taken in complex and not together with vitamin C — are great supplements. Collagen is advised for elder people, but there don't seems to be a recommended dose; I take 500 mg twice a week together with vitamin C — some collagen tablets comes together with a vitamin C mix — it could be too little collagen, some might say. Using natural methods for improving one's health won't change the condition overnight — needs patience — but after a while it often shows improvements. Generally it might be more important to find a balance that you enjoy, than following a specific advice that feels like a burden. Good health often includes some exercise, preferably twice weekly, where your heartbeat comes a bit up and also that you sweat; I also try to do that. Find your own preferred balance by experiment a little. I enjoy what my balance, and I feel more fit today that I did in my 40s...🙂
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