1 Cultivate hobbies
Loneliness and loneliness are a promoting factor of mortality. When the living environment of an individual is lonely for a long time, the probability of dying of Alzheimer's disease within six years tends to increase. At the age of 60, we may have already entered retirement age, lost the working atmosphere and faced ourselves and our wife alone every day. Long-term loneliness and lonely atmosphere, if not intervened and overcome, will aggravate and destroy mental health, so we must cultivate our hobbies. Whether it is painting or calligraphy, whether it is raising birds or gardening, the risk of Alzheimer's disease can be greatly reduced by stimulating our brains to continue to work actively and improving our cognitive ability.
2 Quit addiction
Before the age of 6, we will form many hard-to-overcome bad habits, whether it is smoking or drinking, high salt or high sugar. These bad eating habits are represented by sugar, coffee, nicotine and alcohol. It will aggravate the damage of our respiratory system and cardiovascular system. After the age of 60, gradually quit smoking, try a healthier lifestyle with low salt, low sugar, low alcohol and low nicotine, avoid the occurrence and stimulation of symptoms, get a better quality of life, and save money for your granddaughter.
3 rest assured anger
The so-called 30-year-old, 40-year-old, 50-year-old and 60-year-old have all experienced ups and downs. At the age of 60, you should learn to control your inner emotions. Prevent emotional ups and downs. One is to obtain a better level of mental health, and the other is to prevent stress complications caused by high blood pressure and heart disease, leading to unexpected accidents.
4 Enrich the daily diet
After entering old age, our body's basic metabolism will gradually decrease, and the demand for food will gradually decrease. But all kinds of nutrients are indispensable. Carbohydrate cannot be used as the main energy source. To this end, in addition to carbohydrates, eggs, meat, fish, oil, dairy products, sugar, sweets, vegetables, fruits and so on. Need a reasonable mix to ensure that nutrition is not lacking.
Learn to exercise correctly.
The body's muscle mass reaches its peak at the age of 30. By the age of 80, many of us have lost 30% of our muscles. At the same time, with the increase of age, the muscle strength and bone density of 60-year-old people have decreased, and the exercise mode is different from that of young people.
For the elderly, it is suggested to keep the balance between aerobic exercise and strength training, which is the key to keep healthy and strong. So in order to avoid injury, the intensity of exercise should be gradually increased from low to strong. Such as cycling, swimming, boating and walking for aerobic training; Then there are functional fitness, strength training yoga and Pilates. Pay more attention to the exercise of core muscles and strengthen the strength of abdomen, gluteus maximus, quadriceps femoris and hamstring muscles.
6 keep in touch with society
When we are over 60 years old, we should not cut off contact with this society. While putting family first, we should not worry too much about children. We need to have our own life and maintain a high degree of social interaction. First, it can break the atmosphere of excessive loneliness, and second, it can effectively eliminate the inner pressure, which is more helpful for the trauma caused by the negative life. Therefore, in addition to eating well, we should exercise with people we care about and like-minded, and stay away from negative emotions when socializing.