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Everyone is getting old. If you want to live a long life, you must take care of yourself. How can you take care of yourself?
How can people live longer?

1, exercise your bones and muscles. Proper exercise can stimulate human vitality, slow down aging, enhance people's physique and improve immunity. Exercise is very important for the elderly, bones and muscles become stronger and stronger, which can support, buffer and protect bones and avoid fractures. Middle-aged people can choose to dance, play ball, do exercises, Tai Chi and other sports with a large amount of exercise. People in their seventies and eighties are getting old, so we should appropriately reduce the amount of exercise. Walking is their best choice. The old man's walking time can be set at around three or four o'clock in the afternoon and last for half an hour, so that he can feel happy and relaxed. When the weather is bad, you can lift your legs, bend over and swing your arms at home.

2. Eat a balanced diet. The digestive function of the elderly is reduced, so it is best to have a balanced diet if you want to be old. In addition to eating less meat, eat vegetarian meals three times a day. It is best to eat an apple and an egg in the morning and drink a glass of milk before going to bed. The diet taste of the elderly should not be too heavy or too greasy. Foods suitable for the elderly include apples, oranges, bananas, honey, soybean milk, radishes, cabbages, potatoes, yams and so on. Stewed meat is light, soft and easy to digest, which is very suitable for the elderly. Porridge has the effects of clearing lung heat, strengthening spleen and regulating stomach. Easy to digest and absorb. Oatmeal porridge and millet porridge are good choices for everyone. It can be mixed with coix seed, walnut and black sesame according to different tastes to make nutritious cereal rice paste for breakfast. Old people are especially advised not to eat too much. It is most appropriate to eat until seven or eight points are full, and you should not be hungry, especially those with low blood pressure and hypoglycemia.

3. Exchange feelings. Old people can't always stay at home. They should go out to participate in social activities, such as walking in parks and communities, instead of talking to others. Doing so can activate the brain, improve mood and prevent depression. Old people who communicate with relatives and friends and get social and family support are less likely to get sick. You can also cultivate hobbies, such as travel, photography, calligraphy, etc., and actively seek the pleasure of life. The elderly can also participate in community service, which is conducive to improving their self-worth and helping others.

4, regular labor, let the body get exercise every day. The so-called exercise is not deliberate exercise for the sake of exercise. Be diligent in life, do everything at once, and don't procrastinate. Don't ride a bike where you can walk, and don't take a taxi where you can ride a bike. Doing housework, cleaning and walking every day are all exercises. Don't be greedy, be regular; Sleeping is not sleepy, and waking up is not sleeping; Go to bed early and get up early, walk a hundred paces after meals, and live to ninety-nine;

5, quiet and far-reaching, if conditions permit, it is best to live far away from cities and industrial areas, where the air environment is fresh, or at least the noise pollution is not always serious. Indifferent to fame and fortune, there are many things about money and status that can be made public. As long as you have enough, don't be greedy, and don't force what you can't get. Give up and you will get. Self-control, not clinging to anything. Keep an optimistic attitude, everyone is more open-minded, more tolerant, less concerned, not happy about things, not sorry for themselves, don't let external things excite you, keep your mood calm and keep a smile on your face. Do more good deeds, don't be guilty, be honest with others, but be worthy of your own heart, so that kindness will always exist in your heart.