Walking is one of the healthiest and most easily accessible exercises to keep yourself healthy as you age. And, except for the purchase of a good pair of walking shoes, it is free!
Walking, and doing other outside exercise, is healthier for you than exercising indoors with the treadmill, for example. Studies have shown that your brain functions better when you are not in an enclosed place. Your body is away from places that give it stress in the first place, like going to a spa in a building where you work. You feel happier and boosts your age-esteem.
Physical activity such as walking is very necessary in fortifying your bones and preventing osteoporosis. Walk for healthy aging.
Grandma Nature
Sunshine Vitamin D
Are you getting enough Vitamin D? Vitamin D is an essential ingredient for the body, especially in preventing osteoporosis. One in two women and one in four men (Yes, fellows, this also concerns you!) over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture.
Vitamin D is necessary to build strong bones and to fortify muscles. The good news is that a bit of sun each day directly on the skin can give you what you need. It is even crucial because any vitamin D that has been consumed through foods cannot be processed without direct sunlight, thus the sunshine vitamin.
Vitamin D can only be found in a few foods such as egg yolk, fatty fish (salmon, mackerel, tuna, sardines), liver and butter.
We know that it is dangerous to sit in the sun for long periods of time without using sunscreen, but since sunscreen prevents the sun from penetrating into the body, vitamin D cannot be processed . For this reason vitamin D deficiency is very prevalent today as people are aware that they should not be overexposed to sun rays. However, just a few minutes of sun per day without suntan lotion will enable the vitamin D in the body to be effective.
So to build strong bones and muscles in order to prevent fallng and broken bones, complement your healthy diet and exercise with a daily dose of sunshine vitamin D.
Grandma Nature
