Optimal Aging: Influencing Your Health and Well-being
Establishing healthy lifestyle behaviors throughout your life is essential for optimal aging. This involves practicing safety, maintaining a positive attitude, knowing your health numbers, eating smart, managing stress, staying physically active, addressing financial affairs, engaging in brain activities, ensuring quality sleep, participating in social activities, and taking personal time for self-care. Bettering your brain through socialization, mental stimulation, physical activity, proper nutrition, and adequate sleep is crucial for overall well-being. Activities like charades, mental stimulation exercises, and physical exercises such as walking can promote brain health. A heart-healthy diet rich in antioxidants and omega-3s while avoiding excess calories, sodium, and bad cholesterol is key to supporting brain health.
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Establishing healthy lifestyle behaviors throughout your life influences optimal aging -Practice Being Safe -Positive Attitude -Know Your Health Numbers -Eating Smart -Stress Management -Physical Activity -Financial Affairs -Brain Activity -Sleep -Social Activity -Taking Time for You -Tuning Into the Times
Better your Brain Socialization Mental Stimulation Physical Activity Nutrition Sleep
Socialization Keep in touch with friends and friends Stay engaged or involved Know your neighbors Plug-in to the world
Charades! CHARADES!
Mental Stimulation Mental exercise can: Stimulate and enhance brain cell connections Delay the onset of Alzheimer s disease and/or reduce the effects Increase blood flow to the brain How do you exercise your brain?
Physical Activity Increases blood flow Helps memory and thinking Reduces stress Enhances decision-making Helps delay Alzheimer's disease
Walkin Wonky Try each of the following exercises for 20 steps. Then repeat with your eyes shut! Walk on your toes Walk on your heels Skip Walk sideways Walk backwards Hop on one foot
Nutrition A heart healthy diet = A brain healthy diet Seek foods high in: Antioxidants Omega-3s Avoid: Excess calories Excess sodium Bad cholesterol
Nutrition Brain Healthy Foods to Try Food to Limit or Avoid Dark-skinned vegetables Fried, greasy, high-fat foods Excess sugary products/ high fructose corn syrup Cold water fish Nuts Salty foods Dark-skinned fruits Fast foods and processed foods Drink lots of water Alcohol and caffeine Whole grains Refined grains Olive oil Other oils and solid fats
Sleep A lack of sleep negatively affects: Memory Mood Concentration Coordination Safety
Keys to Better Sleep Exercise Eat a well-balanced diet Set regular bedtime and waking hours Avoid reading or watching television while in bed
What can you do? What steps can you take starting today to better your brain health?
Aging is inevitable By embracing a healthy lifestyle throughout your life, you will have a greater ability to engineer a positive approach to the aging process.
