March 4th, 2010 
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Aging started on the minute that we were born. Loving life and living it to the fullest is something that we should have done since the start. So how can we age with grace?
Exercise is something that we should to keep a body fit. It would also help us live a longer productive life. As we grow older, the body functions start to slow down. It is important to stay active. Exercise also improves the cardiovascular system or our heart. Exercise increases the heart rate and enable blood to flow smoothly to the heart.
For older adults there are low impact activities like walking, swimming, yoga at tai chi that can be done. These trainings will reduce the risk of falls and fractures even increase endurance and boost bone density.
The kind of activity that the person is doing is not only what is important. Activities or exercise should be done at least once a week. Research showed that participants aged 65 and older who exercised once a week reduced their risk of death by 40 percent compared to participants of the same age who did not exercise at all.
Also changing the diet is very important in living a healthy aging life. As people get older, there is a need for an increase level of certain nutrients. Nutrient deficiency appears to increase with age. Some nutrients that are lacking in older adults are folate; calcium, magnesium, zinc, and vitamins D, E, B6, and C. Aside from these lacking nutrients, older adults also lack iron, zinc, riboflavin, and vitamins A and B12.
To change diet, the first thing to do is plan. Some people find it difficult to change their diet since they are used to unstable meal plans. Eating three healthy meals daily would require diet and daily meal plan. Diet for older people would require plenty of vegetables and fruits. Fibers are also necessary to keep cholesterol and sugar level down.
Dehydration is also another problem for older people. It is more difficult for them to know they are dehydrated because signals going to the brain signaling the need for water is no longer functioning properly. While there are older people who reduce their water intake to avoid trips to the bathroom.
Dehydration may lead to headaches, digestive problems, constipation and worse, kidney failure. Water intake should not be less than eight glasses a day. Take note of how much water you are taking in. You can add a squeeze of lemon or a little club soda if you are getting tired of drinking just ordinary water.
Not only our physicality is affected by aging but also out mental health. There are older people who experience mild impairment of thinking and memory. Because older people are no longer feeling or able to do the things that they were able to do before, many older adults become depressed.
Some symptoms of depression for older adults are social withdrawal, decreased activity with no apparent physical cause, loss of interest or pleasure in things previously enjoyed, loss of appetite, loss of weight, restlessness and expressed feelings of worthlessness, such as being a burden or a bother.
It is important these feelings. Being around with people like friends and family can definitely give support and security older adults are looking for. To achieve healthy aging, it is important to have close relationships with others and participate in regular activities that give meaning and excitement to life. Try visiting friends, volunteering, maintaining some form of physical activity and increasing leisure time.
Aging is inevitable – it happens to everybody. But healthy aging is something you should and can do to embrace life to the fullest and show your next generation relatives how loving life should be done.
Joe Golson
http://www.articlesbase.com/anti-aging-articles/living-healthy-aging-and-still-loving-life-706897.html
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I wrote this as satire on the democrats, how can I improve it?
I wrote this as satire on the democrats. What are your thoughts on it and how can I improve it? It must still sound like satire. I love how I got so many threatening emails about this post, because no one got the fact that it was a joke.
his is a work in motion so it is subject to improvements, but I am working on this and this is what I have so far. I would like to know what everyone thinks.
My hopes for Barack Obama’s presidency:
Before the end of Barack Obama’s 2nd term the following things will happen:
Gas Taxes will be $2 a litre or about $8 per gallon. This will help us to fight global warming and encourage people to take public transportation.
A 20% VAT will be imposed, on top of your state sales tax, on ALL goods, including food and clothing.
There will be a 60% income tax on ALL people with a government cap on income set at $60,000. The taxes will go towards providing medical care and housing for the needy.
A minimum income will be set for those on welfare at $60,000. No longer will those on welfare have to suffer while greedy rich people live happy, healthy lives. The age of the wealthy is over and the poor, meek, and those who do not work for a living will inherit the earth.
Any and all dissent will be silenced immediately. The dissenter’s career will be destroyed, they will be labeled a "racist", and thrown in jail for a minimum of 5 years per offence.
The people will be required to give 10% of their incomes to humanitarian aid, both local and foreign.
Retrograde taxes will be imposed on all those who previously made more then $100,000 a year.
The government will sponsor and handle the upkeep of all museums, national forests, and wildlife reserves with tax payer money.
Guns of ANY kind will be banned PERMANENTLY. Possession of any gun will result in a $20,000 fine and a minimum of 5 years in prison for each offence. This rule, however, does not apply to government official who have consistently voted Democrat since becoming registered voters.
The government will impose a cap on how much each corporation can make in a year. There will be no more making millions or billions on ANYTHING.
The government will regulate how much sodium, sugar, and fat is allowed in food in order to reduce costs to the government health care plan.
All immigrationally challenged people will be granted full amnesty and be issued a formal apology from the United States government.
This is just the beginning. I have so many more hopes for Obama’s presidency, but I haven’t thought of them all yet.
What are your thoughts?
If you’re wondering if you have a future in writing, my advice would be to don’t quit your day job. If you have one.
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A little intelligence would greatly improve it. Any intelligence at all would improve it. Some facts would go even further. But other than that, it sounds pretty lame to me.
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So I take it your a Canadian, right?
Anyway, it isn’t over the top absurd enough to qualify as good satire, it honestly isn’t funny at all. It also has nothing to do with reality either. It is just an example of conservative fantasy, and honestly I regret wasting my time even reading it.
If you want an example of good political satire, try Jonathan’s Swift "A Modest Proposal" where he lays out a plan for eating babies. http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html
Also, a lot of stuff from The Onion qualifies as well.
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I would say that those positions are realistic if the democrats had their way.
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I think that although this is a satire, it is way too extreme and not in a good form.
Look at "A Modest Proposal" It does state rediculous things but in a "practical" way. ex: using baby skin for boots.
It honestly sounds more like a redneck rant.
hope you do well
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My first thought is that you don’t even understand satire. Second, you couldn’t be more convincing as a rigid, right-wing Republican redneck. Third, I suggest you delete it and stop embarrassing yourself!
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