Active Aging

[Cherry]

The following applies to everyone:

“Enjoy it while you can... Live, Laugh and Love!!”

HOW TRUE IT IS

Another year has passed and we're all a little older.

There was a time not long ago
When life was quite a blast.
Now I fully understand
About 'Living in the Past'.

We used to go to friends' homes,
Football games and lunches..
Now we go to therapy, to hospitals,
And after-funeral brunches.

We used to have hangovers,
From parties that were gay.
Now we suffer body aches
And sleep the night away.

We used to go out dining,
And couldn't get our fill.
Now we ask for doggie bags,
Come home and take a pill.

We used to often travel
To places near and far.
Now we get backaches
From riding in the car.

We used to go out shopping
For new clothing at the Mall.
But, now we never bother...
All the sizes are too small.

That, my friend, is how life is.
And now my tale is told.
So, enjoy each day and live it up.......

Before you're too darn old!!
So enjoy it while you can...
Live, Laugh and Love!!

[helios]

wah ... this is written by Cherrio?

[Cherry]

San San wrote:

wah ... this is written by Cherrio?

San San dearie

It is not composed by Cherry.

[winston]

Gardening gives elders a harvest of health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gardening helps older men and women reap more than flowers, fruits, and vegetables -- it benefits them physically as well, researchers report.

In a small study, 14 gardeners between 63 and 86 years old reported an average of 33 hours of gardening during a typical week in May, and 15 hours each week during June and July.

This level of gardening activity, "offers physical health benefits," Dr. Candice Shoemaker, of Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, told Reuters Health.

On most days, the gardeners met the recommended 30 minutes of moderate physical activity, Shoemaker and her colleagues report in the journal HortTechnology.

The investigators collected gardeners' tallies of time spent working in home and community gardens during May, June, and July 2006. They also observed the five women and nine men while gardening on two days in June and July. To determine gardeners' physical activity levels, the investigators also measured the subjects' heart and breathing rates during these observations.

Overall, most gardeners performed moderate-intensity physical activity such as digging, transplanting, turning compost, mulching, and raking during the 1-hour observation periods in June and July.

During late spring, in May, most gardeners reported spending considerable amounts of time each day on outdoor tasks: about an hour weeding or cultivating, another hour watering, and nearly an hour and a half on general gardening tasks, as well as some 15 minutes planting seedlings or shrubs, and more than 20 minutes trimming.

Shoemaker's group would like to see a similar but larger multi-location study conducted to further assess the physical benefits of gardening for older adults. The resulting information might be used to dispense "physical activity prescriptions" for health maintenance and improvement, Shoemaker suggested.

SOURCE: HortTechnology, October-December 2008.

[winston]

It's Good to Know: Seniors on the Internet

Contrary to popular belief, many of the 17 million Americans over the age of 62 are online and doing much more than e-mailing pictures of their grandchildren. And (pay attention, marketers!) they do respond to Internet advertising.

According to a study by Focalyst and Dynamic Logic, they are most responsive to ads for pharmaceuticals and insurance, as well as travel and entertainment.

As for their habits online, here's the breakdown:

43 percent get news and weather.
41 percent make travel plans and reservations.
23 percent pay bills.
21 percent play games.

Source: ETR

[winston]

It's Good to Know: Why You Go Gray

A new study from Tokyo Medical and Dental University has found that stress on the cells in your hair follicles is what causes your hair to turn gray. And no, it's not the stress of overdue bills or being overworked.

Try chemicals, ultraviolet light, and radiation. These environmental stressors affect all the cells in your body - but especially those in your hair follicles.

(Source: National Geographic)

[kennynah]

listen to music and songs by Linkin Park, Jay Chow, Boa, etc... groove to the beat.... the heart and mind may actually benefit from the exercise and also stimulus...results can be better than using SK-II products

[millionairemind]

It's Good to Know: Why You Go Gray

A new study from Tokyo Medical and Dental University has found that stress on the cells in your hair follicles is what causes your hair to turn gray. And no, it's not the stress of overdue bills or being overworked.

Try chemicals, ultraviolet light, and radiation. These environmental stressors affect all the cells in your body - but especially those in your hair follicles.

(Source: National Geographic)

Not to sell any products or anything... one of my friendS told me his uncle's hair has turned from grey to black after he started drinking freshly grind wheat grass juice... this is pure hearsay... never met the uncle.

But I guess gray hair is BETTER than NO HAIR

[LenaHuat]

Talking abt wheat grass juice, any1 knows why these fresh bottles have disappeared from the shelves?
Yesterday, out of the blue, I missed them and couldn't find any at ColdStorage.

All these edible hair remedies work only if U drink loadfuls continually over several years. Once I talked to a EuYanSang Chinese physician, he said it will take 10 to 15 years for HeiShouWu to work.
If U start at 35, U will be 50 when U see those lockfuls of black.

[millionairemind]

July 21, 2009
Delay to ageing process
By Diana Othman

A TEAM of scientists from Singapore's Agency for Science, Teachnology and Research (A*Star) and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine has discovered how the ageing process could be delayed.

This could lead to new treatments for Type2 diabetes in the elderly.

The team found that the protein, p38MAPK, known for its role in inflammation, promotes ageing when it activates another protein, p16, which has long been linked to ageing.

They also found that by reducing the levels of p38MAPK, they were able to delay the ageing of multiple tissues.

This discovery provides an important insight into the molecular mechanisms behind the ageing process, which has been poorly understood up till now.

The team, led by Dr Dmitry Bulavin, Principal Investigator in A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), published their findings in the July 21 print issue of the prestigious scientific journal, Developmental Cell (2).

In the paper, the scientists described how they studied the role of p38MAPK in ageing by using genetically modified mice.

They found that several organs, including the pancreas, in the mice that had a reduced amount of p38MAPK protein showed a delayed degeneration as the mice grew older.

These mice also displayed an improved growth and regeneration of pancreatic islet beta cells compared to the control group of mice with normal levels of p38MAPK.

In addition, the scientists also found that the forced activation of p38MAPK stunted the growth of insulin-producing islet beta cells and caused insulin resistance in mice, which is the basis of Type 2 diabetes.

With these results, scientists could potentially treat age-related degenerative conditions and may also lead to the development of novel treatments for Type 2 diabetes in the elderly.

Said Professor Neal Copeland, executive director of IMCB: 'Dr Bulavin's team has achieved an important breakthrough in the study of ageing. These significant findings... illustrate how IMCB has worked with its international collaborators to fully harness the knowledge and tools of modern medical science, to increase understanding of the causes behind common human diseases.'