As we all know, life lies in exercise, the benefits of exercise are self-evident, exercise can burn fat, so as to better control weight, exercise can enhance immunity, exercise can also improve heart and lung function, exercise can make blood sugar and blood pressure more stable.
But the problem is that everyone knows the benefits of exercise, but as they get older, exercise becomes more and more inadequate, so that many people sigh, doctor, it's not that I don't want to exercise, but I really can't do it, some elderly people suffer from various chronic diseases, bad heart, bad lungs, stroke in the brain, bad knees, osteoporosis, exercise, even the simplest walk, for them are very difficult.
Although exercise is very good, for the elderly, the best way to exercise is not how strong the exercise is, not how long the exercise is, but to practice it, so for many elderly people, walking is a good way to exercise.
Walking is a great way to relax, after all, it is a beautiful thing to have time to go for a walk in the park.
However, the intensity of walking is very low, and it is a bit unrealistic to expect walking to have a good physical fitness effect like other sports.
As a doctor, I would like to remind everyone that for the elderly, after the age of 60, although exercise is very important, it may be better to stick to 4 things than exercise.
1. After the age of 60, insist on staying away from tobacco and alcohol
For many elderly people, the focus is not how many good habits to maintain, but how many bad habits to get rid of, some old people are over 60 years old, but still smoke and drink for a long time, try to ask, there are such bad habits, what is the effect of you maintaining more good habits?
It's like if you go to plant vegetables, you water and fertilize every day, but the vegetable field is full of vegetables that eat vegetables, and if you don't get rid of these insects, no matter how hard you try, the vegetables will not grow well.
Tobacco and alcohol are recognized by the World Health Organization as carcinogens, many people smoke and drink when they are young, and when they reach the age of 60, they have been smoking and drinking for decades.
2. After the age of 60, it is more important to stay away from junk food
What is Junk Food? Like pickled food, smoked food, moldy food, barbecued food, fried food, various desserts, etc., they are all junk food.
Many elderly people often eat junk food, even if they also eat healthy food, but junk food will be more harmful to the body, and even overshadow the benefits of healthy food to the body.
Many chronic diseases of the elderly are related to unhealthy eating habits, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, stroke, etc., some elderly people often buy expensive cordyceps, ginseng, bird's nest, etc. in order to live longer, but they don't know that the most important thing to do is to stay away from junk food.
3. After the age of 60, insist on staying up late
Many elderly people are retired and can sleep many times a day, sleeping until they wake up naturally in the morning and sleeping for a while at noon.
Sleep time is very important for health, but there is also a very important point, no matter what, you can't stay up late.
If you stay up all night, the damage caused to your body will not be repaired by sleeping for a long time.
4. After the age of 60, insist on staying away from anger
60 years old, not only to nourish the body, but also to nourish the heart, many elderly people, to 60 years old, not only to hurt their own body, but also to hurt their own heart, they lose their temper, at every turn to get angry, the result, the end of the hurt is themselves, people are old, to remember, smile, ten years less, mentality determines everything.