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No age cap: Two different generations strive for healthy lifestyle in Austin senior living community

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A group of older adults in Austin are proof that there is no age cap when it comes to lifestyle. There is a community in Austin where people in their 70s, and some nearing 100 years of age, are thriving.

If you walk into Brookdale Gaines Ranch, 4409 Gaines Ranch Loop, a community home for older adults, you will find men and women gathering into what looks like an ordinary room. The ringleader of the group is Gail Peterson.

“You get to know people in a different way here than you do at dinner or, you know, other places,” Peterson said.

She rallies the troops and walks with them to their workout class.

“The biggest thing that hurts the seniors, is them falling and breaking their hip or getting a bruise that basically debilitates them, and then they can’t live their life,” Ross Tschirn said, co-owner of Gratitism.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among people age 65 and older.

Peterson, 74, does not want to be part of that statistic. She said she has big plans, and it involves a lot of walking. Peterson’s goal is to strengthen her legs and work on her endurance.

“My children, I have two, Sheila and Dawn. And they kind of kind of gave me a goal. You need to get back into shape where you really can walk better, and have more stamina, and then you can go anywhere with us in the world,” Peterson said. “Kind of a good carrot, don’t you think?”

In the same room a couple of chairs away is her friend Donald Oliver.

“I have been a dancer most of my life. And I’ve taught dancing for many years. And I’m used to moving around and keeping myself limber,” Oliver said.

The 93-year-old is still active today, just as he was before he lost his vision due to macular degeneration, but he did not lose his spirit.

“There is a certain amount of elation after doing those kinds of exercises. And you feel as though you’re a little nimbler and can move a little bit better,” Oliver said.

No age cap: Two different generations strive for healthy lifestyle in Austin senior living community — A group of older adults at Brookdale Gaines Ranch work on their core during their weekly fitness class. (Jose Torres KXAN Photo.)

Oliver’s coach tells KXAN the success of the 93-year-old is his consistent routine: Water, food, movement, sleep and community.

“My focus is on ankle strength, knee strength, hip strength, and then core strength so that the seniors can walk around and feel confident,” Tschirn said.

“This class gives you is confidence,” Peterson agreed. “It’s all about balance here. And if you can’t get stronger, and your legs don’t get stronger than you’re not confident about walking or doing any of those things. And falling is the number one thing that happens here.”

The co-leader of the class, Marcel Rosenberg, a personal trainer, and co-owner of Gratitism. Rosenberg noticed the group is getting stronger in the last couple of months.

“The classes have gotten so easy for them. Now I’m having to, like, throw curveballs so that I, we, can challenge them a little bit more,” Rosenberg said.

“And then when they feel like they can stretch you, and they do,” Peterson said while raising her eyebrow. “Sometimes I give him a wisecrack back. But yes, it’s good for you.”

“They always raise the eyebrow to me always. But they love it. They love a good challenge,” Rosenberg said.

“They catch on!” Tschirn said as he explained his coaching style. “I’m the guy who says just a couple more seconds, and then we’ll go for like, another minute, you know, but I know that they’re capable. And I’m the coach that’s supposed to push.”

Oliver has this advice for anyone who is not feeling the motivation to invest in exercise: “Get up!” he said as he laughed. “Don’t sit in the chair, get up and move!

A recent study found that skipping exercise in favor of sitting can worsen brain function. The study went on to show that even small changes in how much physical activity a person gets each day can affect cognitive abilities.

Mediterranean lifestyle, not just diet, may greatly improve health

Much is known about the heart-health benefits of adopting a Mediterranean-style diet, with its heavy focus on whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fish and healthy oils. But what about the rest of the Mediterranean lifestyle?

Short of lounging on the beaches of southern Italy or an island in Greece, could adopting the focus on relaxed, familial dining, afternoon naps and strong communal bonds also improve health?

A group of researchers explored what would happen if middle-aged and older British adults—who live about 1,500 miles northwest of the Mediterranean Sea and its convivial way of life—adopted not just the dietary but also the physical activity and social habits of their southern neighbors. And they found that the more they adhered to this lifestyle, the lower their risk of dying from cancer, cardiovascular disease and other health conditions.

The findings, presented Feb. 28 at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health conference in Boston, are considered preliminary until full results are published in a peer-reviewed journal.

“This study suggests that adopting a Mediterranean lifestyle adapted to the local characteristics of non-Mediterranean populations is possible and can be part of a healthy lifestyle,” said the study’s senior researcher, Mercedes Sotos-Prieto, an assistant professor in the department of preventive medicine and public health at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. She also is an adjunct professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

Prior research has shown the Mediterranean-style eating pattern helps protect against cardiovascular disease, lowering the risk for heart attacks and strokes. In this latest study, researchers analyzed the impact of other Mediterranean lifestyle factors—including physical activity, rest, social habits and conviviality—on 110,799 middle-aged and older adults living in England, Scotland and Wales.

Participants were drawn from the UK Biobank, a multi-center, population-based study of people ages 40 to 75 who were free of cancer and cardiovascular disease when they enrolled between 2009 and 2012. They were followed until 2021.

A 25-point MEDLIFE index was used to score their adherence to the Mediterranean lifestyle. The index was broken down into three blocks: Mediterranean food consumption (12 points), which looked at what people ate; Mediterranean dietary habits (7 points), which looked at additional factors such as whether they snacked, added salt to their meals or preferred whole grains to refined grains; and other lifestyle factors (6 points).

The last block included questions on whether people ate meals with family and friends (conviviality); engaged in physical activity with others, for example by going on walks together; how often they met with family and friends (social habits); and how much sleep they got, both at night and through naps (rest).

After a median follow-up time of 9.4 years, death records were used to compare death rates for cancer, cardiovascular disease and all other causes between those with higher and lower MEDLIFE index scores. The analysis showed the more people adhered to the Mediterranean lifestyle, the lower their risk of dying from cancer or from any cause.

Specifically, compared to those with the lowest MEDLIFE index scores, adults with the highest adherence to the Mediterranean lifestyle had a 29{bf0515afdcaddba073662ceb89fbb62b6b1bf123143c0e06b788e1946e8c353f} lower risk of dying from any cause and a 28{bf0515afdcaddba073662ceb89fbb62b6b1bf123143c0e06b788e1946e8c353f} lower risk of dying from cancer. Higher scores for each of the three blocks of the MEDLIFE index were associated with lower cancer and all-cause death risks. Higher scores for the third block, related to lifestyle activities, also were associated with lower cardiovascular death risks.

The study highlights the important roles community and social engagement play in good health, said Marie-Pierre St-Onge, an associate professor of medicine and director of the Center of Excellence for Sleep and Circadian Research at Columbia University in New York City.

“The Mediterranean lifestyle involves interactions with others,” she said, a component that is particularly important for people as they age. Studies have shown social isolation may increase a person’s risk of having or dying from a heart attack or stroke.

The findings emphasize why “we should be paying attention to other aspects of lifestyle, beyond just physical activity,” said St-Onge, who was not involved in the study. “Maybe we need to look at more and more of these social factors.”

One thing the study did not explore and would be of interest in future studies is the impact of stress, she said. “When you think about the Mediterranean lifestyle, you think about living at a slower pace, but this study does not seem to capture that.”

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How ‘Simple 7’ Lifestyle Habits Can Lower Women’s Dementia Risk

Women make up about two-thirds of the people who have dementia.
Researchers say women can lower their risk for the disease by adopting 7 healthy lifestyle habits recommended by the American Heart Association.
The daily habits include being active, having a balanced diet, and maintaining healthy blood pressure.

Women who follow seven healthy habits might lower their risk of developing dementia, according to new research presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 75^th Annual Meeting this week.

In their study, researchers followed 13,720 women for 20 years to analyze their risk of developing dementia. They examined Medicare claims at the end of the study to determine who received a diagnosis.

The women received a score for seven health factors, with 0 corresponding to “poor” and 7 as “excellent.” The average score at the beginning of the study was 4.3. At the 10-year follow-up, it was 4.2.

At the 20-year follow-up, 1,771 women had been diagnosed with dementia.

After adjusting for factors such as age and education, the researchers found that for every increase of one point in overall score, the participant’s risk of dementia decreased by 6{bf0515afdcaddba073662ceb89fbb62b6b1bf123143c0e06b788e1946e8c353f}.

One limitation of the study is that researchers did not receive information that allowed them to see how changes in healthy habits, such as quitting smoking, influenced the risk of dementia.

The findings also have not been published yet in a peer-reviewed journal.

The researchers used the American Heart Association’s “Life’s Simple 7” lifestyle habits for their study.

Those seven factors are:

“The good news is, this isn’t an all-or-nothing situation,” said Dr. Joel Salinas, a behavioral neurologist and researcher at NYU Langone Health and chief medical officer at Isaac Health in New York.

“You don’t need to be the healthiest person. Even if people have a good score in one or two areas, they are receiving some benefit. Any improvements incrementally improve your long-term health,” he told Healthline.

“If you change your habits, you will receive some health benefits. The earlier you make those changes,” Salinas added. “The longer you keep the new habits, the better. The intent is to find an easy way to keep track of your health.”

“Dementia is an overall decline in cognitive ability, usually impacting short-term memory (learning/recall new information) and another cognitive ability (or more), such as decline in executive skills (organization, decision making) or language, or visual-spatial skills,” says Karen Miller PhD, a neuropsychologist and geropsychologist as well as the senior director of the Brain Wellness and Lifestyle Programs at Pacific Neuroscience Institute in California.

“In dementia, these declines typically impact one’s ability to be completely independent (i.e., the person may have difficulty managing finances or medications, difficulty/impairment in driving, etc.),” she told Healthline.

Women make up about two-thirds of people with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, according to a 2021 report.

One reason is that women live longer than men and dementia typically appears after age 80. Other possible explanations, according to Cognitive Vitality, a program of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, include:

Higher education is associated with lower rates of dementia. Many older women today were not afforded the same educational opportunities as men.
Dementia is linked to depression, and more women have depression than men
People who exercise are less likely to develop dementia and women exercise less than men

When women develop dementia, they decline faster than men do. Therefore, they can have a more severe illness.

Dementia occurs when neurons in the brain stop working or interacting with other brain cells, according to the National Institute of Aging.

Everyone loses some neurons as they age, but people with dementia have a more significant loss.

While many people over 85 have dementia, it is not considered a normal part of aging.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, but it is not the only one.

A few other types of dementia include the following:

Some people can have a combination of two or more types of dementia.

Signs and symptoms of dementia include:

Experiencing memory loss, poor judgment, and confusion.
Difficulty speaking, understanding, and expressing thoughts, or reading and writing.
Wandering and getting lost in a familiar neighborhood.
Trouble handling money responsibly and paying bills.
Repeating questions.
Using unusual words to refer to everyday objects.
Taking longer to complete routine daily tasks.
Losing interest in normal daily activities or events.
Hallucinating or experiencing delusions or paranoia.
Acting impulsively.
Losing balance and problems with movement

It is important to note when symptoms are worsening, experts say.

“When people start noticing these symptoms, in themselves or a loved one, it may be time to see a doctor. The same is true for new changes, new symptoms, or a worsening of previous symptoms. There are some treatments – that can’t cure or reverse the damage. Still, they can possibly slow the progression of the disease, such as aducanumab and lecanemab,” Salinas said. “New treatments are another reason to see a doctor.”

Sagittarius Horoscope Today, February 25, 2023: A healthy lifestyle ahead | Astrology

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23-Dec 21)

Daily astrological prediction says, sagittarius people are creative and successful because of their independent spirit and drive to take charge of situations. If you work hard and do your job well, you will get noticed by important people. If you had a family to help you, you wouldn’t have to worry about anything. For the sake of your loved ones, it’s in everyone’s best interest that you craft a sublime rhythm in your life. Today is a good day for native Sagittarians to make money through property and money deals. Buying a home or inheriting one from a relative appears to be a feasible option. An adventure abroad could be just the thing to ignite your creativity. Because you always try your hardest in school, you eventually succeed. Although you aren’t ready, you’ll do fine in the situation at hand. Sagittarius students have a good chance of doing well on a significant exam. There will come a time when a friend from the past will come to you for help with their investments. They can benefit from hearing your opinion or receiving your counsel.

Sagittarius Finance Today

Financial success could be attained with the help of a Sagittarius native’s brilliant ideas. Going on a business trip could be an opportunity to expand your professional network. Obtaining a loan at the right time is crucial for the company’s growth.

Sagittarius Family Today

Due to a child’s misbehaviour, you will have to make serious efforts today to bring the family back together. To find a solution, show some compassion and understanding. It’s time to kick back and take it easy at a relative’s house.

Sagittarius Career Today

You must realise your full potential now to advance your career. You’ll get far in your career if you can keep the energy up and make the most of your communication skills. The Sagittarius’s willingness to take chances would impress even their harshest critics.

Sagittarius Health Today

A healthy, well-rounded diet is a great tool for modern living. Developing strong bones and lungs are just two benefits of regular exercise. Maintain a regular exercise routine.

Sagittarius Love Life Today

Sagittarius natives need to adjust their methods if they want to introduce maturity and a fresh perspective to romantic ties. You may finally be able to end that love-hate relationship once and for all.

Lucky Number: 11

Lucky Colour: Brown

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Weight loss tips: 10 lifestyle changes to reverse, prevent or manage obesity | Health

Obesity or excess fat ails a sizeable populace these days and modern life-style is at the main of this growing dilemma. Leading a sedentary lifestyle, eating junk meals and carrying out little or no training can wreak havoc with all round well being. Obesity is just one of the biggest possibility factors for serious ailments like diabetic issues, substantial blood strain, coronary heart disorder and even sure varieties of most cancers. Usually, it is overweight people today who have a high share of harmful fat in their overall body, but a ton of instances many persons with ordinary body weight may well have superior system fat share and they could be equally at chance of life-style conditions. (Also examine: Brisk strolling vs jogging which is much better for body weight loss? Skilled consider)

As it is not uncomplicated to absolutely reverse the way of life obtained above the yrs, a little bit-by-little bit method provides a extensive-long lasting alternative to the weight problems challenge. There is no swift-take care of cure possibly. A slight modification could transform numerous areas of your day-to-day regime and could yield magical effects in number of months. These good outcomes usually encourage a person to just take a action additional in major a balanced residing.

“As you know being overweight is getting to be rampant today because of to westernization, lack of bodily action, ingesting too a great deal of junk food stuff, faulty lifestyle in this society. Obesity predisposes a individual to a good deal of health and fitness troubles. An obese person is at a increased threat of creating diabetes, hypertension, liver ailments, obstructive sleep apnoea, coronary heart relevant challenges, a variety of cancers and the record is countless. It is vital to get care of your entire body pounds and reverse obesity,” says Dr Anukalp Prakash, Guide Advisor – division of Gastroenterology, CK Birla Clinic over a telephonic dialogue with HT Electronic.

Right here are the lifestyle improvements that 1 must incorporate in their life style to stop, reverse or take care of being overweight.

Prevent undesirable fat

“Try to eat less ‘bad’ unwanted fat or fried things and involve a lot more ‘good’ fat in restricted amount of money like butter and cheese. Eat much less processed and sugary food items such as processed sweets, jaggery, sugar and eat additional servings of greens and fruits. Superior fibre diet allows continue to keep our stomach comprehensive and has less calories,” Dr Shubham Vatsya, Specialist Gastroenterology, Fortis Escorts Medical center, Faridabad told HT Electronic.

Direct an active way of living

“It’s a regarded reality that exercising minimizes fat, but an all round lively lifestyle this sort of as opting for stairs in its place of elevate, having a walk even though conversing in excess of the mobile phone, and standing conferences are energetic life style patterns one particular really should incorporate in their every day life program,” states Dr Sajeet Nayar, MBBS, MS – Typical Medical procedures – Pristyn Treatment in a conversation with HT Digital.

Eat loads of nutritional fibre

“Emphasis on having low–glycaemic index foods this sort of as environmentally friendly vegetables, fruits, raw carrots, kidney beans, chickpeas and lentils. Medium Glycaemic index meals contain sweet corn, bananas, raw pineapple, raisins, cherries, oat breakfast cereals, and multigrain, full-grain wheat or rye bread even though superior glycaemic index foodstuff which ought to be averted are white rice, white bread and potato,” says Dr Vatsya.

Raise intake of water or calorie-cost-free drinks

“Avoid sugar-sweetened drinks like soda, fruit beverages, sports beverages, and choose for fruit juice although no extra than a modest total for each working day,” says Dr Nayar.

Limit display screen time

“We need to limit Tv set and monitor time and alternatively come across desire in outside routines relatively than sitting down all the time,” claims Dr Prakash.

Meditate – try leisure approaches

“Even though you could have a nerve-racking lifetime, balancing property and perform, it is crucial to consider a break, check out respiration routines, meditation or breaking out into a dance if in alone is stress-free to you,” says Dr Nayar.

Snooze

“These days in our way of life the anxiety has improved, we really should check out and lessen this worry by involving ourselves in meditation, yoga, songs and dancing and any other activity that cuts down strain. We need to attempt and improve our sleep behavior and go to mattress early and ensuring we have 8 hrs of superior rest. This decreases worry and probabilities of being overweight,” states Dr Prakash.

Continue to keep an eye on your hormones, emotions

“Avoid psychological taking in. Pause and mirror on what has brought on this unexpected modify in your temper – fairly than indulging in ingesting your emotions,” says Dr Nayar.

Monitor your exercise, BMI and other wellbeing-metrics

“Anyone around is becoming digital-first. Integrating know-how and fitness has served numerous persons track their weight loss journey, trying to keep an eye on BMI and other wellness parameters – SPO2, Blood Tension, and Oxygen amounts, amid some others,” suggests Dr Nayar.

Reversing obesity

“For persons who have by now develop into obese and locating it tough to reduce body weight there are other procedures of shedding excess weight like endoscopic balloon placement into the stomach which helps decrease excess weight all over 15-20 kg in 6 months and there are other surgical possibilities accessible like bariatric surgical procedure which can lessen the bodyweight and avert a person from building numerous health conditions from obesity,” says Dr Prakash.

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Cardiologist Said Heart Disease Among Young People Due to Lifestyle

Jim Liu, a cardiologist at Ohio State University, explains why heart disease is on the rise among young people.
Several studies have indicated young people are dying from heart attacks at higher rates than in the past.
Sedentary lifestyles, vaping, poor sleep, and chronic health conditions might be behind the trend.

Heart problems are on the rise among an unlikely demographic: young people.

People between 25 and 44 have experienced a nearly 30{bf0515afdcaddba073662ceb89fbb62b6b1bf123143c0e06b788e1946e8c353f} increase in heart attack deaths since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a 2022 study conducted by Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles suggested.

Another study from Johns Hopkins, published in 2018 that reviewed 28,000 hospitalizations for heart attacks over a 20-year period, found the rate of heart attacks for women aged 35 to 54 increased, even as the overall mortality rate for heart disease decreased.

Heart disease is an umbrella term that encompasses heart health problems including heart attacks, irregular heartbeats, or other damage to different parts of the organ. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking cigarettes are typically the root causes of many types of heart disease, but lifestyle changes and national trends could be behind the increase in heart disease among young people, according to Dr. Jim Liu, a cardiologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Liu told Insider he’s seen more young people with heart disease come into his care over the last five to ten years. Perhaps surprisingly, the cardiologist said many of his new, younger patients do not have any of the traditional risk factors, and might be more susceptible to other issues and indicators that could increase overall risk.

Plus, data from a survey by Ohio State found 47{bf0515afdcaddba073662ceb89fbb62b6b1bf123143c0e06b788e1946e8c353f} of people under 45 did not believe they were at risk for heart disease — a trend that may also be behind the rise in heart attacks, Liu said.

One cause could be the recent rise in obesity, said Liu. The prevalence of obesity rose from 3{bf0515afdcaddba073662ceb89fbb62b6b1bf123143c0e06b788e1946e8c353f} pre-pandemic to 4.4{bf0515afdcaddba073662ceb89fbb62b6b1bf123143c0e06b788e1946e8c353f} between 2020 to 2021, per federal data, as more people increased their alcohol intake. Young people are already prone to more sedentary lifestyles, and Liu said the pandemic may have led to even lower rates of exercise.

“Because of the pandemic, people may be a little bit less active, maybe eating worse,” Liu said. “So that could possibly translate into worsened blood pressure, increased weight, and long-term healthcare problems, specifically cardiovascular.”

Liu said young people may also be unaware of some of the less talked about risk factors for heart disease. For instance, the doctor said vapes and e-cigarettes can stress your heart just as much as regular cigarettes can. Other risk factors that might put young people in particular at risk for heart disease are illicit drug use, poor sleep, and chronic conditions like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and HIV, the doctor said.

Overall, Liu said more research is needed to fully understand why Americans are getting heart disease at younger ages than in the past. In the meantime, the doctor encouraged young people to make themselves aware of lifestyle factors that contribute to poor heart health, and the importance of exercise and diet to prevent this issue to lower risk factors.

“If they have a specific condition already, for example, blood pressure, diabetes, or [high] cholesterol, making sure that those are controlled by getting routine healthcare,” Liu said. “And making sure you’re sticking to a healthy lifestyle is important, also.”