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Mar 20, 2024 · "Working out at 70 keeps my body and my brain flexible, strong, and healthy. Honestly, I’ve never felt better and intend to keep working out into my eighties, nineties and beyond."...
- Melanie Macleod
Feb 26, 2024 · Senior multivitamins are designed to fill gaps in your diet by supplementing vitamins and minerals your body needs to thrive. Pros of taking a multivitamin for seniors.
- The way you grow older is specific to you. Lifestyle, among other things, can play a role in the process. But some changes in your 70s are universal, because they’re the result of the way your body works.
- Parts of your brain shrink as you get older, and signaling between different areas can slow. That means you may have trouble remembering names or coming up with a specific word.
- As you age, your heart can’t beat as fast during exercise or when you’re stressed. As its walls get thicker and its valves get stiffer, blood may not flow through as efficiently.
- Age spots and wrinkles are no surprise, but you may also find that you bruise more and sweat less. Your skin may be drier and more paperlike. It might be itchy and more easily irritated, too.
- Your cardiovascular system. The most common change in the cardiovascular system is stiffening of the blood vessels and arteries, causing your heart to work harder to pump blood through them.
- Your bones, joints and muscles. With age, bones tend to shrink in size and density, weakening them and making them more susceptible to fracture.
- Your digestive system. Age-related structural changes in the large intestine can result in more constipation in older adults. Other contributing factors include a lack of exercise, not drinking enough fluids and a low-fiber diet.
- Your bladder and urinary tract. Your bladder may become less elastic as you age, resulting in the need to urinate more often. Weakening of bladder muscles and pelvic floor muscles may make it difficult for you to empty your bladder completely or cause you to lose bladder control (urinary incontinence).
Oct 10, 2012 · After age 70, the ability to see fine details diminishes as well, because there are fewer nerve cells to transmit visual signals to the brain. If you're plagued by dry eye, medications like Restasis can help create more tears.
Sep 4, 2024 · Your body needs more of certain vitamins and minerals as you hit your 40s and beyond. Find out which ones will benefit you -- and which won’t.
Jun 29, 2024 · Getting back into your exercise routine can help slow down body shape changes due to aging. Though muscle fibers decrease with age, lack of physical activity plays a major role in muscle loss and strength. Engaging in resistance training can help prevent muscle loss and strength and improve bone density.
