Still muscular
Muscle loss due to aging common in men 60 years old and older.Muscle loss leads to decline in health, difficulty carrying heavy objects, easy to exhausted when physical activity, increasing the possibility of falling, loss of balance when age increases.
Research shows the maintenance of mass and muscle strength through exercise related to the ability to increase life expectancy, reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and heart disease, maintain stable blood pressure.
To strengthen muscles, maintain physical strength, men should practice exercises with weights or resistant wires, push -ups, squats, swing, jogging ... at least 3 times/weekMechanical recovery, reducing the risk of injury.
Eating enough protein is also a way to hold the muscles with 1.6-2.2g of protein/day per body weight.High quality protein foods include fish, chicken breast, eggs, seafood, beans, milk and dairy products ...
Moderate waistline
Experts say waist is an important sign that the current health condition and future life expectancy.Research from the University of Queen (Canada) concluded that the waist measurement is related to the situation of internal fat accumulated in the abdominal cavity, obesity and heart disease due to lifestyle.
Men with a waist of 110cm or more are at risk of early death than 50% higher than people with measurements of 94cm or less.Abdominal obesity also puts weaker bones, is a sign that the risk of fatty liver, blood fat, diabetes, ...
Men after 60 years of age should pay attention to maintaining a stable weight, enhancing movement, avoiding sitting a lot, controlling stress and limiting greasy food, high in salt to avoid internal fat as well as measurementsThe waist increases.
Strong teeth
Dental health is often the aspect of many people who ignore because they think it is not important to the overall health.
In fact, inflammation and infection that bacteria in the mouth are shown to be related to heart disease, artery blockage, pneumonia, osteoporosis and stroke.
Some studies show that a healthy teeth affect a person's life expectancy.The average life expectancy of people with healthy teeth is longer than 11.7 years compared to the lifespan of people who have lost a lot of teeth.
Want to own strong teeth, oral hygiene habits at least 2 times/day, supplement food containing calcium and go to the dentist regularly for men after 60 years of age should be noted.
Stable blood sugar index
The glycemic index is the value of the glucose concentration in the blood constantly changing day by day even every minute especially related to daily diet.
Stable blood sugar index in normal people: any blood sugar <140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/l);Hypered blood sugar <100 mg/dl (<5.6 mmol/l), after meals <140mg/dl (7.8 mmol/l), test HBA1C index <5.7 %.
If the blood sugar is regular, it can lead to diabetes and many complications related to kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, nerve damage ... while blood sugar is too low below 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L) Causing sleep disorders, dizziness, hunger, often worried, difficult to focus ...
To maintain a stable glycemic index, men after 60 should choose a diet with foods with low gulp.Prioritize foods rich in fiber, slow metabolic starch, drink enough water to help blood glucose increase slowly and reduce slowly.
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