For Geezers over 70 -- feel-good life advice
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Not sure if all the content is medically sound (does not appear peer-reviewed), probably good for a chuckle at least.
https://deemagclinic.com/2022/12/04/fortunate/
Dr. Wada in Japan advocates calling people over 70 years old as "fortunate people" rather than "elderly people".
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Seniors over the age of 70 do not need regular physical examinations because the "standard of health" varies from person to person. He also said: "Don't believe what doctors say." This is because doctors are in contact with "patients", so they do not understand what health is. At the same time, he also opposes the long-term use of multiple drugs by the elderly, and advocates "only take necessary drugs when necessary." In other words, "taking medicine to prevent something" makes little sense.
According to this point of view, the elderly do not need to take sleeping pills frequently. Loss of sleep time as you age is a natural phenomenon, and no one dies from insomnia. 24 hours a day, sleep whenever you want, wake up whenever you want, this is the privilege of the elderly.
In addition, the cholesterol level that the elderly are generally worried about, even if it is high to a certain extent, there is no need to worry. Because cholesterol is the raw material for the body to generate immune cells. The more immune cells, the lower the risk of cancer in older people. In addition, part of the male hormone is also composed of cholesterol. If the cholesterol level is too low, men's physical and mental health will be unsustainable.
Likewise, high blood pressure doesn't matter at all. More than 50 years ago, human malnutrition was widespread. So, when blood pressure reaches around 150, the blood vessels burst. But very few people are malnourished these days, so even blood pressure over 200 won't cause a blood vessel to burst.
Dr. Wada summed up the secret of 70-year-olds becoming "fortunate people" into "42 sentences", as follows:
- Keep walking
- Take a deep breath when you feel irritable
- Exercise so that the body does not feel stiff
- Drink more water when the air conditioner is on in summer
- The more you chew, the more energetic your body and brain will be
- Memory declines not because of age, but because of long-term non-use of the brain
- No need to take a lot of medicine
- No need to deliberately lower blood pressure and blood sugar levels
[some of the numberings are mixed up, but what the heck]
- Only do what you love, not what you hate
- No matter what, don’t stay at home all the time
- Eat whatever you want, the fat body is just right
- Do everything meticulously
- Don't deal with people you hate
- Rather than fighting the disease to the end, it is better to live with it
- "The car must have a way to the front of the mountain" is the magic spell to make the old man happy
- You can't fall asleep and don't force it
- Doing happy things is best for boosting brain activity
- Find a "family doctor" early
- Don't be overly patient or force yourself, there is nothing wrong with being a "bad old man"
- Stop learning and you will grow old
- Don't be greedy for vanity, it's good to have everything you have now
- Innocence is the privilege of the elderly
- The more troublesome things are, the more interesting they are
- Do what is good for others
- Live leisurely today
- Desire is the source of longevity
- Live as an optimist
- Cheerful people will be popular.
- The rules of life are in your own hands
- Accept everything calmly.
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No one ever died of insomnia.
True, but people have gone mad because of lack of sleep.
No need to deliberately lower blood pressure and blood sugar levels
So much for science, right?
cholesterol level that the elderly are generally worried about, even if it is high to a certain extent, there is no need to worry
Cholesterol is an essential for membrane structure, hormones, etc. But...
