After the age of 50, how can you stay strong and improve your quality of life?

An old man complained to Huazi that after he turned 50, he felt old and could not do many things. Huazi told him that birth, aging, illness and death are natural laws and we should understand and accept them. Although aging cannot be reversed, it can be delayed.

Human aging is prone to occur in five aspects. As long as we do targeted conditioning, we can stay young for longer. Although we can't "rejuvenate", we can make ourselves "age stronger" and improve the quality of life.

1. Preventing “legs from aging first”

As the saying goes, "When a tree grows old, its roots wither first; when a person grows old, his legs age first." As the human body enters old age, problems with the lower limbs are more likely to occur, affecting the body's ability to exercise. Lack of exercise will cause problems in the cardiovascular system, digestive system, nervous system, etc., affecting the quality of life.

The main reason for the "legs aging first" is degenerative osteoarthritis. It mainly occurs in joints that need to bear weight and have a large amount of activity, such as the knee joint, hip joint, cervical vertebra, and lumbar vertebra. Due to long-term wear and tear, the degree of wear and tear of the joint cartilage is greater than its own repair ability.

Therefore, after the age of 50, you should pay attention to controlling your weight and avoid excessive exercise to avoid damage to bones and joints. Eat more calcium-rich foods to avoid bone loss. Pay attention to protein supplements and exercise your leg muscles to allow them to provide more support to avoid sprains or falls due to decreased athletic ability and weakened balance.

2. Protect teeth and prevent aging

As people age, they are more likely to have oral problems, such as gum atrophy and infection, loose teeth and falling teeth, which affect their eating. Therefore, people over 50 must pay attention to their dental health. Brush your teeth every morning and evening, rinse your mouth after meals, and use dental floss to clean food residues between your teeth.

But it should be noted that toothbrushes and dental floss can only clean the surface of teeth, but cannot clean the dental plaque that has entered the gums. Therefore, it is necessary to have a dental check-up every year. If the dental plaque is serious, it needs to be cleaned and removed to avoid further aggravation of oral problems.

3. Aging blood vessels is the real aging

"The lifespan of blood vessels is the lifespan of the person." When many people reach old age, their organ functions are normal, but their blood vessels develop atherosclerosis, stenosis, or blockage, resulting in blood supply obstruction to important organs such as the brain, heart, and kidneys, posing a threat to life.

Atherosclerosis is essentially the aging of blood vessels. Smoking, as well as the "three highs" of high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, will accelerate the aging of blood vessels. As long as you quit smoking and use medication to control the "three highs", you can slow down the rate of atherosclerosis and keep your blood vessels young.

4. More moisturizing can prevent skin aging

After the age of 50, the collagen content in the skin gradually decreases, the skin begins to become loose and wrinkles appear. In addition, the decline in hormone levels will reduce the secretion of skin oil and weaken the skin barrier. Dry skin, eczema, itching and other problems are prone to occur. Wrinkles are related to aging. Medicine can only cure diseases, not aging, but skin diseases can be prevented and treated.

Eczema is a common skin problem among the elderly. It is called "eczema" because of the symptoms of exudation, not because of "wetness". In fact, eczema is caused by excessive dryness of the skin, tiny cracks in the skin barrier, pathogens invading the skin, causing allergies and infections, which are the symptoms.

After the age of 50, you should pay attention to skin moisturizing, use more non-irritating moisturizers, and apply them thickly and frequently. This can prevent dry and itchy skin, and can even cure mild eczema.

5. To prevent aging of the digestive system, you cannot eat "soft food"

As the human body ages, the digestive function declines. Many people believe that drinking more porridge and eating more noodles can nourish the stomach, which is a wrong perception. After a long period of cooking, the food becomes soft and mushy, although it is easy to digest, but the human organs will "use it or lose it", and too soft and mushy food will make the digestive tract function worse.

When gastrointestinal diseases occur, you can eat "soft rice" for a short period of time to maintain gastrointestinal function, but more often, you need to consume a normal diet with sufficient dietary fiber to maintain normal digestive function and prevent constipation.

To sum up, whether male or female, 50 years old is the "watershed" of entering the old age stage. Protecting and conditioning the five aspects that are prone to aging can delay aging, prevent the occurrence of serious diseases, and ensure the quality of life in old age. I am pharmacist Huazi, welcome to follow me and share more health knowledge.