Must-do list for healthy aging

By Victoria Dolby Toews, MPH, Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM


Calcium
(1,200 mg daily)
  • Protects bone mass
  • Lowers blood pressure
  • Improves insulin's effectiveness at processing blood sugar
Chromium
(200 mcg daily)
  • Helps the body process blood sugar
  • Lowers cholesterol
  • Aids weight loss efforts
Multivitamin/mineral
(daily)
  • Prevents vitamin and mineral deficiencies
  • Reduces the risk of several diseases, including heart disease and osteoporosis
Regular exercise
(30–60 minutes, five days a week)
  • Weight loss aid
  • Preserves bone mass
  • Reduces the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and diabetes
  • Relieves stress
  • Improves sleep
Healthy weight
(BMI: 18.5–24.9)*
  • Keeping body mass index (BMI) in the normal range reduces the risk of obesity, premature death, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and osteoarthritis
* Body mass index (BMI) is a formula for determining obesity. BMI equals a person's weight in pounds divided by height in inches squared. This number is then multiplied by 703. BMI=(pounds/inches2) x 703.


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