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Exercising regularly helps people stay healthy physically and mentally sharper when entering old age, so the results of four studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Washington, Monday (26/1/2010).

One study found that women who exercise during midlife-defined median age of 60 years by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, has a smaller chance after a 70-year-old for chronic disease, heart surgery or physical, and mental disorders or retention.

One other study found that the stretching training a year, one or two times per week, increase the attention of women middle-aged and the ability to resolve conflicts.

The third study found that adults aged 55 years and older who engage in physical activity or higher were less likely to face for impaired cognitive resources than their peers who mostly sat.

And women aged 65 years or older who participated in an exercise program for 18 months seems to have denser bones and lower risk for falls compared with women in the same age who lack the program “fitness” is active, according to a fourth study .

The findings of that study, conducted in Canada, Germany, and the United States, may be is what the doctors were instructed to make the U.S. more people exercising, said study author first.

“Because the American people grow old quickly, and almost a quarter of Americans do not engage in any leisure time, our findings seem to support the federal guidelines regarding physical activity to promote health among older people and well-being with age,” said the author of the study.

“The idea that physical activity can boost survival more successful than just adding age may give a very strong reason for people to start a physical activity,” they said

For those of you who want to be healthy but still fun, there is now a new sport that combines the style of hip hop style of young people with a heart-healthy exercise. Exercise called ‘Hip-Heart’ was deliberately created to prevent young children exposed to the risk of heart disease and other cardiovascular disease.

“The focus of prevention of heart disease is now aimed at young people, because in the age group of healthy lifestyles remajalah or unhealthy are usually formed. The youth now are smoking more, not eating properly, lack of exercise and more sit or play the computer,” said Laksmiati A. Hanafi, head of Indonesian Heart Foundation in the Pan Asian seminar held Cepheus Study in Gren Melia Hotel, Jakarta, Monday (16/11/2009).

Sports ‘Hip-Heart’ itself is now often found in schools as a form of extracurricular activities outside. “We want more healthy teenagers with more moving and doing sports or exercise. But because gymnastics is usually boring, so we made the movements taken from the hip-hop style that later adapted by scholars with a heart-healthy move,” Laksmiawati said.

Today, sports ‘Hip-Heart’ are mostly found in schools in Jakarta. “In Jakarta alone, there are 40 to 50 schools that have implemented this sport, one in the school of Al-Izhar Pondok Labu. In the future we want menyosialisasikannya to various areas, such as Surabaya, Makassar and others,” he explained.

According to Laksmiati, heart disease has now spread to many young people, particularly women. “In the past, myth that heart disease is a male disease because his habits are less healthy than women. But now, the trend globally is a disease of women. Perhaps because women today are smoking more, drinking alcohol, and stress due to job as a career woman, “said Laksmiati.

While Susan Bachtiar which is the icon of the Indonesian Heart Foundation said, he believes that the key to preventing heart disease is to apply a healthy diet and exercise routine.

“I began to realize and actually implementing a healthy lifestyle since the age of 30 years. I exercise almost an hour every day and eat 5 times a day. But I only eat rice once, it was brown rice,” says the woman who still looks beautiful and fresh in his old age was 36 years.

“This morning I only drink milk, eat cookies 10 hours, 1 hour eating rice and side dishes, 4 hours snacking fruit or biscuits again and that night I banyakin fruit and drink milk again. To exercise, generally one hour every day of my fitness and weekends combined with yoga, “said Susan.

By running such a diet, she admitted her blood cholesterol became more healthy and maintained normal body stay fit and the risk of heart disease went away. Dr Djoko Maryono, SpPD, SpJP, FIHA, PHASE Medistra hospital, Jakarta who attended the seminar also added, “For a young child to eat the fish multiply and stay away from salty foods like chiki-chikian,” he advised.

many kinds of sports that kids can do. Sports is also a healthful addition to a career choice as an adult child. But there is one sport that must be controlled even though the child was outside his favorite sport.

What sports should be in control child? The answer pool.

Besides can increase heart rate and blood circulation throughout the body, swimming is also beneficial from the security factor.

From the health side, swimming is very useful for fitness because it involves almost all members of the body from the arms, shoulders, chest to toe.

While the security side to anticipate an accident in the waters. Children who can swim can take care of himself by floating on the water or swim to safety.

Swimming is also useful to teach children not to panic quickly and remain calm when faced with an incident.

Whenever a child can learn to swim?

As quoted from Pediatrics, Friday (29/1/2010), parents should start teaching children to swim at least the age of 4 years. As a child that age is ready to receive swim lessons. Teaches early swimming can foster confidence and independence in the child.

But parents can begin to introduce how to enjoy the water since infancy or before 4 years, so children are familiar with the world of water and be not afraid. Infants also become more relaxed and calm when they’re on the water.

Swimming is one of the exciting activities that can make children become happy and bersemanagat to learn. In addition to swim together can also increase the intensity of closeness between family members.

A study has shown the effect of stimulating the children to swim back and forth can increase intelligence, concentration, alertness, ability perceptions, emotions and regulate fisknya development.

Water is one medium that can cure or reduce pain. In children ‘special’ water therapy can stimulate certain effects such as calming, positive touch in the development and teaching interact.

Another benefit of swimming is to help overcome the disease of arthritis, weight problems and overcome the pain in his back.

For people who have problems with the lungs such as asthma, the air around the pool could make it easier to breathe and strengthen respiratory organs that can prevent the recurrence of asthma.

To avoid injuries that might occur during swimming should not be too much in the swim or not more than 1 hour. Do not allow children to swim alone while the child is already adept at swimming but still provide oversight.

Vitamins are good for the body. However, intake of vitamins in high doses and long-term health hazard it, even at the risk of death.

Vitamins are needed to support the existence healthy body. Especially for people who live in urban areas. Consumption of this vitamin is essential to ward off free radicals and air pollution.

Generally, most vitamins are safe for consumption. However, Agency for Drugs and Food in the UK, the FSA, said that high levels picolinatedengan supplements can cause cancer.

Not only that, drink a few other minerals and vitamins that are used in a long time also endanger your health. Not only that, some types of supplements such as vitamin C, calcium, and iron can cause harmful effects if taken in high doses even for a short time. However, symptoms may disappear when consumption is stopped immediately. Read the rest of this entry »

Sports light such as walking was a great benefit, among others, reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, keep your weight and blood pressure control. In fact, Father of Medicine Hippocrates mentioned on foot as the best medicine for humans.

Ideally walking exercise was conducted in open spaces. However, for various reasons, especially pollution and limited public space, many people prefer urban walking activities in a closed room, one at the mall or shopping center.

According to Sara Donovan, author of Mall Walking Madness: Everything You Need to Know to Lose Weight and Have Fun at the Same Time, activities at the mall walking became popular since the opening of the first malls in the United States, the Stockdale, in Minnesota in 1956.

At that time the doctors recommend that patients recovering from heart disease treatment for walkers in the Stockdale for free from the weather. Understand it, the city is often snowy weather and blustery.

“The people who want to exercise and then go to the mall Stockdale management supported by the shut shop early so the store can be used to exercise,” said Donovan.

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA, since opening in 1992 even offers a walking program. The mall was opened in early, 7 o’clock in the morning before the stores open to accommodate the pedestrians. Widespread throughout the mall is approximately 0.9 square miles, not bad for a workout.

Several other malls and offer similar programs. In addition to the elderly, activities in the mall walking is preferred pregnant women or new mothers giving birth. “The mothers can bring their babies to wear stroler,” said Donovan.

Walking in the mall considered safer than in the open air. “The weather is very cold here, while at the mall warmer weather. We also do not have to worry about slipping. There was also a health facility that is ready to help if there is a heart attack,” said Elayne Gilhousen regular walk at the mall with her husband during the last 17 years.

According to health experts, activities included walking cardio exercises that can strengthen the heart as when walking, the rhythmic body moved without stopping for a certain period and involved many joints.