Staying healthy at any age: some basic methods

Staying healthy is a multi-faceted process. The KeepForty program gives an overview of those many facets.

This is a very good program to stay healthy, whatever your age. It is especially pertinent if you are 50 or older - following the steps outlined below, you can retain most of the capabilities you had when you were 40 to 49 years of age.

“Use it or lose it” is fundamental, and applies across all aspects.

BRAIN:
	Motivation:	Have a strong purpose Have interesting things to do
	Memory:	Get enough Essential Fatty Acids Learn new things Enough exercise
	Mental Quickness	Learn new things Enough exercise
Emotional:		Be optimistic Be married Be socially active + Motivation items
	Stress:	Laugh a lot Relax daily Rebound from difficulties
	Sex	Have fun Min. 2 to 4 times/month
BODY:
	Muscles:	Weights exercise, 2 to 3 times/week Push-ups 40, sit-ups 48, within 2 mins
	Heart:	Walk, run, dance; 120 mins/week
		Cholesterol: HDL>60, LDL<100 = more vegetables, less oily meats
	Bones:	Get enough calcium do Impact sports
	Eyes:	Eat lots of colorful vegetables Proper eyeglasses
	Ears:	Earplugs in noisy places Tiny hearing aid

...and, to keep doing this for as many years as possible:
LONG LIFE: > Motivation items > Emotional items > Muscles items >Heart items
	Cancer:	Minimize sugars Eat enough fiber
		Don't smoke, sunburn, overdrink alcohol
	Body weight:	Within 5% of standard
	Alcohol:	Max 1 glass/day = red wine with its resveratol
	Alkaline balance	No soft drinks > green tea
	Supplements:	Multi-vitamin, multi-mineral = insurance
	Annual physical check-up