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As mentioned in my previous article, healthy ageing is about having an optimal quality of life. Although people are living longer, they are not necessarily experiencing quality of life in their advancing years. Did you know that age-related disorders like dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and heart disease are at record numbers? Often these diseases can be prevented. So why are more and more people getting these diseases?
Before we dive into the "secrets to healthy ageing revealed", lets look at what healthy ageing is.
Healthy ageing is about creating the environments and opportunities that enable people to be and do what they value throughout their lives. Although many of us are leading longer lives, for many the quality of life is less than optimal. In the past it was thought that good health was due to your “good genes”. However, recent research shows us there is more to a healthy body than what we inherited from our forefathers.
Looking for solutions for your inflammation? Firstly, Inflammation is our body’s natural way of responding to stress, infection and illness, helping us to get better. Inflammation is a symptom of a wide range of conditions and diseases. Allergic reactions like hay fever or injuries and burns often trigger swelling or pain linked to short-term inflammation. Whereas in conditions like cancer, heart disease or diabetes, inflammation is longer lasting (chronic) and happens inside the body with no obvious symptoms.
If you’re looking for solutions for inflammation, there are ways to reduce inflammation naturally.
When you are dealing with chronic inflammation, management is key to obtaining optimal health and reducing the inflammation. Pharmaceutical anti-inflammatories are commonly used to help relieve pain and inflammation, however many of these carry risks such as stroke and damage to your digestive tract.
Check out what you can do to help you reduce inflammation and pain.
Is poorly managed pain and chronic inflammation slowing you down and impairing your quality of life? The feeling of pain is your body’s way of telling you that there is inflammation present. Inflammation is associated with the classic symptoms of pain, redness, heat and swelling. It frequently accompanies injury and tissue trauma, such as sprains, strains, cuts, bites and stings. However, what you may not realise, is that inflammation can be a contributing factor to many health conditions and is a key component in the joint pain of arthritis, headaches, migraine, back pain and muscular aches, digestive disorders such inflammatory bowel disease, period pain, autoimmune disorders such as Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Graves disease and cancers.
Is sleep a luxury for you? Are you waking up feeling refreshed, or are you staring at the celing at 2.30am, unable to sleep? Unfortunately insomnia (difficulties falling asleep or staying asleep) and or waking unrefreshed can be some people's reality.
Sleep is an important part of your daily routine - you spend about one-third of your time doing it. Quality sleep (and getting enough of it at the right times) is as essential to survival as food and water.