How can the elderly exercise to live a longer and healthier life?
Elderly people should develop a scientific fitness program according to their own physical condition, and exercise in moderation in order to exercise.
As in the choice of exercise, try to walk, tai chi, leisure swimming, fishing, dancing and other low-intensity aerobic exercise; and the choice of exercise time, as far as possible, choose to carry out in the afternoon around 4-5 p.m., because at this time the blood pressure and the heart beat are in the middle of the day in a relatively good time; in the control of the heart rate for patients with chronic diseases, patients over 70 years old, it is recommended to control the heart rate at about 100 beats / min, never too fast.
For the elderly over 70 years old, exercise is one aspect, diet is also very important aspect, it is recommended:
Control the total calorie, low calorie helps to increase life. Pay attention to control the amount of food, do not eat too full each meal, because the elderly originally body metabolism is relatively slow, if you eat too much, it will cause too many calories, resulting in the body metabolism increase, which is not conducive to health, so it is recommended that you can usually use a timed quantitative meals, separate meals, reduce the intake of high-calorie foods. These all help in calorie control. For three meals a day, also try to do a good job of reasonable distribution of food.
Eat more seasonal vegetables. What does that mean? It means that it is best to eat more seasonal vegetables, for example, in spring, you can eat more garlic sprouts, bean sprouts, spring sprouts, etc.; in summer, you can eat more tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, eggplants, etc.; in the fall, you can eat more peanuts, lotus root, yam, taro, etc.; in winter, you can eat cabbages, radishes, etc..