Important Health and Safety Tips

1 – Walking for Senior Health
When walking for senior exercise, it is important that you keep a normal stride. Over-extending stride length jolts joints and actually slows us down. You may also put stress on your joints and ligaments by trying to go very quickly or by lengthening your stride too much. Take it easy! Studies show that walking is just as effective as running for aerobic exercise. It may take you a bit longer, but then you just have more opportunities to stop and smell the roses!

2 – Watch Your Sugar Intake!
With the exception of diabetics, who are very controlled in their intake of ‘sugars’, good senior health practices indicate that you should limit your sugar intake.

An easy way to reduce your sugar intake, if you don’t use artificial sweeteners is to buy a demitasse (or baby) spoon to use when adding sugar to coffee, tea, cereals, or whatever. You’ll be adding a spoonful of sugar, but a lesser amount! Also avoid candies and sodas which are incredibly high in sugar. Don’t be afraid to look at the nutritional label on all of your foods to check out the sugar, you’ll be glad you did!

3 - Eye Care
An important factor we should know: certain drugs or combinations of drugs can impair visual abilities and affect results of diagnostic tests. It’s very important to tell our optometrist or elder care physician the names of ALL prescription or non-prescription medications we take.