100 year old Japanese female swimmer sets record of 1,500 metre freestyle swimming

Came across this enthusiastic news about a 100 year old Japanese swimmer Mieko Nagaoka who became the world’s first centenarian to complete a 1,500 metre freestyle swim in around an hour and sixteen minutes.

It is interesting to note that she took up swimming at the age of 82 to recover from a knee injury. She currently holds 24 world records and plans to set more records. More details are available on: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/05/c_134125635.htm

She is a perfect example of active ageing and is really an inspiration for those young and middle aged people who feel that they are too old to learn swimming at their age.

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Slowing of Ageing process through Jogging

Great news for all those health conscious 60+ people who want to keep themselves healthy by exercise and jogging.

In a recent study done at Humboldt State University on 60+ people, it was found by researchers that jogging at the age of sixties and seventies could help slow down the ageing process. 

For more details please read:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2843484/Slow-ageing-process-feel-like-20-70s-jogging.html

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Healthy food for a fit body

Interesting article by a naturopathic doctor Dr. Akilah EL (http://bit.ly/1fmSaXN) on foods that look like various body parts and are useful for keeping those body parts fit too.

A useful article for both youngsters and elderly for keeping their mind and body fit and leading a healthy and active life.

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Nutritional diet a must for Healthy Ageing

Sharing an interesting video by WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/video/aging-nutrition) which emphasizes that one's lifestyle and eating habit in his/her young age plays an important role in determining their health conditions in old age. Life Span Approach also mentions about this.

The video also highlights that intake of nutritional diets can help in controlling various health problems in old age and thus contributing in promotion of healthy, productive and active ageing.

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World Health Day, 2014

Today on the occasion of  World Health Day, I would like to wish everyone a healthy and happy life ahead.

Health is an important issue at all stages of life. It has been proved in various researches that healthy and productive life in old age is dependent on healthy lifestyle in young age. So, if one is leading a healthy lifestyle in young age  there is high probability that he/she will lead an active, healthy and productive life in later part of life.

This year's message for World Health Day by World Health Organization (WHO) is Mosquitoes, flies, ticks and bugs may be a threat to one's health and that of their family at home and when travelling so one should take precautions to prevent themselves from being infected by vector-borne diseases which happens due to these insects. They have even circulated a video for taking such precautions (http://youtu.be/LutGFrwysRI).

Lets all of us pledge today to not only prevent oneself from being infected by vector-borne diseases but by other health problems too by leading a healthy lifestyle and taking appropriate precautions.

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