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Healthy Diet and Exercise can Ward Off Illness in Elderly People

December 14, 2007 at 7:46 PM Senior Health News

Age isn’t a factor when it comes to improving your health and leading a healthier lifestyle, say researchers in the US who suggest that a better diet and exercise is all that’s needed to live better, even if you've had an unhealthy lifestyle in the past.

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The study, led by Dr. Richard S. Rivlin, professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, stated that many elderly people feel that it is too late for them to improve their health, but that is simply not true.

"I think this is an extremely important and positive message. Many elderly people feel that it is too late for them to improve their health, but that is simply not true,” Rivlin said.

In the study, the researchers analysed that how the elderly could ward off risks to their health late in life by improving body composition, i.e. by lowering fat and boosting muscle mass, adhering to a low-calorie and low-fat diet, high in vegetables and fruits, with a regular exercise plan, could help the elderly stave off the diseases of aging.

"When measures to combat chronic disease are started in one's 60s and 70s, there are still definite benefits. But older adults must realize that there is no quick fix. They must change their lifestyles," Rivlin said.

The specific findings were - lowering high blood pressure or hypertension, major risk for cardiovascular disease, through improved diet and exercise had more dramatic health benefits for the elderly than for any other age group.

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