Life After Fifty - Health & Well-Being

Is it possible to avoid premature mental and physical decline? Is it possible to reach age 60, 70 and beyond and feel and function like a healthy 40- or 50-year-old? Absolutely. Gerontologist Dr. John W. Rowe says how well you age is 70 percent lifestyle choices and 30 percent heredity and environment. That 70 percent gives you incredible power to control how your life evolves. Putting old on hold begins with loving yourself, valuing yourself, and appreciating that your body is the only one you will ever have. In a spirit of gratitude decide right now to keep it in peak condition and be an asset to yourself, your family, and society. Diet, exercise and a defiant, independent, can-do youthful attitude are 'power tools' you must use.