10 Healthy Aging Tips From Centenarians

Drinking Tea May Slow Bone Loss: Study Shows Elderly Tea Drinkers Have Higher Bone Density

Effects of Physical Exercise on Myocardial Telomere-Regulating Proteins, Survival Pathways, and Apoptosis (J Am Coll Cardiol, 2008) “Conclusions: Long- and short-term voluntary physical exercise up-regulates cardiac telomere-stabilizing proteins and thereby induces antisenescent and protective effects, for example, to prevent doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy.”

Exercise for improving balance in older people. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 )

Looking For The Founatain Of Youth? Cut Your Calories, Research Suggests “Calorie restriction has long been shown to slow the aging process in rats and mice. While scientists do not know how calorie restriction affects the aging process in rodents, one popular hypothesis is that it slows aging by decreasing a thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T3), which then slows metabolism and tissue aging. A new study in the June 2008 issue of Rejuvenation Research, found that calorie restriction - cutting approximately 300 to 500 calories per day - had a similar biological effect in humans and, therefore, may slow the aging process.“

Old women with a recent fall history show improved muscle strength and function sustained for six months after finishing training. (Aging Clin Exp Res. 2007 )

Regular Walking Nearly Halves Elderly Disability Risk “Older adults can decrease their risk of disability and increase their likelihood of maintaining independence by 41 percent by participating in a walking exercise program, according to a new University of Georgia study.”

Age-related rates of decline in performance among elite senior athletes. (Am J Sports Med. 2008 )

[Chronic dizziness in elderly people: its clinical characteristics and magneto-encephalographic findings] (Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2008)

Tai chi helps older adults get good night's sleep “Nearly two-thirds of people who learned the slow, gentle tai chi chih moves experienced significant improvements in sleep quality, compared to about one-third of those who participated in health education sessions that included information on how to get a better night's rest.”

Aging of cerebral white matter: a review of MRI findings (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2008)

Peripheral arterial disease and its clinical significance in nonagenarians. (Aging Clin Exp Res. 2008)

Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia' “Lead researcher Professor Eef Hogervorst said previous research had linked oestrogen therapy to a doubling of dementia risk in the over-65s. She said oestrogens - and probably phytoestrogens - tended to promote growth among cells, not necessarily a good thing in the ageing brain. Alternatively, high doses of oestrogens might promote the damage caused to cells by particles known as free radicals. A third theory is that damage is caused not by the tofu, but by formaldehyde, which is sometimes used in Indonesia as a preservative. The researchers admit that more research is required to ascertain whether the same effects are found in other ethnic groups. However, previous research has also linked high tofu consumption to an increased risk of dementia in older Japanese American men. “