Wow, girls that was fun to go through your postings here ... yes Lilie the mountains always wait for me! Sooner or later ...
There was an interesting article I read about aging wisely. For now the genetic limit is set at 120 years, but new scientific research establishes that this limit will be crashed ... they speak of 180 years already!!! This is more frightening actually than encouraging actually ... I am not sure what would happen if we all reached that age!?
Anyway we want to age wisely and here come the ten rules to follow which will guarantee that we shall be in good health even if stepping into older age:
1. Physical activity: at least half an hour of speedy walking per day to have our muscles tonified and to activate circulation of blood. No excessive efforts though!
2. Check up at 40: electrocardiogram, blood analyses, ecocardiogram, mammography for women, checking of prostata for men.
3. Sleep well: not enough sleep will make us weak and suffering, but too much of it increases the risk of heart attacks (I did not know this, but I am rather in the first category ... those who do not sleep enough)
4. Laughing: when we laugh our body fills with oxygen in a quantity four times higher than normal and we reduce the stress hormones.
5. Studying, reading, making memorizing exercises, as learning by heart a song or a poem, keeps the neurons trained.
6. Listen to music of Mozart, Brahms and other relaxing music (for body and mind).
7. Avoid stress, either caused by too much work or no activity at all. Do relaxing exercises.
8. Avoid solitude.
Diet:
9. Chose a hypocaloric diet (to reach the weight you had at 20-30 years of age), deciding for an alimentation rich in fat Omega 3 (fish, broccoli, olive oil ...) or other antioxidant substances (like vitamin A, C, E, flavonoidi, polifenoli..)
10. No smoking and alcohol. Ok for one glass of wine per meal and not for those who have epatic or gastric problems.
(Sorry girls I just wrote this as it came translating from Italian, hope it is clear!)
It is a fact that certain people age better than others. So we might give this some attention. Of course we know probably quite well what we should do and eat, but we break the rules easily .... well I can speak for myself and of a few people I know! hmmmm btw I just had some fantastic pizza with onions and ham - a Alsacian recipe ... I even made the pasta myself ... it was fun and at least there was the exercise with the arms while "working" it for quite a long time.
... and now after this confession I better go and do some ropeskipping ...
Love you girls.
Margherita
Dear Margherita
Thank you so very much for sampling all these facts for us. I guess it is only to start. I am curious of your ages. Myself am 49.
Love,
Lilie
Thank you so very much for sampling all these facts for us. I guess it is only to start. I am curious of your ages. Myself am 49.
Love,
Lilie
bracha (Guest)
In ode for broccoli..does any of you have any very easy reciep? I am not so much into cooking myself...
Love,
Lilie
Love,
Lilie
I guess I better start watching my diet. I like my coffee. I am at my friend's house now while she is making breakfast, and I must confess that we cheat on the weekend with croissants and butter
I do walk a lot, however I am not sure I want to reach 180, that would give me more than another 100 years to go.
Thank you Margherita for the interesting but somewhat frightning information.
Gisele
I do walk a lot, however I am not sure I want to reach 180, that would give me more than another 100 years to go.
Thank you Margherita for the interesting but somewhat frightning information.
Gisele
Inda, I find the salad looking good, what is the white in it? Could you tell me, please
Love,
Lilie
Love,
Lilie
Sue (Guest)
Oh my!
We have all these chocolate bard here in the office
Not sure I'll live to be over 100
But then maybe we sometimes need comfort food
I like Margherita's wisdom and research,
and all the other replies and images.
Now I need some of that chocolate
Sue
We have all these chocolate bard here in the office
Not sure I'll live to be over 100
But then maybe we sometimes need comfort food
I like Margherita's wisdom and research,
and all the other replies and images.
Now I need some of that chocolate
Sue
OK Sue... now you just have to keep on dancing
until this comfort food wears off
: cool1:
until this comfort food wears off
: cool1:
Sue (Guest)
You are joking
Sue
Sue
Can horror and disgust maybe also slow down the aging process?....I don´t know....Look
Or can it have the message of regular defecation?
Love,
Lilie
Or can it have the message of regular defecation?
Love,
Lilie
Okey, lets go back to exercise
with love
Lilie
with love
Lilie
not only fish can be over-weight...
with love,
Lilie
with love,
Lilie
okey, more exercise...
Love,
Lilie
Love,
Lilie
bracha (Guest)
What is the matter with me?
I see the cat is having fun
Keep on exercising
Still enjoying my coffee and the show
Keep on exercising
Still enjoying my coffee and the show
I see you are enjoying exercise. These days I have a pain in my right foot and when I walk it hurts, so .... well I can exercise laying on the floor of course.
The ancient Egyptians invented many sports, some for entertainment, and others for keeping strong, physically fit, and slim.
The picture dates back to 2000 years BC. It shows a gymnastics drill in which the body is bent backwards until the hand s touch the ground, revealing bodily flexibility. It is one of the most commonly practiced exercises today.
That's an exercise I love (d) to do! I walked through the apartment in this way ... Now I am less elastic unfortunately. Well, I can do stretching exercises on the floor and lift up, instead of standing and bending ....
Have a wonderful Sunday, girls.
I love you. Margherita
The ancient Egyptians invented many sports, some for entertainment, and others for keeping strong, physically fit, and slim.
The picture dates back to 2000 years BC. It shows a gymnastics drill in which the body is bent backwards until the hand s touch the ground, revealing bodily flexibility. It is one of the most commonly practiced exercises today.
That's an exercise I love (d) to do! I walked through the apartment in this way ... Now I am less elastic unfortunately. Well, I can do stretching exercises on the floor and lift up, instead of standing and bending ....
Have a wonderful Sunday, girls.
I love you. Margherita
Hi Margherita,
Nice to see you back exercising with us. I love the image and the explanation about the Egyptians' exercise.
I am sorry about your foot. ython:
Depending on the injury, ice or heat may be good.
I am truly amazed at your flexibility.
Here is an image of Shu separating Nut, the sky, and Geb, the earth. After travelling along the underside of Nut's body by day, the sun is swallowed by the goddess each evening and passes through her body with the stars during the night, to be reborn at sunrise.
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Nice to see you back exercising with us. I love the image and the explanation about the Egyptians' exercise.
I am sorry about your foot. ython:
Depending on the injury, ice or heat may be good.
I am truly amazed at your flexibility.
Here is an image of Shu separating Nut, the sky, and Geb, the earth. After travelling along the underside of Nut's body by day, the sun is swallowed by the goddess each evening and passes through her body with the stars during the night, to be reborn at sunrise.
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[This message was edited by Inda on Monday November 3rd, 2003 at 03:47 AM.]
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Sue (Guest)
I love this thread, and so does my cat
Sue
Sue
Dear Margherita, I am sorry to hear about your foot, hope it is soon passing. My feet are both aching...so here an image of a foot....by putting it here I pray for the healing of your foot ( and mine too) and other´s aching feet too
With Love
Lilie
With Love
Lilie
Or this...
Love,
Lilie
Love,
Lilie
bracha (Guest)
detail from a roman bath?
Love,
Lilie
Love,
Lilie
A hermitage all for my self...you may visit though
You are funny. I saw this one, but am taking care of it in the best way I can
Love,
Lilie
Love,
Lilie
Hi Lilie,
This Croco looks so friendly and he has beautiful teeth.
We should remember to keep our teeth healthy by brushing after all meals, flossing once a day and stimulating. Children should not consume sweets unless they can brush their teeth right after.Too much sugar should be avoided by all of us in any case.
Here is someone who takes good care of his teeth.
This Croco looks so friendly and he has beautiful teeth.
We should remember to keep our teeth healthy by brushing after all meals, flossing once a day and stimulating. Children should not consume sweets unless they can brush their teeth right after.Too much sugar should be avoided by all of us in any case.
Here is someone who takes good care of his teeth.
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Oh, dear Lilie and Inda, thank you so much for caring for my foot! I just discovered your lovely pics and advice. Well ... it actually still hurts, even if a little less. I have had little time to relax and do things that would help.
My husband has been nice enough to massage the foot every evening with a Dr. Scholl's product. And I am treating it with energy. It's strange, when I treat it (touching it with my hand) it's as if something circulated inside and it shifts ... well I know this sounds strange! But I feel it and I know it helps.
Girls I love you.
Meanwhile, I will nonetheless go for a walk.
Margherita
Isn't it amazing how beautiful these women are who are able to carry great weights on their heads. They walk so straight and elegantly.
My husband has been nice enough to massage the foot every evening with a Dr. Scholl's product. And I am treating it with energy. It's strange, when I treat it (touching it with my hand) it's as if something circulated inside and it shifts ... well I know this sounds strange! But I feel it and I know it helps.
Girls I love you.
Meanwhile, I will nonetheless go for a walk.
Margherita
Isn't it amazing how beautiful these women are who are able to carry great weights on their heads. They walk so straight and elegantly.
Beautiful picture Inda and such grace, indeed. I love the exercise with the book on the head for us city-ladies, so we won't lose the habit to walk straight.
Dear Lilie I wish you well also for your feet. Let's relax them for a while. No, dear Inda, it's not the ankle or the legament. I will find a picture to show you.
Meanwhile relaxing ... after the walk which was painful!
It's there, at the bottom of the foot, but higher up ... it might be a question of weight distribution which has caused a thickened skin area .. must see a podologue
Loooove, Margherita
.... oh, on my walk I have had a wondrous vision of the full moon ..... Watch out!
Dear Lilie I wish you well also for your feet. Let's relax them for a while. No, dear Inda, it's not the ankle or the legament. I will find a picture to show you.
Meanwhile relaxing ... after the walk which was painful!
It's there, at the bottom of the foot, but higher up ... it might be a question of weight distribution which has caused a thickened skin area .. must see a podologue
Loooove, Margherita
.... oh, on my walk I have had a wondrous vision of the full moon ..... Watch out!
Sennerin von Carl Spitzweg
Along with this picture I have found a nice comment on art:
„Die einzig wahre Quelle der Kunst ist unser Herz, die Sprache eines reinen kindlichen Gemütes.“
von Caspar David Friedrich
"The only true source of art is our heart, it speaks in the pure language of a child"
... going to listen to my heart ...
Love, Margherita
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