Women 55 and Up

The toy fidget balls are ones I toss up and catch for my hand-eye coordination. When I miss the catch they don't bounce around and break the crockery.

Edited by: CD22590676 at: 11/24/2018 (12:54)

Enjoying what we do is so important as we work toward our goals!

Edited by: CD22590676 at: 11/24/2018 (12:55)

My doctor wants me to do fish oil every day (for cholesterol numbers) and I also do a multi vitamin/mineral and a calcium with D.

We bought vitamin c with rose hips, cod liver oil gel caps, vitamin E as per our health care professional's advice when we went to the grocery mart. The jars of diced garlic are something I like to use in recipes almost every day. Wheat germ is another product I keep on hand since it is so chuck full of B vitamins. Mr. Santa and I enjoy the flavor of the pink Himalayan salt although we still use iodized salt.

My grocery store has some cashiers in their 80's. They are so spry and strong that they give me hope for my own future.

Edited by: CD22590676 at: 11/24/2018 (12:55)

I have always had half cup of tomato juice at breakfast. A hot cereal goes with it. Variety in the cereal served keeps each day different. A variety of sweeteners (br. sugar, raw honey, molasses, or real maple syrup) gives each morning a change.

I watch those finances too.

I stopped taking supplements except B12 on Dr. McDougall's advice, and it was a good choice for me health-wise and financially. www.drmcdougall.com/health/education
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Besides making good food choices, getting into the routine of daily exercises has given me better balance.

I am the "on up" age. We've gotten out of the habit of supplements but I have them on my grocery list so we can start taking them again. They are like insurance. The ones that build up in our system need watching, but many vitamins and minerals don't build up like others do. We are careful to have the 3 essential fatty acids.

Edited by: CD22590676 at: 11/24/2018 (12:56)

I take a One a Day and have done that ever since high school. I have notes to myself on the table of what to eat and when. First I looked into what my body needs at my age and weight. Every day when I eat the right thing at the right time I make a check mark on my list.

Good Ideas. I sometimes run a little low on protean. But take my multi vit every day. Also try to have my Soy milk. This seems to work for me. Like you say we all have to find our path.

Women are living much longer these days so the vitamins, minerals, etc. probably are the same as at the 75 yr. suggestions. Exercise plays a key role at any age but be careful and ask your doctor or nurse for advice.

Mrs. Santa uses this basic rule of vitamins every day, in foods and supplements (from Adele Davis)
58 grams Protein
800 mg calcium
10 mg iron
5,000 U. vitamin A & 400 U vitamin D
0.8 mg B1
1.2 mg B2
13 mg niacin
70 mg vitamin C

Edited by: CD23774084 at: 11/4/2018 (15:57)