Senior Health – Longevity
Exercise and Diet. Which is most important?
For active seniors there are lots of books on elder care, there are a lot on senior health and lots of books about senior fitness. But what there is not a lot of information about, and I know it sounds like a cliché, total wellness.
That holistic philosophy goes back to the mid ’70’s during the evolvement of the Pritiikin Program for Diet and Exercise, by the founder, Nathan Pritikin. Now called the Pritikin Longevity Center, it offers controlled diet, counseling in lifestyle change and exercise. It’s founder, Nathan Pritikin, committed suicide in 1985 at age 70, after a decades long fight with leukemia. It was in the 1950’s when he was first diagnosed with heart disease that he started his focus on nutrition and became the longevity research pioneer.
Nathan Pritikin nurtured a long line of disciples. Author and fitness guide, Juan O’Callahan is one of them. He has developed a theory of the “triple play'” for senior health and senior fitness. O’Callahan wrote, “Wellness for Super-Seniors: How to Support Your Parents Health & Help Them Live Longer, Better Lives. He breaks the triple play down to anaerobic exercise, aerobic exercise, and sound good nutrition.
He says, “Total Wellness” neither diet or exercise is more important than the other. For senior fitness and exercise stand side by side. And you have to maintain health awareness which helps tie the two together.
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