Readers response: What’s the best advice you’ve received on staying healthy as you age?
We asked our readers what the best advice they’ve received on staying healthy as you age is, and the response was overwhelming. Here's what they said.
Fred Pilcher - Don't smoke. That's the most important advice you're likely to get. If you do smoke, quit now. Today. I've lost parents and friends to lung cancer and emphysema - both terrible ways to go. (I say this as a former two pack a day addict.)
Kate Caddey - Stay as fit as you can. Walk, do the stretch, balance and dance offerings. Travel the slightly harder way with ups and downs included. Stay curious about people you meet and about everything in general. Never stop learning.
Marie Jones - Keep laughing.
Gloria Hickey - Keep active, but wish I had been told to have my B12 added to yearly blood work too.
Peter Connolly - Best advice I got was "Whatever you do, go out with a bang. There is absolutely no point in lying in bed in a hospital, dying of nothing!"
Terry Dolman - Enjoy being happy. It takes more energy to be grumpy than smile. Plus, a good Friend in Vietnam now said "don't carry the past plus a drink of whisky a day."
Heather Dixon - Keep busy.
Lydia Poli - Enjoy the ride while you can!
Marlene Cochrane - Don't stop moving. Both physically and mentally.
Karen Ambrose - Keep dancing!
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