The 20’s were great fun. The 30’s may raise a different set of issues. Time becomes tighter perhaps. Your job has more responsibilities, you may have a relationship partner and children to consider. Financial commitments have probably crept up to an alarming level. Your need to work and meet these commitments has become greater.
Certain parts of your personal self can take a hit at this time. Physical conditioning, exercise and personal time may be harder to find. You may experience weight gain and your physical conditioning deteriorates a bit.
It is recognized that the greatest physical decline happens in this decade! Healthy medicine can help you in the ageing well stakes. Read on.
Interesting
The more bone you build before the mid-30s when bone density starts declining, the stronger your bones are as you age. Weight-bearing exercise such as running, speed walking, strength training and team sports all help boost bone density.
Men’s testosterone levels drop one per cent per year after 30.
The average person puts on 5 kilograms in this decade.
Health Tips
Dietary considerations
Keep calcium high and fat low with low fat dairy products. Lean meat for protein, pasta and wholemeal breads for carbohydrates. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Three factors combine in your 30’s to assist in weight gain. Less activity, lean muscle loss and increased kilojoule consumption are the enemy.
Ageing causes physiological change even in the 30’s.
The men have decreasing amounts of testosterone secreted which impacts on their lean muscle percentages. For the same number of kilojoules consumed a man may gain weight.
Woman have decreasing amounts of oestrogen and testosterone and so also can gain weight even with no appreciable change in their kilojoule consumption.
Both men and woman will benefit from high quality food with emphasis on getting adequate amounts of calcium, protein and carbohydrates to support their bodies’ needs.
Attention to exercise
Remember these are golden years. They can be augmented by regular exercise of moderate intensity. Lay down the successful habits for your middle years.
Regular exercise, in all its forms, from walking to strength training, will retard the physical decline that can happen in your 30’s.
Among the many positives of exercise is that physical conditioning activities slow the rate at which lean body weight is lost. This has a positive effect upon your metabolic rate and so weight gain potential reduces.
Successful Habits
These are busy years. Sit down and plan them. Give them the importance they deserve. If you think you don’t have the time you’re right, you do not value it enough.
Healthy medicine thrives upon the regular application of successful habits. They do not have to be Spartan or without joy. Quite the contrary. The successful habits are so because they are enjoyable, achievable and with an effect you love. Ageing well.