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**Words to a Younger person Who Wants to Stay Healthy When They are Older** 🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍌🍍🥭🍎🍏🍐🍓🫐🌽🫒🥥🥑🥕🌽🌶🫑🥬 Many of the health problems of middle and old age, including high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, heart disease and stroke, results from the way a person has lived and what he ate, drank and smoked when younger! Your chances for living and staying healthy longer are greater if you; 🥝Eat well___ enough nutritious foods, but not too much rich or greasy food. Avoid getting overweight or fat! 🍉Do not drink a lot of alcoholic drinks or sweet drinks. 🍊Do not smoke or vape. 🥕Keep physically and mentally fit. 🍒Learn how to relax and deal positively with things that worry or upset you. High blood pressure and hardening of the artries(arteriosclerosis),which are the main causes of heart disease and stroke, can usually be prevented or reduced by doing the things recommended above. The lowering of high blood pressure is important in the prevention of heart disease and stroke. Persons who have high blood pressure should have it checked from time to time and take measures to lower it, for those who are not successful in lowering their blood pressure by eating less(if they are overweight), giving up smoking, getting more exercise and learning to relax, medicines to lower blood pressure( antihypertensives) may help! Which of these two men is likely to live longer and be healthy in his old age? which is more likely to die of a heart attack or stroke? why?? How many reasons can you count? Let me know in the comment section below! #healthylifestyle #healthyfoods #healthyliving #writeathon

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