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42 NZ GREYPOWER MAGAZINE » NOVEMBER 2018 AGEING WELL BY WENDY SWEET It starts earlier than you think. Especially for women. Today’s ageing population, especially in the developed world, have many advantages over previous generations – not least the research into ways to stave off age-related conditions. CALL TOLL FREE 0508 235 800 PGI 670XL Black $15.00 ea ............ CLI 671XL Black $15.00 ea ............ CLI 671XL Cyan $15.00 ea ............ CLI 671XL Magenta $15.00 ea ............ CLI 671XL Yellow $15.00 ea ............ CLI 671XL Grey $15.00 ea ............ PGI 5 Black $12.50 ea ............ CLI 8 Black $12.50 ea ............ CLI 8 Cyan $12.50 ea ............ CLI 8 Magenta $12.50 ea ............ CLI 8 Yellow $12.50 ea ............ PGI 520 Black $12.50 ea ............ CLI 521 Black $12.50 ea ............ CLI 521 Cyan $12.50 ea ............ CLI 521 Magenta $12.50 ea ............ CLI 521 Yellow $12.50 ea ............ PGI 525 Black $12.50 ea ............ 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Until now, much of the emphasis in health improvement strategies has been put on the younger ages. “While this is good news for them, a similar message needs to be directed at the middle aged and older – mostly the current baby boomers,” says Wendy. “The most important message for those aged between 45 and 65 now, is that the decline into an unhealthy old age starts at the half-way mark of a country’s average population life-span. “In New Zealand, that means an age halfway to the average lifetime of 82-84 years. In other words, the path to age-related health changes starts in the early 40s.” All of this is doubly true for women, whose hormonal changes bring an additional set of changes and challenges. “For women, it is the mid-life transition that matters most because the hormonal changes brought on by natural and early menopause can be a catalyst for depression, heart disease, osteoporosis and post-menopause obesity,” she warns. But the good news, especially for women, is that WHO’s Healthy Ageing Team, led by Professor John Beard, does not recommend the gruelling fitness or nutritional regimes typically marketed to women today. “It’s a new type of exercise that matters – tai chi, yoga, pilates and resistance-weights. Leave the ‘go hard, go home’ cardio mantra for the younger age groups and males. “Women in their late 40s and 50s have enough inflammation going on with menopause, which can be a cocktail of metabolic chaos on its own,” says Wendy. “What is now recognised is that if the worst symptoms are not managed well through lifestyle changes, post-menopausal health statistics will climb in this important demographic.” Professor Wendy Brown, who pioneered the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH), also says that the menopause mid-life transition matters for women after tracking thousands of women over 20 years. HP COMPATIBLE PRICE QTY PRICE QTY HP 920XL Black $10.00 ea ............ 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NZ GREYPOWER MAGAZINE » NOVEMBER 2018 43 The oldest participants are now in their 90s, the youngest coming on board are just turning 40. When it comes to understanding long-term health and lifestyle of women, this research has been ground-breaking. Professor Brown and her team make a number of suggestions for mid-life women to take heed of: 1 Menopause matters more than once thought. The hormonal changes brought on from both natural and early menopause, can cause a cocktail of hormonal and metabolic chaos that can set some women up for post-menopause disaster. Post-menopause depression, heart disease, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia and obesity are the hallmarks of unhealthy ageing for many women. 2 Move over Jane Fonda. We loved you when you arrived with ‘the burn’, but now that we are ageing, it’s a new type of exercise that matters. Leave the ‘go-hard, go-home’ cardio mantra to the younger age- groups. Sore, inflamed joints are already escorting women into aches and pains that quickly get drowned with anti-inflammatories, prevent ing them from being active. Women in their late 40s and 50’s have enough inflammation going on with menopause (see point 1). The ‘hard-helmet’ caps that protect the ends of the DNA, called the ‘telomeres’ need to be healed, not hurt and too much high-intensity exercise can damage them more. As well as being an exercise physioogist and gerontologist, Professor Maria Fiatarone- Singh is a world expert in the physiology of health and ageing. She knows more about the effects of too much exercise on telomere function than most. 3 Women need more support with all they do. The 50-55-year-old cohort of women are constantly in and out ADVERTISEMENT Smart Bathrooms Changing Lives! THE BIDET has been known and a taboo item for centuries, but as we progress everything is bound to change. 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Supporting women at this stage of life with their work-life balance is important to their healthy ageing and employers could possibly do more to understand this time of their life in workplace wellbeing. 4 Strength training matters, so too does balance training. Tai Chi, yoga, Pilates, resistance weights. They are all activities that matter in midlife. However, according to world population health experts, these activities need to be more accessible. In China, more equipment and classes held in parks have been the answer for years, but so too has been the cultural expectation that you can age more healthily when you participate in these activities. That’s what is missing in public health messages down-under. 5 Food is your medicine and it’s not all about the adoration for Paleo. The key is mediterannean (without the pasta and processed grains). Some protein, but not too much anmw a lot more anti-ageing, anti-oxidant-rich vegetables. Ditch the ‘traditional’ meat, dairy, potatoes and alcohol-laden New Zealand diet. It’s too acidic and does you no favours as you age. Despite the increasing knowledge we have around lifestyle practices and healthy ageing, the hard part for people is turning intention into action. Population health researcher, Professor Abby King works out of Silicon Valley. She says the hardest thing to change is people’s beliefs about what will make a difference to their health. making them more available to everyone. By purchasing a bidet, you can also save on excess toilet paper or sanitary wipes which makes them eco-friendly as well. No irritation - While it may be seem soft and smell pleasant, the paper can be too rough in your delicate areas, and the added perfumes can cause irritations. The Bidet Shop has, for the past 15 years, been the largest supplier of bidet toilet seats in Australia with more than 500 resellers throughout the country… If you require something a little more LUXURIOUS then why not install a THRONE Range toilet suite that comes with auto open, close and even flush to keep your bathroom pristine. For more information or to purchase call The Bidet Shop® on 09 320 5676. Grey Power readers may qualify to have their Bidet fully funded But the technology is there to disseminate the right messages to today’s boomers through the delivery of personalised, technology interventions. She’s keen on this, especially with women who are more disadvantaged and who often have the worst problems in older age. She is working with technology companies to provide tailored interventions to women in poorer communities through ‘Carmen’, the multi-lingual health-coach who isn’t a real person but turns up on the computer in the library or hall. With the old adage that it’s ‘never too late’, Professor King, says that for women, becoming healthier and more active with age happens when health professionals ‘talk to the whole village’. The Best Christmas Gift Ever “Usually for my Christmas, my children buy me towels or pillows. Last year, after a wonderful lunch in the park with my family, we came home and I found that for a Christmas gift my daughter had organised the replacement of my old toilet seat with an electronic Bidet toilet seat. I had seen them advertised on TV and thought what a great idea. ” My daughter explained that she had recently purchased one from The BIDET SHOP® herself and found her husband and children loved it so much they decided to buy one for me as a Christmas gift. After two weeks of having my new Bidet, I wondered WENDY SWEET has a PhD on women’s healthy ageing and physical activity. She has a Master’s Degree in Lifestyle Behaviour-Change, is an ex-nurse and pioneered personal training in New Zealand. 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