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By maintaining a healthy diet and exercising regularly, you can keep yourself healthy and help battle several diseases and health problems that come with getting older.
After menopause, your estrogen production drops by 40 to 60 percent. Due to these dramatic decreases in hormone levels, woman experiences changes, and becomes much more susceptible to health risks. Your metabolism decreases after menopause, which makes you more vulnerable to weight gain. Additionally, postmenopausal women become much more susceptible to cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis.
Avoid over-processed foods which have excessive fat, sodium and preservatives. Instead, eat a balance of whole foods, including fruits, vegetables, lean protein, dairy, whole grains, healthy fat and fluids. Fruits and vegetables in particular are extremely important for women at this age. Regular consumption of fresh, colorful vegetables and vegetable juices is one of the best ways to protect yourself against heart disease and cancer. Fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants and vitamins which also help fight osteoporosis.
it is vital for woman to exercise regularly, ideally 30 minutes per day. Exercise helps increase your metabolism and burn fat. You can find activities in your daily life that keep you active, such as bike riding and walking. Aerobic exercise and strength training help increase muscle mass, boost metabolism, and strengthen bones. Exercise helps battle osteoporosis, heart disease and cancer.
The Peak 8 routine it will quickly raise your heart rate 8 times for very short bursts, with a cooling down period in between. Ideally you’ll be sprinting or cycling full throttle for 30 seconds with a 90 second cool down in between each outburst.
This is the fastest way to lose fat and build muscle in the body. Peak 8 actually stimulates the growth hormone in the body. I encourage you to visit Dr Mercola’s site to learn more about Peak 8 fitness because I personally feel that it is one of the best ways to exercise, especially considering the speed at which you can lose fat and build muscle.
I highly recommend you read this article and watch the videos on the page. It will give you all the information you need to know about Peak 8 – Flood Your Body With This “Youth Hormone” In Just 20 Minutes
What you eat after Peak 8 training does matter
It’s recommended that you do not eat sugar or carbohydrate for 2 hours after the Peak 8 exercise because these foods can impact the release of the growth hormone in the body. The links are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy7j9FRiJpg&list=PL9FxWnfq1Oyo9pHHUPHeQne4iqoZ4zTN_
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT5hRYXmxSE&list=PL9FxWnfq1Oyo9pHHUPHeQne4iqoZ4zTN_
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLKML9EL4As&list=PL9FxWnfq1Oyo9pHHUPHeQne4iqoZ4zTN_
Figure your heart rate by this formula
220 minus your age 56 =164. That is your maximum heart rate!
Take your pulse before you get out of bed in the morning.
Subtract your heart's resting rate from your maximum rate.
Lets say your resting heart rate is 60 as an example! So 60 from your maximum leaves 104. You would want to get your heart rate between 50%-85% of the maximum.
You burn 30 percent more fat from doing cardio after a weights session as opposed to cardio on its own.
I suggest buying a heart rate monitor at any sporting goods store.
I also suggest trying the following google 21 day fix and check it out!
Also check The Paleo diet and the Atkins diet. But I'm suggesting the 21 day fix. before doing anything get the OK from your doctor.
I'm 56 post menopausal 5'0 and 217 otherwise healthy, just had my annual checkup
I have no restrictions and not on any meds.i stopped smoking about 1/2 years ago and has been gaining by the day!
We need some information! Age, height, on any meds, or any restrictions.
How much is the plus in 200?
After finding out I have kidney failure on both kidneys I had to go on a diet. In the morning drink green tea the naturel organic tea in the mornings before eating breakfast try our eating by eating fruits in the morning with one slice of weat bread and a small cup or small boul of cream of weat small about or oat meal. In lunch eat veggies and drink water or tea keep away from sodas sweets candy and junck food. Take your daily vitamins dinner time small abounts off portion of food like veggies juice chicken fish turkey keep away from red meats they are not healthy. Home made cooking is better and if you go out to eat keep away from faty foods they are not good for the health. Eat more salads more healty foods Google the healthy way of eating and you will lose the pounds. I'm doing it and feeling better. You can do it just believe in yourself.