Creativity Improves Health As You Age

Wonder if your body and your spirits will hold up as you're aging? New research shows that expressing yourself through the arts can improve your physical and mental health in your older years.

That's not totally surprising, of course. Anyone who participates in dance and theater activities or who is creative with their hands or their pen knows how good the arts are for the spirits. But good for the immune system? Good for reducing falls, medications, and even doctor visits? These are some of the study results that surprised even researcher Gene Cohen, MD, PhD, of George Washington University. Cohen, author of The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life told a conference of the Minnesota Creative Arts and Aging Network in March that participation in the arts has "powerful, positive effects in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention." It "reduces the risk factors for health decline."

Are you expressing yourself creatively? If not, consider giving your health and your spirits a boost through taking part in the visual or performing arts.

You may think, "But I'm not an artist" or "I'm not a dancer." But neither were the 150 people in Cohen's study when they started out (and their average age was 80!). The same is true of many of the people who attend arts-based programs I lead. Yet, they come to savor the creative spark they find inside themselves, regardless of age or past skills.

Detoxification is the Best Way to Good Health

Ever since I went through the ordeal of almost going for the "last ride" sometime in 2003, I have always been very conscious about my health and out of all the things that I've undergone, what really helped me was body detoxification.

Today, there are many forms of detoxification from food supplements, surgical procedures and in the form of juice drinks and other what-have-you-got. But out of all those products, what has really changed my life for the better is Ganoderma Lucidum, a rare red mushroom that has the ability to detoxify your body and at the same time, balance it according to your normal range.

I once weighed a whooping 220 lbs. and in the summer of 2003, after a drinking binge and and a non-stop eating spree, my blood pressure shoot up to 200/140! I instantly experienced a "minor" minor stroke for I was still able to walk straight to a hospital directly to the emergency room accompanied by friends and business associates.

After being diagnosed with hypertension, my doctor told me that I need to do something about my problem. Thinking back about what has transpired and thinking about my family especially my 2 kids who were both 6 years old and 4 years old at that time, I decided that I should do what I must do.

Simple Ways to Be a Full Body Health Person

Daily activities at your office or school, surely makes you tired. The early rush in the morning runs out about half of our concentration and energy to do the routines. It is essential to have a full body health so we do not get easily exhausted during the day. Without it, it will be a disaster because you will not get to the optimum level of you achievement either at school or work.

There are many obstacles that get in our way to have a full body health status. Environmental condition is one of it and it could be one of the worst obstacles to achieve a good body condition. Especially, for people who works in a city. Traffic jam, pollution, and over-timed work become reasonable explanation for people to spend their spare time by watching TV and playing computer rather than taking some exercise to improve their body condition. So the question is how do we have a full body health condition every day? Well, here are 4 simple ways to get it that will not spend much of your times.