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Senior Health AnswersSome scientists and physicians suggest that aging is a ‘disease’. This is not a fair description.

Aging is not a disease but part of the process of life itself! You cannot reverse aging but you can help slow it down to an optimal level which nature intended.

So, how long should we live?

Many concerns may begin with little or no symptoms, but over time the degenerate organs and tissues have a noticeable state of weakness and malfunction. For example…heart disease, diabetes, obesity and various types of cancer are amongst the top killers in the world, for both male and female.

These conditions are all 100% preventable, even reversible in early stage of detection.

Below are some brief details on conditions associated with poor health.

Heart and Artery Health - Senior Health Answers

The term heart disease (coronary heart disease) is a term that describes many heart disorders, including high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, and clogging of the arteries.

Any number of diseases related to the heart and blood vessels can come under the umbrella of heart disease. Grouped together these diseases are the leading cause of death in the Western world.

Diabetes - Senior Health Answers

The general types of imbalances at the source of most chronic conditions, including diabetes, include:

* Toxin accumulating * Poor nutrition * Poor digestion * Nervous system imbalance * Stress

A lowered natural resistance (immune system damage), and Disruption of natural biological and hormonal rhythms.

The common modern medical approach that matches drugs to symptoms does not completely address many of these factors. As a result, modern medicine often cannot fully remove the disorder and the condition becomes chronic.

Genetic factors are strongly implicated to put you in a high-risk category. However, diet, obesity, nutritional, environmental and other health factors - such as viral infections and autoimmune processes against pancreatic cells are the main contributors and key elements for diabetes development.

Cancer - Senior Health Answers

Cancer is a disease of the body’s cells. It is an abnormal growth of cells that can reproduce in an uncontrolled way and, in some cases, spread to other organs and body systems.

A cancerous growth or tumor is referred to as malignant. (A non-malignant, or non-cancerous growth or tumor is referred to as benign.)

Cancer can involve any tissue of the body and have many different forms. Most cancers are named for the type of cell or organ in which they start - breast cancer, testicular, prostate, cervical, skin, lung, colon, bladder and bone.

While skin cancer is the most common type of malignancy for both men and women, the most common type in men is prostate cancer and in women is breast cancer.

Crohn's disease - Senior Health Answers

This condition is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines causing tears to the intestinal lining. Granulomatous enteritis or colitis, regional enteritis, ileitis or terminal ileitis are all alternative names for Crohn’s disease.

The immune system is normally activated when the body is exposed to harmful foreign bodies. With Crohn’s disease the immune system is activated in the absence of these foreign bodies resulting in chronic inflammation and ulceration

Obesity - Senior Health Answers

Being overweight is probably the biggest single contributor to degenerative and chronic disease.

Obesity is a chronic condition defined as “an excess amount body fat”. A certain amount of body fat is necessary to store energy and provide shock absorption for the musculoskeletal system, along with many other functions.

Normal body fat is between 25-30% in women and 18-23% in men. Women with over 30% body fat and men with over 25% body fat are therefore considered obese.

Obesity increases your risk of developing a number of other chronic and potentially fatal conditions:

* Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes * High blood pressure (hypertension) * High cholesterol * Arthritis, gout and osteoarthritis * Stroke * Heart attack / heart failure * Cancer.

The additional load on the muscles and joints from the excess fat affects your heart. Your heart then has to then work overtime to push more blood through your body at a faster rate for every pound of excess fat you hold.

The liver, kidneys and many other organs are also affected. They all have to overwork to try and correct the imbalances brought on by obesity.as the immune system attacks its own tissue.

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