Although we are living longer, the question really is, are we living healthier lives as we age into our golden years?
There is no question that we are living longer than at any other time in history. In a century, the world changed from having almost no countries with life expectancy more than 50 years to having many countries with a life expectancy of 80 years. In the United States, for example, life expectancy at birth over the 110 years from 1900 to 2010 went from 47.3 to 78.7.1 By 2050, one-in-five U.S. residents are expected to be 65 or older.2
Although we are living longer, the question really is, are we living healthier lives as we age into our golden years? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines healthy aging as “the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables wellbeing in older age.” Essentially, it boils down to having the health capacity—both physically and mentally—to do the things we want to do as we get older.
The key to enjoying our golden years requires maintaining healthy behaviors as we age. Both strength training to maintain muscle mass and good nutrition and refraining from tobacco use can help to maintain healthy cognitive function, delay care dependency, and reverse frailty.
How Aging Affects the Endocrine System
The endocrine system includes glands and organs throughout the body, which all play a vital role in controlling and regulating many of the body’s functions, including metabolism, growth and development, sexual function and reproduction, heart rate, blood pressure, appetite, sleeping and waking cycles, and body temperature.3
As we age, changes naturally occur in the way our systems are controlled. Secretion patterns change. The way receiving organs process the hormones can change and the blood levels in some hormones increase while others decrease. The rate at which hormones are metabolized can slow. Countless changes, whether major or minor, have an effect on how healthy we age.
One study showed 43% of women surveyed say hormones have negatively affected their overall well-being.4 Women may also experience imbalances in estrogen and progesterone levels, while men are more likely to experience imbalances in testosterone levels.5
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Thank you for your comment and also for bringing this to my attention. I agree 100%. My focus on this blog was on the endocrine system. Again, thanks for your input; much appreciated.
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The hormonal imbalance that you’ve mentioned of course as we age this is the first and worse thing we experience and not just after the age of 50 but now a day not women but girls in their teens experiencing hormonal imbalance and that’s even more sad that they are aware but ignored as it’s nothing and aren’t aware of the disadvantages like, infertility, obesity and reproductive cancer and of course men should need to be concerned about their hormonal imbalance too.
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This is absolutely important to educate all women young and old about hormonal imbalance, including men.
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you’re absolutely right!
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