Category Archives: Health and Wellness

Ideas to Improve your spiritual health in retirement

Retirement

No one really knows how spiritual health is related to other aspects of health but most agree that the mind, body and spirit are connected. Spiritual health is about finding purpose and meaning in your life and how this purpose affects you and others around you. It is about self discovery and finding out who…

Retire Healthy: 10 Tips to Improve your mental health

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Often the word ‘mental health’ is directly linked to ‘mental illness’ but being mentally and emotionally healthy is more than just being free from mental illness. Mental health is an important component to our overall health and wellbeing. Being mentally healthy can lead not only to improved physical wellbeing, but it can also strengthen our…

Retire Healthy: The importance of good rest

Retirement

For complete physical health we must remember to take some time out of our busy days to slow down and allow our bodies and minds to rejuvenate. This can be as simple as closing our eyes and listening to the grandchildren playing outside or watching the trees fly by when taking public transport. Rest can…

Retire Healthy: Using Vitamin and Mineral Supplements

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Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients required in the body to maintain and promote optimal health. Vitamins and minerals play many roles in the body like boosting the immune system; supporting normal growth and development, and helping cells and organs function properly. There are 13 vitamins your body needs: A, C, D, E, K and…

Retire Healthy by eating right

As we age, the role of nutrition becomes even more important. The benefits of a healthy diet and proper nutrition include: increased mental acuteness so you can still outsmart your kids and grandkids higher energy levels to do all you wanted to do in retirement faster recuperation times resistance to illness and disease better management…

Improving your physical health for retirement

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What is Physical Health?  Physical health relates to the body as opposed to the mind. It is as a state of physical well being in which an individual is mechanically fit and able to perform daily activities and duties of life to the best of their ability without problem. Physical health can relate to beauty…