RESEARCH EQUALS KNOWLEDGE EQUALS GOOD HEALTH
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TRANSCRIPT Research Equals Knowledge Equals Good Healt
Charlotte:
This is the XBHS Radio Network.
Skip Orem:
From the Nashville Studios of the XBHS Radio Network, I'm Skip Orem and this is The Anchor Pointe Podcast. Hi everybody, and welcome to this end of March 2023 episode of The Anchor Pointe Podcast. Anchor Pointe, the Faith and Fitness podcast for us older folks in our 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond. We are all working together here, combining our faith and our fitness to help us live long, happy, and healthy lives. And we do that by working hard at the seven elements of The Anchor Pointe, disease, fighting and fitness model.
 Those seven elements; faith, diet, exercise, attitude, positive imagery, music and research. And it is that element of research, we'll be focusing on today's episode. I'm recording the podcast today from the XBHS Radio Printers Alley Studios here in Nashville, Tennessee, and thank you so much everybody for pushing the play button on this March 31, 2023 episode of The Anchor Pointe Podcast.
 Let's start today's episode like we do almost every episode of Anchor Pointe, with medical news for seniors. You all know this, us older adults, we are disproportionately affected by chronic conditions and diseases, heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases, bone and joint issues, diabetes, the list just goes on and on. Nearly 80% of older adults have at least one of these conditions, lots of folks have two or more.
 On top of all that, falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among us baby boomers. And that fear of falling some of us have, sometimes that fear of falling will cause people to limit their activities, which can actually result in more falls. Research has shown it's a mistake to stay away from physical activity because of the fear of falling. Not being active, because of a fear of falling, well, that can lead to further physical decline, depression, social isolation, and more falls.
 It's just so important that us seniors, so important that we prepare to do battle with these chronic conditions, with falls and these diseases out there just gunning for us older folks. We need to stay active. According to the physical activity guidelines for Americans, older adults should do two types of physical activity to improve their health, aerobic or heart rate training and muscle strengthening. These guidelines recommend older adults do at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity each week and then muscle strengthening activities on two or more days per week.
 So today's medical news headline, physical activity, exercise, combined with watching your diet, a strong faith, a positive attitude, practicing relaxation and positive imagery techniques, music and research. Those things, which just happened to be the seven elements of The Anchor Pointe disease fighting and fitness model are your prescription for a long, happy and healthy life.
Those statistics about the health problems us older folks face, a little depressing,