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You may choose to enhance your physical body development through exercise. Consider some of the following tips for further taking care of your body:

• Be aware of and strive for balance in your life between exercise, nutrition, and rest and relaxation. Be cautious of the drugs you take, including nonprescription over-the-counter drugs, such as vitamins, allergy pills, herbal medicines, or laxatives. Know what medications you are taking and why. Medication can save your life, but too many drugs may react adversely and make you sick. Ask your physician or pharmacist about your medication.

• Be energetic. Don’t slow down. Universal law dictates that natural order is ordained by only one mechanism: a well-directed, positive flow of energy. Endeavor to maintain your energy flow. You do not need to be slower as you get older.

• Be in the habit of eating what nature first laid on your table. Eat a generous portion of fruits, vegetables, and lean meat. Your meals may be smaller and more often than in previous decades, but you still need good food to retain your energy. Indulge yourself by eating and drinking sensibly. Make the effort and take the time to prepare nourishing meals.

• Be open to new learning. Achieving a healthy body requires development and application of skills in such areas as self-awareness and lifestyle management.

• Be persistent. If the physician you consult dismisses your symptoms as a consequence of your age, seek a second opinion.

• Be physically active. Do at least 30 minutes of sustained rhythmic vigorous exercises four times a week. Seek out patterns, times, places, and contacts that make exercise as much a part of your life as eating and sleeping are. This may mean walking to a shopping area or joining the walking group in the mall.

• Be rested. Get as much sleep and rest as you need. Make quiet times a priority. Your sleep pattern may change as you age. If you nap during the day, you may not sleep as long at night. But you need the overall hours of accumulated sleep.

• Be sensitive to changes in your body and abrupt changes in your ability to function. For example, if you notice changes such as difficulty in dressing or a loss of appetite, you should see a physician and get a thorough diagnostic exam.