All about Healthspan
Posted by myadmin on January 19th, 2010
The improvement in medicine technology in the late 20th century helped immensely in increasing human lifespan – that is in simple words – the average age of every human being on the planet. But the ravenous use of resources on the planet ensured that all the years of every human weren’t healthy and productive; infact they were marred by chronic ailments.
As a result, a new term was introduced in the language in 2005 called “healthspan”. Formally, healthspan is defined as The period of a person’s life during which they are generally healthy and free from serious or chronic illness. The increased lifespan becomes irrelavant if your healthspan does not increase in proportion to your lifespan. Hence, a lot of work is has been going on to create techniques which would help you to elongate your healthspan.
Small techinques may help you in elongating your healthspan. Choosing between perfect pushups or iron gym could have an impact on your healthspan. Perfect Pushup vs Iron Gym is a conrundrum that is faced by many fitness enthusiasts. Many other small changes in lifestyle – especially while exercising, intake of nutritious food, sleeping soundly, managing stress perfectly, taking care of oral hygiene contribute significantly to elongate healthspan. Consult your nearest doctor about the commonly followed practices and measures.
