How do we age healthfully? Affluent Americans already do this by getting regular checkups and engaging in preventative medicine. In this video, HealthMaker Mark Liponis, MD, outlines tips for healthy aging for everyone.
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Well certainly that the people that I see at Canyon Ranch are very interested in healthy aging, not only that, they're excellent examples of healthy aging. These people for many reasons are, they're affluent, they're a bit well educated, they tend to be health literate, they know a lot about health, they know what these tests mean, how to do the screening, and they go for their check ups.
They're very attentive to that, I think because they want to say healthy, when you've got a nice like that, you want to keep it, there's no reason to be hurting yourself or causing any damage, so that's a group that's already very motivated. In terms of healthy aging though, the formula is not that complicated, and that is stay active, eat right, don't gain weight, do your health screening, certain simple things.
Mark Liponis, MD is corporate medical director at Canyon Ranch. He has been a practicing clinician in internal medicine for twenty-five years and continues to expand his expertise in integrative medicine through his work at Canyon Ranch.
