Please provide some easy do's and don'ts to pay attention to when it comes to aging gracefully.

Always: Always wear a broad-brimmed hat. A baseball cap only protects your forehead, nose, and cheeks.

Brush: Brush and floss daily, eat healthy, avoid sweets, eat fruits don't drink them. See dentist regularly.

Do: Do have a pet. Studies show you will live a longer, fuller life.

Don't: Don't assume because your parents lived to 90 that you are sure to enjoy the same longevity.

Don't: Don't eat while rushed or stressed. Take time to prepare, eat and enjoy your meals.

Don't: Don't rush through grief for a loved one. Cry, write, walk. It takes time.

Good: Good plastic surgery should make others think you have had a vacation, not been caught in a storm!

Have: Have regular physicals, eat, sleep and plan well, . Don't just let time fly by you.

Laugh: Laugh lots, brood little, worry less. Count your blessings.

Sunscreen: Sunscreen before going outside every day is important. Take vitamin d3 every day. Ask your md.

Telling: Telling a grieving person that their loved one is "better off" isn't that useful. "i'm sorry" works.

Wear: Wear gloves when you drive. You will have fewer brown spots on the backs of your hands with time.

When: When someone is going through a crisis, don't say, "let me know what i can do." just do something.

A: A clear, healthy complexion is the key to looking younger at any age!

Consider: Consider gentle exercise, vit d, calcium, omega, coq10, social networking and activity.

Keep: Keep skin healthy by moisturizing nightly. If acne prone, try a moisturizing mask before acne meds.

Make: Make your health a major priority in your life. Eat well, sleep well and you will be well.

Regular: Regular dental care is essential to help manage other systemic conditions that may arise with age.

Sunscreen: Sunscreen is very important to protect the face from aging faster than one's chronologic age.

Wear: Wear sunscreen. Every. Single. Day. It prevents collagen breakdown in your skin.

Exercise: Exercise regularly, doing something you enjoy. You will be healthier for it and feel younger!

How: How many full moons will you see in your life? It's finite. Enjoy each each one!

Regulary: Regularly exercise, keep a well-balanced, healthy diet, and have a low anxiety and happy lifestyle.

Stay: Stay active. Exercise has been shown to keep your brain as well as your body young.

Staying: Staying active will keep your joints healthier.

Aging: Aging can't be avoided. Decide your goals and work hard on them.

Learn: Learn to accept how your body is changing as you age.

Eat: Eat healthy, stay physically active, sleep well, manage stress, be social and find meaning in life.

Eat: Eat well, exercise, sleep well, maintain healthy weight and get yearly physicals.

Help: Help your balance with yoga, pilates, and tai chi.

Saliva: Saliva production declines with age and is needed to prevent oral disease. See dentist regularly.

Stay: Stay active & slim, smile, associate with and learn from other successful people, give > than take.

Eating: Eating 3 healthy meals each day is the single most important determinant of healthy aging.

Wear: Wear a cloth hat. No sunscreen in the world will save your face like a hat will.

Yearly: Yearly dilated eye exams are recommended by the american academy of ophthalmology.

Take: Take care of your teeth, get them cleaned, x-rayed, repaired, and maintained.

An: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Live a healthy lifestyle to avoid disease.

Root: Root cavities are more common as you age. Glass ionomer restorations are very successful.

A new TipTap: Keep a healthy diet, exercise regularly, engage in activities designed to keep your mind alert.

A new TipTap: Exercise regularly, stay in contact with friends, eat heathy food , not too much alcohol.

A new TipTap: Daily sunlight is important to have enough vitamin d3 in your system.

Aging: Aging gracefully starts in childhood. Less sun as a kid will help your skin look younger later.

Getting: Getting older does not mean avoiding exercise. Be safe, but stretch, walk, and use your muscles!

Enjoy: Enjoy your age. You can be older, but think young!

Look: Look at things taken for granted with a child present. Routine becomes wonderment!

Adopt: Adopt a rescue dog; walk briskly twice a day. Get exercise, explore neighborhood, meet people!

People: People with fair skin who have a history of uv exposure get wrinkling and skin damage.

Enjoy: Enjoy and spend time with grandchildren. Through their eyes, the old will seem new again!

Do: Do new things! have friends. Have good family relations! exercise as best you can. Read comics!

Read: Read more, become more active, start some simple exercise, and laugh more.

Be: Be a friend to those who are old, talk of good times, but make more.

Take: Take care of your body. You only have one! bad habits or lifestyle will always catch up!

Try: Try not to think of yoursef as old, but accept age related physical & mental restraints with grace.

A: A pneumonia vaccine, a shingles shot, a dtap, and an annual flu shot help prevent avoidable misery!

Depression: Depression can occur in people of all ages; talk to your doctor if you are feeling depressed.

Have: Have your older parents' hearing and vision checked to maximize their life experience.

There's: There's nothing redeeming about financial anxiety as you approach retirement. Learn your own facts.

Try: Try to engage in some form of physical intimacy as long as you can. You'll feel good & young!

Don't: Don't take too much vitamin c and e. They can actually be harmful and do not promote longevity!

Have: Have your hearing checked regularly! hearing aids have been shown to improve mental & general health.

Use: Use suncreen to prevent photo-aging of skin. Your skin is smoothest "where the sun don't shine!".

As: As we get older, we should do less of what we do not like, and more of what we want. You deserve it!

Stay: Stay physically active, maintain relationships, eat/drink in moderation, use sunscreen, don't smoke.

Don't: Don't ignore your health--when your doctor recommends a treatment, take it as directed please.

Any: Any serious illness refines in your mind what really counts in life!

Don't: Don't "act your age", rather joke, laugh, party, enjoy life, consort with younger energetic people

Keep: Keep your teeth healthy. Makes you look much younger! and your smile will radiate!

The: The best anti-aging product for the skin without a prescription is a maximum full spectrum sunblock.

Don't: Don't ignore your leg muscles! buttock and quadricept weakness is the most common cause of frailty!

Smoking: Smoking ages the face more than the sun. Avoid both! but smoking will kill more than sun!

Take: Take care of your brain. Exercise regularly & avoid processed food.

Just: Just be happy and do not worry. Things that you can not change, let it go. Takes practice.

Eat: Eat light, exercise, laugh regularly, work at an enterprise you like, enjoy the gift of life.

Men: Men with low "t" should avoid testosterone replacements with pellets. Better to use transdermal gels!

Daily: Daily moisturizer, sunscreen & Retin-A are the most effective anti-aging treatment weapons.

For: For good eyesight use eye supplements lutein zeoxanthin high dose once a week (9 capsules).

If: If on hrt, & you have a uterus, take Estradiol & Progesterone separate. Avoid medroxyprogesterone!

When: When young you do what others want you to do! as you age, do more of what you want to do. It's time!

Be: Be passionate with your passions. Live each moment, each day. Stay active & connect with your creator.

Good: Good wines become great with age, bad ones become undrinkable, same thing for people!

Genetics: Genetics largely creates how you look in youth; your lifestyle creates how you look as you age.

Keep: Keep up with brothers, sisters, and old friends. Only they know where you have come from!

Keep: Keep intellectually active and continue to learn. Give yourself challenges, take online classes!

Instead: Instead of counting wrinkles, count the years of experience & the wisdom you have gained.

Share: Share childhood photos of yourself with grandchildren. They need to know from whence they've come!

Don't: Don't obsess about getting ill. We all will. Do what you can to prevent problems (i.e. Exercise, eat well)!

The: The glory of youth is their strength. The wisdom of old reflects in their gray hair & wrinkled faces!

Laugh: Laugh more. Smile more. Frown lines are more visible!

Do: Do not worry about disease diagnosis. Worry about disease severity. Many patients have mild diseases!

Trusting: Trusting is good, being gullible is not. Have a healthy skepticism if it seems too good to be true.

Exercise: Exercise everyday doing something you enjoy, motion is the lotion!

Happiness: Happiness is a choice, not a feeling. Choose to be happy, celebrate life, live with grace.

Stay: Stay fit! regular exercise and good physical condition will keep you mentally and physically sharp.

Don't: Don't waste your money on tests like whole body ct scans or comprehensive ultrasound screening.

Ultrasound: Ultrasound screening of your carotid (neck) arteries is recommended only with stroke-like symptoms.

Decrease: Decrease time with family members who are often angry or irritable. Guide them to treatment.

If: If you smoke, do quit; if you don't, don't start.

Get: Get the routine screening tests your primary care physician recommends.

Keep: Keep physically and mentally active. Do what you enjoy, more so as you age!

You: You will look younger longer if you maintain a healthy body weight and avoid sun exposure.

Stay: Stay involved, have a rich social life, reduce time with negative people.

Healthy: Healthy living, no cigarettes, fruits & vegetables, relaxation, bmi < 30, and exercise is the way.

Regular: Regular exercise promotes healthy circulation and good blood vessles are key.

Serve: Serve as a positive role model to family, friends, and coworkers.

Relaxation,: Relaxation, meditation, or yoga is the best way to accept the health that you and god created.

Exercise: Exercise is the single most important action you can take to slow down aging and chronic diseases.

Make: Make sure treatments actually work. Focus on ratios: quantifying both benefits, along with all costs.

See: See your doctor at least yearly to have your cbc, lipid profile, and chem-18 checked. Exam needed!

Wisdom: Wisdom comes with age, unless you've been doing drugs all your life. You realize what is important!

Eat: Eat well. Exercise. Finally put your self first. De-stress. Spend time doing what brings you joy.

Weight-bearing: Weight-bearing regular exercise, calcium and vitamin d will help keep your bones strong.

The: The search for constant happiness is futile. Sustained contentment is achievable.

Apply: Apply Retin-A 0.025% cream to your face from hairline to clavicles nightly to keep youthful skin!

Mem: Men with prostate issues. Have the psa drawn first, if indicated, before the manual prostate exam!

Probiotics: Probiotics do help your GI tract! they also should be taken if your are on antibiotics!

Teach: Teach your grandchildren how to cook "family favorites." especially if you are ethnic!

Health: Health is a gift to many of us, but it should not be taken for granted. It must be maintained!

Older: Older individuals frequent cafeterias and dine out more. Better to cook at home. Better nutrition!

Enjoy: Enjoy your season of life. Each has it's own beauty!

Antioxidants: Antioxidants fight the free radicals that cause premature aging. Eat those multicolored veggies!

To: To prevent wrinkles, keep hydrated, don't smoke, and keep out of direct sunlight.

Don't: Don't wait for small medical problems to escalate into serious ones. See your doc. Men are worse!

Eat: Eat a healthy, well balanced diet. Get regualr cardiovascular exercise, and get plenty of rest.

Do: Do not have aggressive massage, when the muscles are very tight and tender.

The: The areas in the muscles that feel so good to be massaged can be massaged frequently to relax spasm.

Bad: Bad things will happen. Lose your bitterness and accept this as the passage through life!

To: To maintain excellent skin condition drink plenty of water, use moisturizer, and apply sunscreen.

Always: Always love. Sometime. Someplace. Someone. You'll be happier!

Brown: Brown and red spots are caused by sun damage and can be treated with [ipl] intense pulsed light.

If: If you suffer from incontinence or urinary frequency, you should better not be on diuretics.

Have: Have a positive attitude, be happy and do not worry. Ten minutes every morning and drink water.

Men,: Men, if you experience "power failure" know that it happens! don't be your worst critic!

Don't: Don't sun bathe in your youth. Your skin will look older faster as you age!

Do: Do play with grandchildren. There eyes will open your eyes and make you feel young! anti-aging!

Anti-oxidants: Anti-oxidants may enhance longevity. They won't hurt! green tea extract and grape seed are two!

"If: "if you're going to be a warrior for your point of view you, better have a backbone." dr. Laura.

Men: Men with low testosterone should be on hrt. The benefits far outweigh any downside!

Keep: Keep fresh flowers in your house. They will lift your spiritis!

Laugh: Laugh lines are a sign of healthy maturity.

Fortunately,: Fortunately, our minds diminish memories of pain, and hold more tightly memories of pleasure!

Teach: Teach your children and grandchildren to cook. Teach them "family recipes." they will live on...

Do: Do enjoy change of seasons! they reflect the passage of life. Each season has unique beauty!

Nocturnal: Nocturnal leg cramps can be caused by iron and potassium deficiency. Magnesium and calcium can help!

You: You can't age gracefully without sleep. If you are sleeping poorly, talk with your doctor!

If: If you have problems, you can complain to a limit. Friends will tire first and family eventually!

Grow: Grow into a more mellow soul! scrap what aggravates!

Get: Get plenty of fluids & fiber. Don't let your intestines age with diverticulosis & constipation.

Spend: Spend time with your grandchildren. They are your true legacy!

If: If you reach middle age physically fit, your chances of dementia are greatly reduced.

Aside: Aside from good genes, longevity is associated with good sleeping habits.

Avoid: Avoid ppis like Nexium (esomeprazole) if possible. When you stop them, you have rebound hyperacidity!

Love: Love and affection are always needed in life, no matter your age!

Low: Low magnesium can cause apathy & memory problems. Diuretics and proton pump inhibitors cause mg loss.

High: High Estradiol levels in males is associated with increased heart disease risk. Have your doctor check!

Enjoy: Enjoy the sun, but protect your skin and eyes. Make sure your glasses have uv protection!

Don't: Don't lose your temper. Anger kills!

Leg: Leg cramps? Check potassium, magnesium, iron, calcium. Most common causes are deficiencies of these!

Wear: Wear sunscreen: it prevents premature aging and wrinkling of the skin.

Your: Your siblings and old friends know whence from where you came in life. Stay close!

Don't need plastic s: Accept the way you look and love yourself for the person you are.

Enjoy: Enjoy all seasons. They each have their own beauty!

Look: Look less at yesterday, than tomorrow. But focus on today!

We: We all make mistakes in life. Try to get people you love not to make them. But add your good first!

To: To age gracefully, one needs to anticipate the changes that are inevitable, and accept them.

Continue: Continue to find things that are important to you, so that you continue to find meaning to life.

Don't: Don't smoke, drink only in moderation and follow a low-fat diet.

Incorporate: Incorporate regular aerobic and light weight-bearing activity into your routine.

Hating: Hating your job will age you quickly! try hard to find something you enjoy!

Eat: Eat plenty of fruits ; veggies. Exercise regularly and don't smoke. That will help you age well.

Be: Be the cheerleader: "more of the 'this is a great idea, people; let's get involved.'" carla massoni.

Opportunity: Opportunity comes "with hard work, throughtfulness, the right attitude, ; a sense of humor" d.Franyo.

Exercise: Exercise regularly to maintain physical health. Play word and math games to maintain mental health.

The: The three most effective inhibitors of alzheimer's are exercise, modest alcohol intake, and omega-3!

Money: Money spent on things does not equal happiness, but studies show if spent on experiences, it will.

"I: "i regard aging as a triumph, a result of strength and survivorship." margaret kuhn.

"Wrinkles: "wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." mark twain.

"Cherish: "Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age." —Anonymous.

Avoid: Avoid sunlight directly on your face whenever possible to limit damage and age gracefully.

Don't: Don't buy products that promise to stop or reverse aging. They don't exist.

If: If your love life has slowed, talk about it and see how both of you feel. This is crucial!

Keep: Keep your mind active: logical games, crossword puzzles, learning poems/songs, discovering new info.

If: If you've lost your lover, remember their scent. It is more vivid than their photo!

Means: Means having the one you love with you. Learn CPR to save the life of the one you love.

Blessed: Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

Develop: Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

A: A balanced life, one with all the details of life sprinkled in, love, rest, serving, learning anew.

Give: Give your children a chance to get closure by choice not by force.

Get: Get at least 7-8 hours of sleep a night. You'll notice an improvement in your skin!

Must: Must rest and relax along the way. The joy of children and grandchildren laughing and playing.

Eat: Eat lightly, exercise regularly, sleep soundly, laugh loudly, cry without reserve, enjoy the moment!

Some: Some of your habits (sunning, worrying) caused wrinkles. There's no shame in treating them w botox.

Skin: Skin rejuvenating treatments such as Botox and juvederm offer patients safe, non surgical options.

Always: Always treat others as if they may be the most important person in your life, one day they may be!

Get: Get regular exercise. Maintain healthy weight. Get regular preventive screenings.

Don't: Don't stop learning and growing. Being receptive to learning new things is the fountain of youth.

Follow: Follow the reverse of the golden rule: honor self as (well as) you would honor others!

Old: Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Use: Use your sunblock. Both uva and uvb protection. Spf rating is for uvb. Uva causes the most wrinkles.

Regular: Regular use of recreational drugs can have detrimental effects on the brain.

Smiles: Smiles lines deepen, cataract eyes that twinkle, love never weakens, beauty never wanes.

Modern: Modern cataract surgery can often eliminate the need for distance and reading glasses for most tasks.

Lens: Lens implants for cataract surgery can now help distance vision, reading vision and astigmatism.

A: A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

A: A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

Stay: Physically and mental use is an important factor in age. If you don't use it, you loose it!

Be: Be happy! very simply happiness is a choice not a feeling. Daily choice that is practiced everyday.

Take: Take your multivitamin in the morning to utilize nutrients through the day.

Take: Take your thyroid medication in the morning, an hour before any other medication or vitamin.

Tai: Tai chi and swimming keep you moving and prevent frozen joints.

Drink: Drink water instead of juices or sodas and this may help with weight loss.

Never: Never ever take someone elses medications.Many risks involved as a lot goes in to medication choices.

Stay: Stay flexible, stretch daily, walk (with a cane or walker if needed), and lift light weights.

You: You can't prevent old age, but you can embrace it and make the most of it.

Eat: Eat a healthy and well balanced diet. Don't over eat and don't eat eat to much before bedtime.

If: If you have trouble walking or with balance, don't let pride stop u from using a cane or walker.

Take: Take a flu shot and after age 50 take the shingles vaccine. It will help you to stay healthy!

If: If you have a family history of macular degeneration, get regular eye exams after 50.

Attend: Attend community events that are centered around senior needs and stay involved and active!

CHOOSE:: Choose: focus your attention&energy & behave so you will be creating memories you want to remember!

Bring: Bring your medication list and all relevant medical documents to any new doctor visit. It helps..

As: As you age into your 80's and beyond, use a walker or cane to insure you don't fall!

Maintain: Maintain good dental hygiene and regular dental visits. Your proper eating depends on health teeth.

Be: Be happy. Try to smile as much as you can.

Recent: Recent studies show weight-loss surgery can actually reduce the effects of and slow aging!

Eating: Eating lots of green leafy vegetables helps prevent or delay vision loss from macular degeneration!

Keep: Keep up with routine dental check ups to keep a bright and healthy smile forever!

Chemical: Chemical peels are great for keeping youthful skin and reducing fine wrinkles and moisturizing.

Don't: Don't hold on to old resentments, they make you old.

When: When considering cosmetic surgery, consider the harmony of what is done and what isn't.

Exercise: Exercise regularly, adjust diet, get together with friends often, find a hobby or volunteer to help.

Avoid: Avoid alcohol; it dehydrates the skin and makes us look older.

As: As u grow older, all the plastic surgery can't stop the clock. U may look better have less $.

Live: Live a balanced life. Living with-in your means, ; socialize with older and younger.

Means: Means if your doctor listened to you, it's time you listened to them.

Taking: Taking good care of your teeth can help prevent some physical problems.

Taking: Taking Progesterone can cause one to feel drowsy. Take it near bedtime to prevent lack of energy!

As: As you age, become kinder to yourself, ; less critical of yourself. Become your own friend.

Our: Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try again!

Do: Do continue to be active. A walk for 20-30 minutes a day helps keep you active.

Aging: Aging is all about attitude! smile and be grateful. Stay involved and be moderate.

Find: Find a life sport that you can play well into older age, such as gold or tennis.

Don't: Don't overdo and pace yourself.

Don't: Don't eat until your overfilled. Eat in moderation.

Always: Always drink enough water daily so you don't feel dehydrated.

Wear: Wear comfortable shoes, so you can walk without pain.

Meditation: Meditation is the key to long life by creating space and clarity in the mind.

When: When you help others take care of their health and yourself, you were taking care of your life gracefully.

Don't: Don't judge your life by others, you live uniquely yours now.

Schedule: Schedule activities. Stick to it. exercise every day.fruits and vegetables Don't smoke.Smile often.

Protect: Protect your strength and mobility! This will keep your mind &amp; heart alive.

Be: Be sure to make regular dental visits &amp; brushing and flossing a priority to keep your smile healthy.

So: So much of what we take in, we put out. Careful what you consume with eyes, ears, heart...

Spend: Spend time nurturing relationships with friends, neighbors, colleagues, and people you encounter.

Be: Be resilient with changes. Embrace them and find the adventure.

Be: Be true to yourself. Assert yourself and, make sure you are living life on your terms.

Get: Get enough sleep. For most people, this, means at least seven hours a night.

Laugh: Laugh daily and often. It releases your endorphins and makes you feel good.

Write: Write a journal or a, blog. Writing helps you express yourself and stimulates creative thinking.

Regular: Regular exercise is an important part of an effort to prevent Alzheimer's Disease.

Limit: Limit alcohol to no more than 2 drinks a week to protect your brain.

7-8: 7-8 hours of sleep help a lot more than you might imagine!

If: If you are going to have wrinkles, make sure they are smile lines and not frown lines!

Don't: Don't smoke. It ages your skin by at least 10 years.

"Keep: "Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out!" I think this is from Einstein.

Exercise!: Exercise! If it is not already a habit, start today. Start now. Take care of yourself!

Find: Find well-being by sharing values &amp; supporting each other's habits with those who share your values.

Just: Just because you retire and lose your dental benefits, don't stop prevention visits to your dentist.

Just: Just because you might lose your dental insurance when you retire, don't skip your maintenance visit.

Exercise: Exercise daily and always stretch before you start your work out! Take time to warm down.

Eat: Eat foods full of colors, as they are loaded with antioxidants that help prevent cancer!

Keep: Keep your peace of mind so that your mental health is always young.

Always: Always practice meditation daily even if it's only for five or 10 minutes to help clear your mind.

Learning: Learning comes best when it's not under pressure, so that we can age gracefully.

Each: Each decade or milestone has its own gifts, and each lesson with the gifts, are always what makes our lives so meaningful.

Any: Any path you choose is the right path for now. So choose freely!

Look: Look at your life as a reflection of all the good you've done and it's easy to move forward to all the good you will be doing.

Interval: Interval Training is the most effective and fastest way to improve cardiovascular and overall health.

Achieve: Achieve ideal weight, don't smoke, minimize salt, eliminate saturated fats, be modest with meats.

Do: Do things that make you feel great so every moment feels like the best.

Always: Always use sun protection when you go outside to prevent against UV-ray exposure.

Good: Good friendship, joy, happiness, and lots of love in your life can keep you young for a long time!

Keep: Keep exercising as much as able; see your doctor so you know your limitations.

Keep: Keep your mind active by pursuing hobbies that you enjoy!!.

Don't: Don't sweat the small stuff. Do celebrate yourself - you are forever a mysterious work-in-progress.

Embrace: Embrace change. Learn something new every day!