Health and Fitness Tips

 HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR RESPIRATORY HEALTH: Do you know, According to WHO recent guidelines , Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD) ranked at 3 rd position amongst the ten most leading causes of deaths globally, accounting for approximately 6% of total deaths globally, and it is increasing day by day. Chronic respiratory diseases are one of the most common non-communicable diseases globally , mainly due to the omnipresence of hazardous environmental, occupational, and behavioral inhalational exposures. According to an article published in science direct in June 2020, approximately 544.9 million individuals had chronic lung disease in 2017, showing an increase of 39.8% as compared to 1990 data. Interestingly, people from the high-income regions had the highest prevalence of chronic lung disease as compared to people of low-income regions.      But mortality due to chronic respiratory diseases was higher in low-income regions compared to high-income regions. This might be due t

 5 Best Stretching Exercises For Older Adults: With increasing age, people face many difficulties as their body organs start deteriorating resulting in heart problems, vision problem, joint problems, diabetes, and the list go on... So by growing older, it is not an easy task to prevent all these issues. Many factors help older people to limit or decrease these problems, and one of the most important among these is stretching. Stretching Exercises help you regain your flexibility and mobility, stabilize mood, help control insomnia, and increase blood flow to the major organs. Here in this blog, I am Enlisting the most important stretching exercises, especially for the elderly. 05 MOST IMPORTANT STRETCHING EXERCISES FOR ELDERS: 1. STRETCHING UPPER BACK and SHOULDER: Stand comfortably with your legs apart, move your hand towards your back and interlace your fingers with each other. Now push your clasped hand away from your back as much as possible and hold for 15 seconds. After 15 seconds