Question

APPLY: Between ages 40 and 50, Nancy gained 20 pounds. She also began to have trouble opening tightly closed jars, and her calf muscles ached after climbing a flight of stairs. “Exchanging muscle for fat must be an inevitable part of aging,” Nancy thought. Is she correct? Why or why not?

REVIEW: How do slowing of cognitive processing, reduced working-memory capacity, and difficulties with inhibition affect memory in midlife? What can older adults do to compensate for these declines?

Answer 1

I think Nancy is slightly correct because exchanging muscle for fat is a part of aging but not inevitable, well aging is a continuous process which control by time and physical condition.

Mid age or middle adult hood experience biological and psychological changes, a person at the mid age can experience lack of attention, memory capacity and cognition. Physical condition at mid age experience different health condition than new age, mid aged person claims lack of physical ability and mental processing which is general symptoms of aging but some people claims severe condition and symptoms like sudden lack in memory and attention, stress, insecurity etc.

A person who is experiencing aging problem can get more healthy life if it follows some basic rules.

1- Digestion system in mid age reduce capacity so that we must aware about food quality rather than quantity.

2- Exercise and meditation reduce the symptoms of aging and make a person mental and physical healthy.

3- Older adults can engage with mental exercise like filling of Sudoku, playing chess and take proper rest.

4- Using of daily work checklist can be an alternative of memory capacity because a person of mid age will never forget things and task.

5- positive thinking, stress free day and creative working can reduce negative symptoms of aging.