Healthy lifestyle and Aging: An overview

Abstract

Aging could be associated with many negative health impacts. Many previous studies have shown its underlying mechanisms such as oxidative stress. However, the interrelation between healthy lifestyle and aging has been studied extensively, there is still a need to raise awareness of this issue. This overview throws more light to live the whole life of someone as a young person in his twenties and why it is essential to take care of our health in all its aspects. How aging is affected by nutrition, common nutrition-related conditions, and some ways to have a healthy nutrition for older people. How exercise can lead to healthy aging and programs needed to maintain healthy aging. Also, this minireview discusses the effect(s) of aging on sleep regarding healthy aging, the 4 stages of sleeping, and it demonstrates the brain function during aging, and some sleeping disorders. Thus, it could be recommended to help people age properly with less age-related diseases.