Music and human health, or music and medicine, will continue to be a hot topic during the holiday seasons and in 2012. Here is a section from the book  and wish you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

It has been reported that individuals can reach 129 years old (Antisa Khvichava of Georgis) for woman and 122 years old for man with good mental status. Eternal life might be a future. It might take even longer than the fight to cancer. But, but could we have more people celebrating their 100^th birthday? I think this is the first step that is reachable. There are some notable facts that will not only help you to live longer, but live happier.

 

We know we can’t choose our genes, so we happy with what we have. But there are things can be done that will make us healthier and happier.

 

1.                 30 minutes moderate physical activity a day. Walking, working in farms, gardens, or doing what ever you like.

Lack of enough physical activity is the second leading contributor of preventable death. A sedentary lifestyle has been linked to 28% of mortality from leading chronic diseases.

In older nonsmoking men, walking two miles or more per day is associated with an almost 50% lower age-related mortality. A significant difference in benefit was seen between no activity and moderate activity. A smaller difference in benefit between moderate and vigorous exercise was seen.

Patients who engage in regular moderate or vigorous exercise have a lower risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, and osteoporosis.  Mild to moderate exercise is good for those with chronic illness too.

6.                 Stop negative talking

 

We talked about music and happiness. We said that any sound could be music. However, negative talking could be a disaster. We all know that the incident of psychological events is higher in psychiatrists. Why? Because they were exposed to all the negative talk of their patients. They are so good and have professional training, but some of them were still affected by this.

 

One church sister told me that she almost jumped into a river when she was young. Why? Because her mom talked negatively all the time to her, and had no respect for her because she was a girl. Her mom’s negativity made her feel that she was useless in this world.

 

Almost everything can have two sides. Of course, we need to limit the dark side as much as possible. But can we find the bright side? Can we lead the way to the positive? Can we talk more of the good side? Smart people will find light in the dark and find the way to go forward. A laugh, a joke might be just good enough to unify and to find a way to move forward.

 

A message that I learned is that Jesus always finds the good side and gives people the courage they need to move forward.

 

7. Med Music

Believe me, Med Music are better than Tylenol!