Adjust diet and lifestyle to match sensory changes. Follow American Heart Association, American Cancer Society or American Diabetes Association guidelines. Fab Fifties One-third of the U.S. population, more than 20 million American women, are over age 50. Heart disease may strike and kill in this age category. Women are no longer spared.
Cancer is still the number one cause of death in people over fifty.
Smoking cessation, regular exercise, reduced fat and alcohol consumption and extra fiber are recommended. Lifestyle choices, not merely aging, predict osteoporosis, or brittle bones. Though bone loss accelerates after menopause, weight-bearing activities, hormone replacement therapy and diet therapy may compensate. By this age, diabetes is usually caused by poor diet and overweight. Menopause calls for decreased iron, and additional vitamins C and E, calcium, magnesium and soy phytoestrogens.