Study: Little benefit for vitamin D, omega-3, exercise in seniors

I remember when the omega 3 fatty acids first cameout they were supposed lower and/or replace anti cholestorol drugs which didn't work but they did find it helped the joints and/or arthritus patients.
 
My retinal surgeon and optometrists recommend 2200 units of Omega 3 from a fish source. Don’t know if it helps, it can’t hurt.

In Canada Vitamin D is recommended for daily use, especially in the winter. It’s inexpensive and a tiny tablet so no issue taking it.
 

Jules said:
My retinal surgeon and optometrists recommend 2200 units of Omega 3 from a fish source. Don’t know if it helps, it can’t hurt.

In Canada Vitamin D is recommended for daily use, especially in the winter. I It’s inexpensive and a tiny tablet so no issue taking it.
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Most US docs appear to recommend it also. Mine certainly do.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Hmm, I am in the first group. I sit at the computer and watch tv, I sit in my recliner and watch tv, I lay in bed and watch tv. But your assumptions are wrong. IMO

Walking outside, trying to eat healthy, not drinking pop, watching calories, watching weight, and having medical checkups would have no effect whatsoever on many medical issues that people have or how people feel about themselves.

My mother did none of what you suggested. She smoked like a truck engine, never went for a walk, drank pop with liquor in it and without, worked but also watched a lot of tv. She is 95 years old and I don’t think she ever saw a doctor when she was a child, not once.

Generalizations are silly. IMO.
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I guess your mother has wonderful genes. Yes, I have, over the years, heard stories that went like this: Some person drink home brew everyday and smoke like a chimney and live to be over 90. Another person does all the healthy stuff but dies in their 50s. I would think that genes has much to do with it. However, when I go to the grocery store and see a lady that is in her 80s and enjoying shopping and then I look around and see some person (usually a man) that is in his 50s, overweight and breathing with difficulty while shopping, I would like to be like that 80 year old lady.

It's nice to have good genes but I don't want to press my luck and depend on those genes. I want to help those genes. I don't want to throw my hands up in the air and say, "No use; it's all in my genes" That, to me, is like shooting someone and saying, "The devil made me do it." I believe that we should take some responsibility for our healty. Money in the bank means little when you retire but are too sick to travel, shop, play golf, walk outside or whatever older retired people want or like to do. Just my opinion. I could be wrong but this way of thinking works for me.
 

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