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Turn your health around
by Karen Pallarito
Want look and feel young into your 40s and beyond? Now’s the time to hit the refresh button.
“When you’re in your 20s and 30s, you have forever”or so you think, explains Heather Provino, CEO of the workplace wellness company Provant Health Solutions Inc., in East Greenwich, R.I.
But health and lifestyle errors can sneak up on you in midlife and, next thing you know, a routine checkup finds your blood pressure’s up or your blood sugar’s out of whack.
“If you’re not using 40 as that check-in point and that turnout time, those issues will start compounding,” leading to chronic conditions, like heart disease and diabetes, says Provino, an exercise physiologist and sports psychologist.
Here are some common mishaps and tips to get you back on track.