Real Age
OK, everybody taken the RealAge test? I’ve been taking it every year or two for awhile and just did again. It gives you a nifty action plan to fit your profile. I learned this time that :
1. My real age is 8.6 years younger than I am.
2. My HDL is average and could be improved by even more exercise.
3. I should raise my intake of potassium rich foods from 2190 mg/day to 3000 mg/day to prevent stroke.
4. I need to increase my social support network a bit to help during major life events.
5. Need to consume more unsaturated fat.
6. Get vaccinated against bacterial pneumonia.
7. Increase grain and vegetable intake.
It also recommends taking a number of additional more specific health assessments provided at the site.
All this is free, easy to do, and proactive for your health. Check it out.
Deep Thought: Sometimes life seems like a dream, especially when I look down and see that I forgot to put on my pants.
Today I am grateful for: Vitamin supplements
Comments (4)
real age? I don’t want to know. Though people constantly tell me I act like I’m eleven.
Emotional immaturity will keep you healthy sometimes when nothing else will. LOL.
I didn’t get very far with it because you need to know things like your blood pressure and stuff, if I recall, and I don’t, but if I did go to my doctor and get all that information, the realage test might be useful … I wonder what criteria it is based on … like whose studies of nutrition and age, for instance, or are all the studies somehow collected in a huge data base that spits out the more common findings, which are then applied to this test? And, question: have you upped your potasium-rich food intake? And have you noticed any difference?
Hmmm…says I’m about 9 years younger than I really am. I wonder if they don’t fiddle with the results to keep you feeling good about coming back. I am postive they do it at the sites with IQ tests!