The P-SARP program is designed for seniors approaching 70’s and over-70’s, all the way through 90's women and men, with three main goals: Better Nutrition—to lower cholesterol and weight; Moderate Exercise—to build strength and balance; and Health Awareness—education by physicians and specialists.
The fundamental purpose of
Game Plan For Over-70’s
is to restructure certain living habits of those men and women
approaching their seventies – and beyond – who have become relatively
inactive so that they feel one hundred percent healthier, are happier
and rejuvenated, and are prepared to not only live longer but “to live
longer, better”!
The Nutrition Advice
- encompassing rationale and logic, relationship to health and diseases,
foods’ selection and avoidance, recipes and menus – is not a diet.
Adherents to P-SARP’s new-lifestyle eating plan will never be hungry.
There are – as everyone well knows – dozens of “diets” out there from
A to Z, from Atkins to Weight Watchers, Sonoma to South Beach. Most of
them will, indeed, induce weight reduction. But will their users keep
that lost weight off and, more importantly, will they be significantly
healthier in the long term?
The P-SARP nutrition regimen – coupled to the two equally paramount
exercise and health awareness co-sections – is most closely related to
Pritikin Longevity Center’s lower-calorie-density
ingredients-and-preparations’ plan. However, the P-SARP nutrition
formula is not quite as strict as Pritikin’s. We do allow sautéing of
foods with a slight amount of extra-virgin olive oil. We do allow a cup
of real coffee in the morning. We do allow a glass of red wine at
dinner (and we even permit a cocktail when the sun goes down, if that’s
what an 80-year-old is used to and wants).
The P-SARP Self-Elasto
Exercises (copyright) were
developed by Juan O’Callahan specifically for elderly men and women who
cannot or do not care to lie prone on the floor or get into difficult
positions. They are designed to promote posture, balance, breathing and
strength. They are virtually all utilized in the standing position (most
can also be adapted for the sitting position). They are suitable for
people using walkers, canes or wheelchairs. There are approximately
fifty exercises. They fit into four quadrants: Lower body: The Core:
Upper Body: The Head.