ds You did not reduce your cholesterol by There it is — you’re smoking cigarettes 30%, now the doctor is getting stern: again and the pain in your chest she gave you a prescription for 2 indicates you have damaged your ocar medications but you never filled the coronary arteries! her prescription. t 2 2 A 2 Progress 6 spaces. 1. Progress 6 spaces 2. ® ® ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ZONE You quit smoking. Your doctor is concerned because C-reactive protein in your blood is too high, indicating that inflammation is happening somewhere in your body. In your case, it’s in the arteries leading to 2 2 your heart! 3. 4. Regress 1 space. Progress 4 spaces. ® ® ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio You like to eat fries and burgers in If you are male, spite of the high sodium and cholesterol; so again, you abandon Progress 6 spaces. your healthy eating plan. If you are female, 2 2 5. Do Not Progress 6. Progress 3 spaces or Regress. ® ® ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Instead of taking the escalator to the Your doctor just told you your blood second floor, you decide to take the sugar is too high (again). She wants stairs. You are always trying to find you to stop eating sugary junk food, different ways to sneak in some follow a healthy diet, and have tests ocards physical activity. done to see if you might be diabetic. 2 You’re busy, so you will think ther 2 7. about it later. 8. Regress 1 space. Progress 5 spaces. ® ® Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Copy onto orange card stock, cut out and laminate) Zone 2 A 2007 PROTOTYPE Positively Aging®/M.O.R.E. 2007©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 14 ds You have been diagnosed with high Lifestyle changes alone aren’t enough; blood pressure and the doctor was now you begin a low fat and low alarmed at the reading. You will be cholesterol diet, but must take daily ocar admitted to the hospital to stabilize the medication also. Out go all high-fat her blood pressure. dairy products, high-fat meats t 2 and tripas. 2 A 2 9. Progress 6 spaces. Regress 1 space. 10. Positively Aging®/M. O. R. E. ® ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ZONE You have put on 30 pounds. You exercised, stuck to your low sodium diet, lost 8 pounds, and reduced your If you are female, Do Not blood pressure. Maybe now your doctor can cut back on your blood Progress or Regress. pressure medicine. 2 2 If you are male, 11. 12. Progress 6 spaces. Regress 1 space. ® ® Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE ZONE 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio You have been diagnosed with Type 2 You take your Statin medication diabetes and high blood pressure. regularly. It helps lower LDL levels and lowers proteins that encourage the inflammatory process of If you are a male, atherosclerosis. 2 Progress 8 Spaces. 2 If you are a female,13. 14. Progress 7 spaces. Regress 1 space. ® ® Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio You have aged 5 more years. You have been taking your Statin medication every evening since more cholesterol is made at night than during the day. After 6 weeks, your blood cholesterol is improved. ocards 2 2 ther 15. 16. Progress 5 spaces. Regress 1 space. ® ® Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2006©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Copy onto orange card stock, cut out and laminate) Zone 2 A 2007 PROTOTYPE Positively Aging®/M.O.R.E. 2007©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 15 ds Argh – what a bad day! Your You have aged 10 years. cholesterol is over the top! You weren’t taking your medication because it ocar didn’t make you feel any better. Now her the doctor said you have permanent t 2 damage to your arteries 2 A from atherosclerosis. 2 17. 18. Progress 9 spaces Progress 10 spaces. ® ® Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE 2007©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2007©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ZONE If you are a male, you have become overweight with a BMI over 30. Progress 6 spaces. If you are a female, you are nearing the age when menopause begins, so the risk of atherosclerosis begins to 2 increase. You have become overweight with a BMI over 30. 19. Progress 3 spaces. ® Positively Aging /M. O. R. E. ZONE 2007©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ocards ther (Copy onto orange card stock, cut out and laminate) Zone 2 A Positively Aging®/M.O.R.E. 2007©The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 16.