Can what you do for a living can seriously reduce your life span?

Thinking about healthy aging is some times not of top importance during your working life. As a young man or woman you tend to find where the money is at; then later you might live to regret that decision.

Its true becoming a senior and aging doesn't high on your list when you are hungry for money and success. However you may find this has left it own undesireable effects on your future health. With young families and the desire to provide for them many people need to take work which might not be ideal just to support the family. But this could come back to haunt you in your later years.

Its all too common that the working environment of many is far from healthy. But they have little choice if they are to provide for their families. Many have to work in unhealthy conditions which are filled with chemicals, dust and toxic fumes.

Lets take for example working in a wood shop making household and office furniture. This is detrimental to the lungs and can possibily result in lung disease. Some machines in a wood shop operate using toxic glues and adhesives which produce unpleasant and even noxious vapours. The long term exposure to these sorts of hazards can cause respiratory dieases and other respiratory related illness.

There are probably not many places less healthy to work than a coal mine It is sad but true but every day a coal miner works down a mine is probably shortening their life span. The damp unhealthy condition down a mining pit combined with coal dust leads to many miners contracting pneumoconiosis or black lung disease. This disease and other respiratory problems all to commonly effect older and even younger miners.

The saw mill industry which is a big employer in a number of States is know to also have well above average incidence of health problems associated with it. Consider this during the peak season winter men can get ill from the extreme cold weather they often operate under. In addition if a tree falls it can cause serious injury or even death. Although the body of a young may fully recover from such an accident a man in his forties and fifites has much more brittle bones and may never recover.

Fishermen working in the fishing industry are exposed to extreme danger and risk to their health as well. Maturing years does not prevent these hardened men venturing out in all weathers often risking their lives in high seas and dangerous waters. A fishermans work is physically punishing and dangerous, accidents and injuries are quite common. Back injury is especially common amongst older fisherman. Looking on the bright side despite their daily peril they do get plenty of fresh air.

Truck drivers have a potentially dangerous job being out on the road all the time with often a punishing schedule to meet in order to get paid well. Truckers will often drive for many hours with little sleep often endangering themselves and others.

Those more mature truckers still on the road well into their sixties are at even greater risk to their health, usually living with a unhealthy lifestyle for years can start to quickly effect an aging body. They often have bad backs, poor general health and the combination of life style and often poor diet make them prime candidates for heart attacks.

As age decends on us all we need to give more thought to what we are doing to our bodies at work. Often works canteens and food areas provide unhealthy food which just increases the health risks further to an aging worker.

When we push ourselves in our youthful years to earn more ignoring the health risks for the future we do our body and mind no favors in the long term.Our bodies need a healthy environment to work in, enough sleep to be ready for the next day and good diet to maintain our health. By paying attention to these areas sooner rather than later in life we stand a greater chance of healthy aging.

Look carefully at how your work is effecting your health today and what that might mean in the later years of your life so you can age well and with good health.

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