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It’s best to follow healthy practices for the mind and body, and avoid unhealthy coping tools – alcohol, drugs, smoking, binge eating, and distractions.

In a sleep-deprived state, leptin, a chemical that makes you feel full, decreases while ‘the hunger-stimulating hormone’, ghrelin, increases.

Mental health strategies are important for police, who are exposed to trauma, tragedy, and trying situations, every day.

It’s the precursor to many chronic conditions including high blood pressure, heart issues, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and arthritis.

For your physique and energy levels, keep things simple with three rules: nutritious meals, regular exercise, and 7-8 hours of sleep.

While it’s not isolated just to people in their 50’s, this is the age bracket with the highest rate of obesity, at an alarming 41%.

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Then, create some mental and emotional health practices that feel right for you. It could be journaling, meditating, yoga, running, weekly date nights or seeing a counsellor. There is no right way for everyone. But no wrong way for anyone.

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With a dangerous cocktail of exhaustion, sleep deprivation and poor nutrition, first responders don’t ‘fill up their cups’ or have the energy to plan ahead.

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Emergency staff should aim for at least seven hours sleep a day, to keep you trim, mentally alert, and emotionally strong.

Our metabolism naturally slows down as we age. Changes to your body shape and energy levels might occur, especially for women in their 50’s, after menopause.

Sleep deprived, officers reach for quick foods. Inner dialogue tells officers “there’s no point cooking for one” and those bad food choices continue, pre-shift.

One study puts law enforcement at the top of this list, with 40.7% of all police, firefighters and security guards, clinically obese.