It doesn’t matter who you are, you are going to age it’s a fact of life. Granted, some people can grow old a little more gracefully than others, but time will catch up to you. It shows in our face, on our skin and our muscles and joints. It just happens no matter what we… Read More »
Nursing Home or Assisted Living? Which Is the Best Option for You
This Guest Post is from Jason Lewis of Strongwell.org – a fitness website for Seniors. Note from me: This is another topic near and dear to my heart as my mother lives in an assisted living facility and I know first how difficult the decision was to move into one and two, finding one that fit… Read More »
6 Signs You Are Aging Well
How old are you? Your chronological age or the number of birthdays you’ve had tells you how old you are. But are you aging well? Your physical, mental, and emotional health determine if you are aging well. Medical experts have identified these six signs that you are aging well. Height and Weight As people age,… Read More »
How to Stay Emotionally Healthy as You Age
This Guest Post is from Jason Lewis at Strongwell.org. They have a lot of good wellness information for seniors like us. Meanwhile, enjoy this article on how to stay emotionally strong as you age! Physical changes tend to be the more obvious concern for seniors as they age. Mental and emotional health, however, can be… Read More »
Where Does the Biggest Cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis Hide?
Since inflammation is such a focal point in the discussion of various types of arthritis, it can be easy to miss the bigger picture. The human body has an incredible defense system, and it can either be your best friend or your worst enemy. A dysfunctional immune response leads to rheumatoid arthritis and other forms.… Read More »
What Are the Side Effects of Your Arthritis Medications?
Modern medicine has made many strides in the last century but sometimes at the cost to your body, immune system, and the gut microbiome. Many times, it can be like medicine takes one step forward and two steps back. It’s true that many medications provide tremendous benefits to patients, but there are multiple unwanted side… Read More »
What Are the Most Common Arthritis Types People Can Have?
Arthritis isn’t only a pain in the backside. It’s a painful inflammation that surrounds the joints in your body. Many people suffer from osteoarthritis, the most common type, but there are more than 100 other types of arthritis. The first certainty about arthritis is that it’s misunderstood. The term ‘arthritis’ actually refers to a collection… Read More »
Understand What Causes Arthritis to Develop in Your Joints
Different types of arthritis are caused by various factors. Learning about the risks and predisposed causations of these debilitating conditions can help you navigate away from them or manage them more effectively. Some can be avoided, and the onset of others can be delayed well into the golden years. Moreover, some types of arthritis can… Read More »
The Ultimate Gout Diet Can Change Your Life for the Better!
Gout is a different kind of arthritis that requires special treatment with simple and effective nutritional guidelines. Not every diet works because you can’t focus on inflammation alone. Gout is mainly caused by the build-up of excess uric acid, and there are some foods you must avoid to prevent the flares. Changing your diet can… Read More »
Start Using Natural Arthritis Remedies to Manage Your Pain
Arthritis is a debilitating condition if it’s allowed to progress without proper management, regardless of which type you have. There are days where you can’t be as active as you desire, and there are days when the stiffness is utterly painful. Inflammation is a major concern for arthritis, and the immune system can react unfavorably… Read More »
Prevent Gout With Simple Tricks and Live Pain-Free Again!
The body is both its own worst enemy and best friend, and your desires and nutritional lifestyle are the fine lines between the two. Everything that goes into your stomach impacts your health, whether it promotes or diminishes it. Gout is intricately connected to the foods you eat and the lifestyle you lead. The stomach… Read More »
Do You Have Gout? What Is Gout and What Causes It?
Gout is a unique form of arthritis, and it’s truly painful. Some people only have one or two flares a month, so they don’t consider it a chronic problem. However, other people have flares galore, leaving them wondering whether it’s become permanent. Gout is an inflammatory response, but it’s also caused by a second culprit… Read More »
New Book – Healthy Habits
Habits can be good or bad. Of course the ones we want to keep are the good one and either drop the bad habits entirely or change them to good ones. In my new book Healthy Habits, I teach you how to identify bad habits and some things you can do to change them. In… Read More »
4 Surprising Ways You Can Live Your Senior Years to the Fullest
NOTE: This is another article from Guest Author Jason Lewis. If you recall, he also wrote 7 Ways To Improve Your Quality Of Life If You’re Over 65 here on this blog. Enjoy the read! ***************************************************************** Are you a senior looking to get more out of life? Well, it probably won’t surprise you to know… Read More »
Senior Health: Protecting Your Bones As You Age
This blog post on Bone Health starts the first of a series of 10 posts concerning seniors and their health. Each post provides some common sense things one can do to prevent the condition (or at least keep it from getting worse) as discussed in each post. The other posts will be on: Arthritis Cancer… Read More »
Studies Show Occasional Diet Hunger May Reduce Risk Factors For Aging And Age-Related Diseases
When it comes to your diet, you would be hard pressed to find someone who would deliberately starve themselves. Or at least, not someone who thinks that extreme caloric restriction could have marked anti-aging effects, reducing your risk of age related diseases. In reality, however, it has been established since the 1930’s that lab rats… Read More »
Staying Young Through Diet And Exercise
Everyone is looking for ways of staying young. There is evidence of that on every billboard you drive by and every advertisement you hear on the radio. Everywhere manufacturers and companies are trying to find ways to sell you products that are going to make you look and feel younger. Do they work? Some of… Read More »
7 Foods That Accelerate Aging
Did you know that just as foods can heal the body, they could also hurt, or accelerate the aging process? Yes, even though we are living in a time of unprecedented medical advances and healthy food options, we are also bombarded by foods that only pretend to be healthy for us, when in fact they… Read More »
6 Ways To Stay Focused On Sound Nutrition
In a world where gas stations contain more snacks and sodas than they do fuel for your car, and there is drive-thru on every corner, it can be hard to focus on good nutrition. The temptation is everywhere! Here are some simple ways you can stay focused on nutrition without obsessing! 1. Make a plan!… Read More »
6 Diet Tweaks That Promote Healthy Aging
If you’re looking for a way to promote healthy aging, you don’t have to start out on an epic quest like Ponce de Leon. There is no fountain of youth, but there can be a mountain of health. You might be surprised at where this mountain is. Your refrigerator may hold the key to aging healthily, and… Read More »
5 Super Foods That Energize Your Body
Super foods to the rescue! It seems like in today’s rat-race-paced-world, we are always looking for that thing that is going to keep us going a little longer, this is evidenced by the massive surge of unhealthy energy drinks springing up all over the place. For some reason, people always look to unhealthy sources and… Read More »
5 Foods That Support Bone Health
It seems like everywhere you look, there is new information on food that supports bone health. Why is there such an emphasis on bone health and what are the foods that you can eat to build strong bones? Why is Bone Density Important? Bone density may be the only factor that determines whether a minor… Read More »
10 Anti Aging Drinks
Everyone is looking for a way to beat the signs of aging. Whether you’re looking for younger skin, a way to fight off dementia, or a way to maintain your general health, you need the right information to stay on track. Here are 10 anti aging drinks that you can incorporate into your diet to… Read More »
Vegetarians Live Longer
Why is it that vegetarians live longer than those who eat meat on a regular basis? Vegetarians outlast meat eaters because they don’t eat a diet that’s overloaded in saturated fats like meat eaters tend to do. Eating red meat has long been known to cause heart problems because of the fat content. Most vegetarians… Read More »
What Is Memory Loss?
Memory loss has a simple definition, but living with it can range from mild to a complete life change. To have times in your memory when you just can’t recall the information you’re searching for means that you’re forgetting what you once knew. Sometimes these things could be what you learned in school years ago… Read More »
Hydration – The Key to Anti-Aging May Be Eating Your Water!
The cells within your body are the roadways that can lead to a longer life. Until recently, it was a puzzle as to how the cells could help with anti-aging. Then a book, written by Dr. Howard Murad, unlocked the puzzle of anti-aging in a surprisingly easy way. His answer to anti-aging was a myth… Read More »
Eating Less to Live Longer
You already know that the key to good health is eating less to live longer. Having a healthy body weight is imperative to having years of extra life. Even carrying twenty pounds of excess weight shows up in your body as a raised blood pressure, strain on the joints – especially the knees – and… Read More »
Signs of Vitamin Deficiencies in Over 50s
Most vitamin deficiencies are unheard of in developed nations. This is especially true of young people in these nations. We just eat so much food, and such a wide variety, that we meet all our basic nutritional requirements. We live with so much abundance that some children live off one food item for years without… Read More »
Anti-Aging Remedies Report – Part 1
If you are interested in anti-aging remedies, you are not alone. However, it might be time to put aside all those expensive products that are only doing more damage to your skin, and instead take a more natural approach. There are many vitamins and minerals, foods, and even essential oils and herbs in this four-part… Read More »
Calcium – For Healthy Bones and Body
Calcium is good for the body for building strong bones and for healthy teeth. But calcium is also a good way to keep your body feeling and looking young. If your body doesn’t get enough calcium in one area, it will take calcium from other areas of your body – and one of those areas… Read More »
4 Ways to Slow Down the Aging Process
As you get older, you start to notice some of the signs of aging that are part of the aging process. One of the first changes that becomes apparent is that your skin starts to wrinkle, sag, and get drier. You may also notice that you put weight on in different places. And as you… Read More »
Health Benefits of Smoothie Bowls/Age Defying Smoothie Bowl
You have probably seen smoothie bowls around, most likely on social media sites like Instagram. These bowls aren’t just to look pretty, but they are delicious and contain a lot of vitamins and minerals. Here are some different health benefits of eating smoothie bowls. They are Loaded With Nutrients One of the top reasons you… Read More »
Boost Your Metabolism to Stay Young!
Many people complain about their increasing weight as they age, even though they have tried to eat less than they did years ago. Aging can certainly be accompanied with increasing body weight; however, it is something that can be avoided or at least minimized if you boost your metabolism. Your BMR as You Age BMR… Read More »
Beat The Aging Process With 5 Key Tips
Aging is inevitable. No matter how hard we try, it will catch up with us eventually, but that does not mean that you have to sit back and let it prematurely take your youth away. No, there are things you can do starting right now to beat the aging process, and maintain your youthful looks… Read More »
Antioxidant Foods for A Youthful Appearance
Most people have the desire to maintain a youthful appearance as the years pass by. However, there are factors that usually make our youthful appearance disappear or diminish as we age. Damage to our skin from free radicals, losing and regaining weight, the sun’s harmful rays and an unhealthy diet can take its toll on… Read More »
Anti-Aging Diet Essentials
Your mother or grandmother may have told you “what you eat and drink today, walks and talks tomorrow”. If you have even a small degree of self-awareness you will have realized that certain foods can make you feel good. You will almost certainly be aware that some foods and drink can provide short-term pleasure, but… Read More »
Is Your Mindset Affecting Your Weight Loss?
If you were to spend just 10 minutes on Google researching statistics on weight loss, or people failing at trying to lose weight, or sticking to their diets, or achieving the body that they want, you’d be appalled at how small the number is of those who achieved their goal. The current stats show a… Read More »
Dark Chocolate and Strawberries – Two Complementary Antioxidants That Help Fight Aging
Data from epidemiological studies has shown conclusively that regular consumption of plant-based foods and beverages high in antioxidants can lead to a reduction of risk for stroke and coronary heart disease. One of the many beneficial plant-derived foods, which may surprise some, is cocoa, which experts confirm as being an important mediator for stroke and… Read More »
The Best Nutrition to Prevent Aging
There are lots of things you can do to slow down the sands of time and help prevent aging. In some cases you can actually reverse certain evidence of aging. A lot of this boils down to the right lifestyle: avoid sun damage; get lots of exercise; manage weight; learn to better handle stress; take… Read More »
