Kimberly JohnsonTips on Healthy Eating as You Age
A healthy diet is as important during your twilight years as it is when you’re young. But if you’re like most of the aging population, you can’t eat like you once could. Your appetite might be less robust and your metabolism has probably slowed down some, which means that you’re more likely to gain weight even if you’ve maintained the same diet for years. Additionally, good senior care must focus on a healthy diet to support certain aging-related conditions and risks, especially the health of the heart, lungs, joints and bones. Making a few small adjustments to your diet will help
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Guest BloggerUnderstand How Leptin Affects us As We Age
As we age, the importance of improvements to our diet cannot be underestimated. In many ways it becomes more imperative to watch what we eat and take care of ourselves, especially if you’re managing a long term health condition or illness. What we eat, and put into our bodies directly affects how we function on a day to day basis, and making a few subtle changes to our eating regime can offer a whole host of benefits from increased energy to better sleep at night. Understand How Leptin Affects us As We Age The Importance of Fats Many of us may
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SilveradoHow Exercise Helps your Body and Brain
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAMLfcat1aw[/embed] It has long been known that exercise benefits the brain through improved vascular health, but scientists are beginning to discover that the benefits could be much more far-reaching. Watch Richard London, MD, Silverado Oak Village Medical Director, explain how exercise may be far more beneficial than previously believed. How Exercise Helps your Body and Brain Recent studies show an association between higher levels of physical activity and a slowing in cognitive decline and dementia onset. In some cases, an increase in the volume of the hippocampus (where Alzheimer's starts) was observed. Based on this research, Silverado has made physical exercise a pillar of the
Continue readingFasting Helps Slow Aging
What is the answer to a healthy long life? Some may say its being active, while some may say it is what we eat. Well science is trying to find an answer to this question and turns out the answer to long life is rather "How we eat". Think back to our ancestors, and I mean way back. These people didn’t have food readily available to them at all times so they would go through periods of “fasting” until their next meal. Well, this idea of fasting for a period of time is being heavily researched and the findings may
Continue readingFail Tips when Losing Weight
You have made a decision that your New Year’s resolution this 2016 will be losing weight. Getting fit, a healthier lifestyle and losing weight are the top New Year’s resolutions for Americans. And as studies have shown, nearly half of those who have made this as their resolution last year have failed. Fail Tips when Losing Weight In order to remedy this, I bet you will read all the articles that will give you tips on how to be successful in this promise. But few fail to recognize their mistakes last year, and will continue on making it this year. This can be very stressful especially
Continue readingFive Superfoods For Heart Health
When you're paying attention to good nutrition, it's easy to spend a lot of time focusing on what not to eat - all the stuff that clogs your arteries and expands your waistline. Now's a good time to look at the things that you should eat and the things you can do to keep your arteries healthy, and to fully understand why paying attention to arterial health is important. Five Superfoods For Heart Health Some foods pack more punch than others. Here are five foods that have a lot of disease-fighting power, and it's a good idea to regularly make room
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Jeff DaileyNourishing Food For Weight Loss
Nourishing Food For Weight Loss Excessive weight is amongst the most pressing medical conditions within the western world and will eventually become this country’s primary reason for preventable deaths. A main reason being obese is rising amongst American people will be due to the nutritional value regarding foods available nowadays. People may not realize healthy foods to lose weight are not always healthy even though they may advertise to be healthy. A few of these food items will be chicken, eggs and beef. Nourishing Food For Weight Loss Nowadays chickens are raised and bred to become really huge. As a consequence,
Continue readingImpact of Eating Habits on Aging
Impact of Eating Habits on Aging When it comes to health, many people are aware of the major do's and don'ts of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and diet. However, people often focus on their cholesterol, blood pressure, and body mass index (BMI), and overlook another key medical marker: Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs). AGEs are harmful compounds in the body that accelerate the aging process and are linked to many of the top health concerns people face today. Impact of Eating Habits on Aging AGEs develop in the body or are ingested through certain foods, including browned, sugary and processed foods. When
Continue readingEating for Your Brain as a Senior
Certain foods may push back against cognitive decline. Adding whole plant foods, including fruits and vegetables, beans and whole grains, to your diet can help cut cholesterol. Eating for Your Brain as a Senior If you could keep your brain sharp and stave off dementia with specific foods, you'd probably grab your grocery list. Well, start writing. Whether it's due to their ability to fight off harmful free radicals, keep brain blood vessels clear of debris or because of an evolutionary boost from plant-based chemicals, a variety of foods appear to give aging brains a healthy edge. Berries, Coleslaw and Your Brain The MIND diet, introduced early last
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