Healthy Aging

School-age children, older adults and everybody in between have all heard that starting the day with breakfast is a healthy habit. But why is breakfast good for you? And, more…

Many of us try to include “brain food” in our daily diet. Blueberries, oatmeal, wild salmon, avocados and other foods have properties that may help improve memory, ward off dementia…

Every New Year, more than ⅓ of Americans make a resolution to stay fit and healthy and another third plan to lose weight.  But research shows that only 8 percent…

Runners, tennis players and other fitness enthusiasts know the importance of stretching, but stretching really is for every body. Even if you shun exercise, stretching should be as routine as…

Those two words are familiar ones that most of us have said and heard countless times. But just willing it to be so doesn’t necessarily do the trick. Relaxing can…

In my late 20s I fell in love with running. I felt fit, physically and mentally. Never fast, I was always faithful to running at least a couple miles a…

Most of us seek various degrees of balance in our daily life. We look for evenness in work and play, solitude and human contact, rest and activity. We try to…

Grab a hula hoop and head outside. Or Find a place where you and a friend can swing a table tennis paddle. Or Lace up your tap shoes and sign…

A steamboat river cruise in the Northwest along the route Lewis and Clark traveled more than 200 years ago? Two weeks exploring Rome’s historic treasures and driving along the picturesque…