Healthy Aging

Going on a diet is a perennial New Year’s resolution. No surprise as we continually hear about the obesity epidemic facing our country. But all of us, regardless of shape,…

Gluten-free (GF) diets are definitely all the rage right now. People blame gluten for myriad disorders,  ranging from arthritis and asthma to multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia. However, there is little…

Of course, you want a healthy heart. One of the best things you can do to keep your heart in shape is to pay attention to what you eat and…

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…