As we gracefully navigate life’s journey, there’s one organ we mustn’t forget to exercise: our brain. Just as we hit the gym to keep our bodies in shape, our gray matter requires its own kind of workout. And no, we’re not talking about deciding whether to grill steaks or burgers this weekend (though that’s a tough one). We’re talking about …
Does the thought of working out immediately spur ideas of stiffness and pain? It shouldn’t! Maybe it’s been a while since you’ve laced up the Nikes, or perhaps you exercise a few days per week. Either way, what you do before and after your workout is the key to a pain-free life. As you age, your warm-up and cool-down routines …
Remember the days you could stay out late, eat anything, have an extra couple of beers, recover quickly, and for the most part, do whatever you wanted without much difficulty? Unfortunately, after 50, memories are the only way to experience that life without feeling awful. It likely happened on a random morning when you woke up and felt age …
Do you feel like you’re getting older at an increasingly rapid pace? While it’s impossible to halt the aging process, there are things we can do to slow it down. What’s the most critical factor in your health and well-being? The typical issues that come to mind are heart health, body weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, and mental fitness. It’s …
Unless you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you’ll get less sleep for the next several months. The amount of light and darkness affects the timing and regulation of our sleep patterns. With increased daylight hours, our brains delay the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. Most of us stay up later but still wake up at the same time each …
Okay, maybe you’re not quite turning fifty, or perhaps you already unwrapped some of Mother Nature’s gifts of aging. Either way, she’s coming for you! Our youth is a time of strength and invincibility. Our bodies are lean, flexible, and resilient. We can stay out late, eat fast food, have an extra couple of beers, recover quickly, and for the …
As we begin the slow exit from lockdowns and limited social gatherings compliments of a global pandemic, one skill that more than a few of us may have honed over the last two years is drinking. Many of us have turned pro in our abilities to knock back more than a few drinks. What’s the harm in a few drinks …
Other than our waistlines and the hair on our ears, men over fifty stopped growing physically decades ago. Sure we may not become fitness models any time soon, but for many of us, our minds are sharper than ever. Maybe we struggle with the latest tech gadget or remembering what we had for breakfast, but we have a wealth of …
Are you a man over 50 looking for ways to improve your bone health and prevent diseases like osteoporosis? Probably not, but maybe you should consider it. Here are some startling statistics which should put osteoporosis in perspective: One in eight men will experience an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime. Almost 30% of all hip fractures occur in men. …
Think back to your last class reunion. What’s the first thing you noticed about your former classmates? Time may not have been so friendly to many of the attractive people from twenty or thirty years ago. Were you thinking to yourself, “Do I look that old?” Sure almost everyone in the room is thicker around the middle and thinner on …
