Here’s some information to help you plan a healthy holiday season. The Calorie Control Council says we can easily consume 4,500 calories at a big-day meal. Yikes! But if you’re trying to measure the pleasure against your hard-won exercise gains, here’s a handy guide to learn how much yumminess you’ve earned — or how hard
Laura Syron was shocked when her doctor told her she had type 2 diabetes at age 50. “Can we stop? I don’t even know what you just said to me,” Syron recalls thinking. Looking back, she recalled episodes of being tired, cravings, and blurry visions, all among the signs of diabetes, although she didn’t know
Sitting too much is a health hazard, as you might have heard already. There’s even an actual medical condition tied to it that’s serious, despite its funny name: Dead Butt Syndrome. It doesn’t mean your butt is actually dead, of course. And the technical term is “gluteal amnesia,” which means the muscles of your rear
Who says we can’t have grownup fun enjoying Halloween treats? IN MODERATION, that is! Sure, you can enjoy a bit of candy now and then. Allow yourself a small piece or two, enjoy it slowly and mindfully, then have a glass of water and move on with your day. But better yet are adult
Ricky Banks is a walking advertisement for fitness over 50 – which makes sense, since he owns two gyms in his late 50s. But it became more important than ever after a near-fatal medical emergency a couple of years ago. Doctors and Ricky believe his healthy lifestyle helped him survive the loss of blood, the
In the 32 years since September was designated Healthy Aging Month, organizers say negative stereotypes about getting older are diminishing. “Of course, there are still stereotypes about older adults,” said Carolyn Worthington, president of Healthy Aging, the multimedia platform promoting the month. “Perhaps the baby boomers embracing aging like no other generation started turning the
Lifestyle habits like exercise and diet become more important in midlife with the first of two major changes in the body’s molecules, a new study says. Researchers examined 135,000 types of molecules and microbes from more than 100 adults. They found major shifts in abundance occurred around two ages – roughly 44 and 60. The
Need a reason to smile? Here’s one. Everybody wants a miracle cure for everything that ails them. And no less than the New York Times proclaimed in a headline, “Closest Thing to a Wonder Drug? Try Exercise.” We agree! “Of all the things we as physicians can recommend for health, few provide as much benefit
Food writer and public relations maven Jill Silva of Kansas City eats out — a lot. It’s a big part of her job. She’s trying to establish healthier habits, at restaurants and at the gym. Here, Silva, 60, offers a few pointers for responsibly enjoying restaurants. Allow yourself to enjoy it (within boundaries). “If
Richard Simmons changed the fitness game for millions of people decades ago. Those “of a certain age” might remember that back then, fitness celebrities tended to be physically intimidating and glamorous, looking down from Mount Olympus and urging us mere mortals to aspire to more. Then Simmons showed up, with his wild hair, barely there