Archive for the ‘Anti-Aging’

  • Health for Seniors | Aging is a Pain…What Should I Expect?
    Aging Pain By Jan Shapan : Personally, I am facing 60 years of age and feeling some new aches and pains. Do we just close our eyes and tolerate the emerging physical and mental symptoms of aging or is there something we can do? First in doing a little personal searching, I discovered, to no real surprise that some of my aches are not really abnormal but I should ...
    April 27th, 2010 at 02:04 pm
  • Seniors Who Choose Better Eathing Habits Can Extend Their Physical Well-being
    Senior Nutrition by Jan Shapan :: Over a lifetime too many seniors still fail to discover the wisdom of good eating habits.  Bad habits formed in youth often remain the rule.  In almost every aspect of our lives we accumulate a load of excuses for just about everything we do. Excuses for missing work, for gaining weight, for not exercising, for not apologizing and many ...
    March 1st, 2010 at 11:03 am
  • Brain Tips for Senior Citizens: How to have Good Mental Health in Retirement
    Staying Mentally Healthy :: by Janet Shapan :: The light of understanding is shining brighter when it comes to the human mind. For too long culture has presumed that little could be done to preserve or enhance the capabilities of our brains. But those days are gone. Leaders in science are peeling back the layers of the human mind and revealing an incredible pattern-making ...
    February 22nd, 2010 at 12:02 am
  • The Skin Care Battle: What Can Seniors Do To Win?
    Anti-aging Skin Care for Seniors by Janet Shapan Many seniors fail to pay adequate attention to the most exposed organ of the human body—the skin. In recent the local and national news acknowledged the extraordinary experience of having snow on the ground in 49 of the 50 states with on Hawaii as the hold out. Extreme weather conditions demand seniors to be even more ...
    February 16th, 2010 at 03:02 pm
  • CoQ10: Essential for Cardiovascular Health After Age 40
    By James P. Meschino, DC, MS :: High Blood Pressure and Angina A lack of CoQ10 synthesis contributes to compromised performance of the heart and cardiovascular system. This can hasten the onset of congestive heart failure, but some preliminary studies now indicate it may also contribute to the development of high blood pressure, angina and irregular heartbeat. CoQ10 Effects ...
    February 8th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
  • Green Tea Catechins Reduce Body Fat and LDL Oxidation
    Benefits of Green Tea By James P. Meschino, DC, MS The catechins found in green tea have been shown to promote weight loss and reduction of body fat in human subjects, independent of any effects of caffeine. Researchers have examined the possible mechanisms of action through which green tea catechins promote fat burning and weight loss without producing adverse stimulation ...
    February 8th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
  • Helping Your Patients Prevent Mental Decline and Alzheimer’s
    Memory, Dementia, Alzheimer's Prevention By James P. Meschino, DC, MS As we age, a number of factors predispose us to a decline in memory capacity and the development of more severe forms of cognitive decline such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. One of these factors is the lifetime accumulation of free-radical damage to brain cells induced by the brain’s ...
    January 28th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
  • Getting Stronger is a Key to Health for Seniors
    Keeping Fit! by Janet Shapan In case you haven’t noticed, if you take an aging body and don’t get any exercise, your muscles become weak and you notice a real measurable loss of strength.  Even the little things like bending down to pick something up or carrying the vacuum to the next room or taking the lid off a bottle can become challenges. This loss of strength ...
    January 20th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
  • Senior—Be on the Lookout for Signs of Cataracts
    Cataracts - Eye Care for Seniors by Karl Edmunds Recently my mother called and gave me a sobering forecast.  She said if I live to reach the ripe age of 80 years old, it is almost a guarantee that I will experience a cataract or a clouding of the lens in one or both of my eyes.  This slow but almost assured deterioration in sight can at least be slowed or deferred with ...
    January 20th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
  • Good Health is the Best Excuse of All for Seniors to Buy, Eat or Give Chocolate Gifts
    by Karl Edmunds As a senior myself, buying quality chocolate just for me is a slam dunk good thing to do and when I think about give chocolate as a gift to a dear friend, there is never a second’s hesitation because everyone loves chocolate. The Benefits of Chocolate There aren’t many things I can buy for myself or friends that are accepted so readily than a gift of ...
    January 20th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
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