This article shares why social isolation is unhealthy for aging adults and 7 actionable ways to avoid social isolation.
Nuts May Prolong Your Life
A new thirty year study from the New England Journal of Medicine believes that a daily serving of about 30 grams of nuts can actually prolong your life. Nuts are considered a “superfood” according to nutritionists–packed with healthy protein and fats and also...
Prolonged Sitting Jeopardizes Older Women’s Health
Godfather of Soul James Brown once famously advised “Get up! Get on up!!” James Brown was a wise man. According to a new study led by Cornell nutritional scientist Rebecca Seguin, the less you sit, the longer you live. For aging women especially, the study reveals, a...
Obesity at 66 Predicts Health at 85
You’ve probably already read an article in the news, seen a feature on television or even learned from your own doctor that obesity is extremely unhealthy. But a recent study finds that it can also be a fairly accurate predictor of your quality of life as you advance...
The Connection Between High Anxiety and Stroke
We all get stressed out. It’s part of being human. Whether you’re carrying a heavy workload, mending a strained personal relationship or steering around a financial bump in the road, you’re going to experience anxiety in life. But how you handle that anxiety could...
Vitamin E May Help Delay Alzheimer’s Progression
It’s scary to think that one day all of our memories that we have gathered throughout our lives could be gone. Memories could be so easily washed away by Alzheimer’s as if they had never been experienced – who you are, your family, your past. What if there was a pill...