Simple yet sublime, the innocent strawberry has the power to seduce all of your senses at once.
Want to live longer, healthier and happier? Forget about acting your age. Instead, set out to change it.
Your cells take a beating from free radicals. Antioxidants help you fight back.
Are you feeding your hunger, or just feeding your face? Maybe the thing your appetite craves isn't more food, but more attention.
A curious cross between advanced hiking and low-tech climbing, the art of scrambling is a Pacific Northwest passion – and one heck of a serious workout.
When it comes to our pursuit of goals and accomplishments, the source of our motivation may dictate the force of our efforts.
A centuries-old Chinese system for cultivating health, vitality and enlightenment, qi gong is now gaining a reputation here in the West - as one of the most effective stress-busters around.
Don't keep those beautiful muscles and joints all cooped up. Give them room to move!
Healing or harmful? When it comes to both your health and appearance, the sun may play a bigger role than you thought.
Why what you don't clean out can kill you, and how optimizing your body's gunk-removal system may save your life.
It starts when some nice clerk ma'ams you at the supermarket. Then you notice waitresses aren't asking to see your ID quite so often. Next thing you know, you're saying things like, "When I was younger," and it no longer sounds even a little bit silly.
On my radio show I give out an award called the “Wish You Were Here Award.” It is an award given to people who are so far off in their understanding of nutrition that they are sent a postcard with a picture of the earth on one side with the phrase “Wish You Were Here” written on the back.
The first six factors in the Biomarkers book are found in the context of the original “Ageless Vitality” article. The remaining four are found below.
It used to be that as one aged, one gradually accumulated prescription drugs in response to an ever-growing array of symptoms: One for arthritis, one for high blood pressure, one for digestive troubles, etc. Now though, some future-thinking medical practices are assembling networks of diverse medical specialists and technologies with the intent of revolutionizing the standard, reactive approach to mid- and later-life medicine.
According to the National Academy of Sports Medicine, proprioceptive forms of training – activities, like balancing on a wobbly surface, that require the body to “self-monitor” and adjust based on subtly shifting physiological signals – are very effective in improving dynamic joint stabilization and functional strength. But wait, that’s not all!
Here are the top 10 tips from the National Institute on Aging.
