In this aging podcast, Sally Smith talks with Dr. Lotta Granholm, the Center on Aging Director. Dr. Granholm discusses food products thought to be effective in battling dementia, focusing on antioxidant-rich foods such as blueberries, strawberries, green vegetables, and potatoes. She identifies her own diet to illustrate important foods to consume and emphasizes the need for variety.
You may never feel your ducks are all in a row for retirement, and you may be right. You can’t be too careful about making sure that there are no overlooked details in the planning process. We mostly worry about whether we’ll be able to maintain a comfortable lifestyle, but the problem is that maintaining the same level of income during retirement is often not enough to keep things going–especially if you age into a disability.
Back pain can make it impossible to function as a normal human being. The discomfort of a bad back can make it impossible to sit or stand with any degree of comfort. Worse yet, you can’t seem to find a comfortable position to get to sleep. Ironically, the cause of your pain could be your bed.
Coenzyme (CoQ10), also called Ubiquinone or Vitamin Q, is a compound that is naturally found in every cell of the body. It is essential to the activation of enzymes. Enzymes are substances produced by our bodies which are necessary for our general health and survival. CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant that helps to protect the cells in the body from free radical damage.
According to the Mayo Clinic researchers now believe that gaining muscle mass to strength training will generate benefits beyond the actual exercise period itself. In other words, by doing strength training and gaining lean muscle mass, individuals are able to make a positive impact on their overall health and well-being. There are quite a number of benefits of gaining lean muscle mass which should help to motivate each of us who finds that lifting weights or using resistance training can be a little boring.
It’s inevitable — what goes up must come down. Aging causes things to go south, and most women will experience sagging breasts at some point -– especially large-breasted women. Gravity is the culprit that pulls the breasts downward as we age, but it can actually happen at any time.
