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Dec 16, 2019 · Healthy AgingDo More and Age Less By Helping Your Mitochondria
Because mitochondria power the biochemical reactions in most of your cells, when you don’t care for them, your body just isn’t going to work very well. If you’ve noticed that your energy isn’t what it used to be, or maybe you’re struggling more frequently with brain fog, that’s a clear signal to pay your mitochondria more attention.
Nov 18, 2019 · Healthy AgingBoost Heart, Brain and Mental Health with Meditation
Need a vacation? Get into meditation! It’s free, easy to learn and is an essential skill that you can use anytime, to help you manage the stress, pressure and non-stop challenges of modern life. And did we mention that meditation can also keep your heart, brain and body young, healthy and relaxed?
Jun 10, 2019 · Healthy AgingLive Long and Well: Why Your ‘Healthspan’ (and Not Your 'Lifespan') Is What Really Counts
In the past half-century or so, the average American lifespan has pushed out from sixty-plus years to eighty-plus. And yet, as a recent piece in The New Yorker described, the buzz in research circles is about radically extending longevity with hi-tech interventions using stem cells or gene therapies. If we’re not thinking about how we can live as long as possible, in good health, then we’re missing the boat.
May 27, 2019 · Healthy Aging10 Ways To Protect Your Brain and Keep Alzheimer’s At Bay
Far too many of us these days have had some experience with friends or loved ones who are dealing with Alzheimer’s and it’s heart-breaking physical, emotional and mental impact. Though many of us witness the disease at arm’s length, it’s hard not to think about the frightening specter of Alzheimer’s possibly affecting our own brains someday.
May 20, 2019 · Healthy AgingSlow The Aging Process Naturally with Help from Autophagy
In the wellness world these days, there’s a new(ish) concept, labeled ‘autophagy’ that’s changing the way we think about health. And it may just be the key to slowing-down the aging process, enhancing our capacity to live longer and better. Interested?
Apr 22, 2019 · Healthy Aging9 Ways to Boost Your Mitochondria, Increase Energy and Enhance Longevity
When patients tell me they’re feeling wiped out, exhausted and dragging through their days, often it’s because they’re not treating their mitochondria right. Most people don’t realize it but mitochondria play a massive role in their energy levels, how well their metabolism functions and even how much brain fog they deal with every day.
Mar 20, 2019 · Healthy Aging17 Ways To Tame Inflammation
Inflammation – it’s the starting point for so many life-altering conditions and diseases. It’s also avoidable, yet every day millions of Americans prime themselves for health disasters – like cancer, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and many autoimmune diseases – by making choices that unwittingly promote chronic inflammation.
Feb 22, 2019 · Healthy AgingBusting the Myth that Getting Older is Associated With a Decline in Health and Vitality
Most of us have been programmed to believe that growing older is synonymous with getting fat, slow, forgetful, and sick. But I can tell you with absolute certainty that the years of your 40s, 50s, and beyond can be some of the most rewarding and vital you have ever known.
Feb 6, 2019 · Healthy AgingHow the Side Effects of Many Drugs are Wrongly Assumed to be the Consequences of Aging
Many patients who first come to me in their 50s or beyond are on two or more medications, as are an increasing number of younger people. Often, the negative effects of the first medication lead to the prescription of a second drug . . . On and on it goes, with everyone gaining weight, feeling old, and getting more and more discouraged.