Denise Austin, author and fitness expert with four decades of experience, proudly calls herself a cheerleader for people, of all ages and fitness levels, to have fun working out and getting fit. She’s known across the country for her deeply genuine, upbeat attitude toward exercise and fitness, and her healthy outlook on life. She now…
‘You Are Your Own Architect’: Fitness Guru Denise Austin’s Best Advice
May 25, 2022
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Advance Care Planning for Guns
Kerri Raissian didn’t know what to do about her father’s guns when he died of COVID-19 in December 2021 at age 86 and left her executor of his estate. Her father, Max McGaughey, hadn’t left a complete list of his firearms and where they were stored, and he hadn’t prepared a realistic plan for responsibly…
Frail, But Living at Home: Program Helps Elderly Stay Strong
While building healthy habits at an earlier age can have some long-term benefits, adding physical activity can help at all ages, new research suggests. A new study found that physically frail elderly people with low muscle mass (sarcopenia) were able to reduce their level of “mobility disability” by 22% over three years, using a program…
Are You Getting Enough Of This Vital Mineral ?
May 21, 2022
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Magnesium glycinate has been increasing in popularity for several years – with good reasons. However, since 2020, I’ve seen this impressive mineral hit superstar status in my practice. Why? Probably because it effectively addresses many of the health concerns that have increased over the last few years, particularly sleep disturbances. As a vital mineral, Magnesium…
How to Become Stronger: Weight Training for Middle-Aged and Older People
Just exercising will not make you stronger. If it did, marathon runners would have the largest and strongest muscles. If you want to make your muscles stronger, you have to exercise them against resistance strong enough to damage the muscle fibers and when they heal, they will be stronger. A review of 22 studies on how…
New Friends: How a 67-year-old Struck Up Lasting New Friendships During her First Triathlon
May 17, 2022
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Jeanne Mitchell, mother and grandmother, had just moved away from the friends she knew. She retired and moved upstate with her husband to a quiet area on the New Jersey coast in 2013. “It’s a beautiful neck of the woods,” she admits, but “it’s not an area where you get to know your neighbors super…
Blue Zones Teach US How to Protect Our Chromosomes
May 16, 2022
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In recent years, much research has been conducted on length of life, especially on those cultures that not only live longer on average than other peoples, but thrive; having less physical and mental deterioration as they age. Many of these people live in areas dubbed “blue zones.” It’s often suggested that improvements in farming, habitation, cooking,…
6 Reasons Body Odor Gets Stronger as We Age, and 3 Remedies
Six Causes of the “Old Person Smell” and Three Ways to Remove It Narrated by Dr. Chao Shaoming (Director of Dr. Chao Dermatology Clinic), written by Li Luming A Japanese study collected the shirts of 22 adults between the ages of 26 and 75, in order to assess their body odor. It was found that…
Aging and Stress
At any age, stress is a part of life. Young and old alike have to face difficult situations and overcome obstacles. While young adults struggle to establish a career, achieve financial security, or juggle work and family demands, older people may face failing health or dwindling finances — or simply the challenges of retaining their…
Sarcopenia of Aging: Loss of Muscle Size and Strength
Aging causes you to lose strength, no matter how much you exercise. Muscles are made up of hundreds of thousands of individual fibers, like a rope is made up of many strands. Each muscle fiber is innervated by a single motor nerve. With aging you lose motor nerves, and with each loss of a nerve,…
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