Experts Rank Mediterranean Diet as the Best
For the sixth straight year, the Mediterranean diet has been ranked as the best overall diet for health and wellbeing, according to U.S....
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Jan 4, 20231 min read
How Exercise Keeps Us Moving Right
Moving with stability and control can become more challenging as we age. If you’ve noticed this, then it might be time to start...
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Dec 14, 20221 min read
10 Ways to Move More Every Day
Even on days when you can’t work out, you can still get plenty of intentional movement. Heck, it’s even more important on those days. If...
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Dec 7, 20221 min read
Study Links Junk Food to Brain Decline
Packaged, ultra-processed foods are convenient and tasty. They’re handy to have around the house for the grandkids or for snacking. But...
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Dec 1, 20221 min read
Start Exercising Now: Busy Times Can Be the Best
“I don’t have time.” “I’m too busy.” “Maybe later when there’s not so much going on.” We hear this throughout the year. “I don’t have...
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Nov 13, 20221 min read
Eat Right, and Know Your Diabetes Risk
Around the world, some 540 million adults have diabetes, and the number will soar in the coming years. Almost half of those people are...
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Nov 9, 20222 min read
Holiday Hacks to Keep You on Track
Not to be a total Grinch here, but… The holidays can really screw everything up. Think about it. From sometime around Halloween (all that...
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Oct 27, 20221 min read
Yogurt and Frozen Berry Breakfast Parfait
Use frozen blueberries, raspberries or cherries here. All are packed with flavor and nutrients. And they begin to thaw to a sorbet-like...
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Oct 25, 20222 min read
Step 1 Fighting Belly Fat: Forget the Marketing Myths
Nobody likes belly fat, but almost everybody struggles with it to some degree. Among all kinds of fat, belly fat is the one that gets...
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Oct 19, 20221 min read
5 Fast Facts about Lowering High Blood Pressure
Everyone knows high blood pressure is a killer. It’s the No. 1 cause of heart attacks in the United States, and the most important risk...
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Oct 12, 20222 min read
Pumpkin-Spiced Granola
This combo of autumnal flavors and scents has appealing applications beyond pie. In this recipe lightly adapted from Molly Gilbert’s...
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Oct 10, 20222 min read
Get Healthy for the Holidays Starting Now
Every fall in Anchorage, Alaska, folks know precisely when the long winter has begun. They wake up one morning to see the local...
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Oct 7, 20221 min read
Studies Reveal More about How Exercise Fights Dementia
We love this subject and never get tired of sharing the good news: Scientific evidence keeps showing the link between exercise and a...
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Oct 2, 20221 min read
Get Outside: Green Spaces Help Us Live Longer
Philip Rafshoon loves starting the day with a run through Atlanta's Piedmont Park, above, or on its BeltLine trail. "It feels so good to...
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Sep 9, 20221 min read
How to Celebrate Healthy Aging Month
September is Health Aging Month, a chance to celebrate all we can do with our bodies, minds and spirits, no matter when we were born....
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Aug 14, 20222 min read
7 Lies You Tell Yourself to Avoid Getting Fit
Was it Freud who said we can’t get through the day without telling ourselves seven little lies? Or was it a magazine quiz we read in the...
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Aug 1, 20221 min read
Retire There Podcast
Physical Activity Rates High When Choosing Retirement Locations It used to be conventional wisdom that everybody wanted to retire to...
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Jul 17, 20221 min read
Tomato Basil Salmon
A tasty easy summer recipe from allrecipies.com
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Jul 5, 20221 min read
Halftime 2022: Time to Take Stock of Your Fitness
Here we are at the midpoint of the year. So, for the “halftime” show of 2022, ask yourself three questions. How happy are you with your...
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Jul 1, 20221 min read
Free Your Mind – And Let Your Body Follow
You say you want to start exercising and eating right, but… well, gosh… you don’t know. You just can’t. There’s no point in trying....
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