The “Quarantine 15 (Lbs)”: How To Limit Snacks And Weight Gain During Quarantine
April 1, 2020
If the stress of the COVID-19 quarantine is beginning to weigh on you (no pun intended), you’re not alone. Stress can take its toll on your body in many ways, including “stress” or “emotional” eating: that is, eating (or not eating) as a way to lessen or mitigate negative emotions….
Food Frenzy: Feeding Yourself And Loved Ones During COVID-19
March 25, 2020
Life goes on during a pandemic, and so do such essential tasks as feeding yourself and loved ones. But in a time when we’ve all been advised to stay indoors and minimize social contact, the question becomes how do we get food? Do we order in from still-open restaurants? Do…
Uniquely Vulnerable: Why The Immune Systems Of Older Adults Put You At More Risk
March 18, 2020
Like almost everything else you face as you get older, your immune system becomes a bit slower as you age. Your ability to fight things off weakens, you may acquire an autoimmune disorder (like rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis) or your ability to detect and correct cell defects may decline (which…
Sage Advice: Expert Guidance On What And How You Should Eat
March 11, 2020
Perhaps it’s more important than ever to think about how you get on a path toward healthier aging and a longer healthspan (and maybe even lifespan). One essential component of healthy aging that’s largely within your control? Your diet- what you eat, how much you eat and even when you…
Running The Risk: Factors That May Speed Up Or Slow Down Cognitive Decline
March 4, 2020
To date, the reality is sobering: physicians, patients, and families have little in their arsenal to combat cognitive decline once a dementia or Alzheimer’s diagnosis has been made. Drug development continues to be disappointing and few medications currently on the market show real benefit. As we’ve previously said in agebuzz,…
Diet Advice: More Evidence Connecting The Mediterranean Diet To Healthy Aging
February 26, 2020
You may remember back in January the Mediterranean Diet was proclaimed the best overall diet for 2020. With its focus on fruits, fish, veggies and olive oil, it’s consistently been touted as one of the best approaches to keeping you healthy as you advance in years. Now, new studies out…