Healthy teeth and good dental health are important to seniors since your dental health plays a big role in maintaining your overall health and outlook. Good news is, seniors nowadays recognize this importance thus moving them into action and providing their dental health the attention it needs. Seniors need to know that it is important for them to pay attention to their dental health especially during their retirement years. Failure [...]

One of the easiest tricks to a successful weight loss program is controlling hunger. Contrary to popular notion, hunger doesn’t really lead to weight loss and most of the time, it even backfires and would only make you want to eat more, therefore sabotaging your diet. It goes without saying too that crash dieting is a big no-no and won’t ever get you to lose weight effectively, nor does its [...]

Diabetes is as common as the sun these days – even kids can develop them! While diabetes may be controlled, the ugly truth is once you get it, it’s yours for life – no way curing it or getting it out of your system yet. However, if you are prone to diabetes, it is good to know that you can prevent diabetes or manage your sugar levels when still in [...]

I hate to break this to you, my fellow seniors, but there is no getting around exercising. You just have to do it. No amount of sauna sweating sessions can help you achieve the full benefits of exercising, nor those designer exercise-replicating devices you see on TV. However, the beauty of exercising is that you don’t have to spend too much on anything and thinking of all those health benefits [...]

Don’t we all? I mean, would love to age gracefully? I have just been to AARP website and saw there Raquel Welch and was reminded how a 70-something woman should look like. I know, I know. I shouldn’t be comparing my mediocre looks to that of an actress, I can even hear me saying to my daughter the day she fussed about how Jessica Alba looked like after giving birth [...]

Okay, seniors can exercise anytime they want but studies show that exercising in the morning maximizes the effect thus giving you a better result than doing it any other time of the day. Below are some of the reasons why seniors need to exercise in the morning: Exercising in the morning improves sleep. This is because early morning exercise sets your circadian rhythm or your internal body clock that tells [...]

Unless you have serious endocrine problem , getting fat and losing it definitely don’t happen overnight. More often than not, it is brought about your eating habits’ cumulative effect. If you would like to gain weight, try adding 500 calories to your daily intake for a week and you’ll definitely see results. In fact, a mere 100 extra calories everyday is a sure fire way to add stones on your [...]

If there’s one thing we, seniors, avoid the most, it would be falls and slips as we all know the health implications that come with it. However, as we age, it gets a little harder to avoid falls and slips considering those several factors which might lead to a fall or a slip are the exact same things we can’t do without. I, personally, am conscious of my surroundings and [...]

Vacation plans? Check. Plane tickets? Check. Designer suitcases? Check. Yourself? Not yet. Well, if this is your case then you are not alone as there are many seniors who are still in doubt if they would ever fit into their swimsuits right in time for summer! Aside from the usual last-minute diet, there are many things you should consider especially now that the summer is fast approaching. Don’t worry, there [...]

Since you are starting with—or thinking about—low sodium diet, I would assume that it has something to do with hypertension or managing your blood pressure. If you are a senior or nearing the golden age, it is an already given fact that you will need adjustments with your diet as not every type of food can be accepted by your body anymore. Not everything can be digested and absorbed by [...]