Sticking to your workout routine in any other given day is sometimes, hard enough for us seniors so what more if we also have to contend with the weather? No matter how eagerly you have started on your workout, the winter weather could certainly damp your enthusiasm which for me, if you really want to see results, being all enthusiastic about your workout is the key to success. According to [...]

Holidays indeed require lots of energy and merry making thus warranting stress as well. This can’t be prevented or avoided as it comes with the experience however for seniors with little energy to spare as well as for caregivers without much time to give them own selves much less, activities like this, this could spell double stress. Below are some ways to minimize holiday stress and make the festivities something [...]

For some reason, younger ones are quick to assume that seniors are no longer interested in sex and the likes. I’ve read many articles explaining that when we age, it is only normal to experience diminishing sex libido however, when I ask my seniors friends, this is not always the case and it is quite easy to see disappointment and frustration in their eyes. Truth be told, seniors are still [...]

Retirement shouldn’t be all about reaching the end of line or the start of slowing down and boring days and nights. In fact, many seniors these days are all geared up to start a healthy lifestyle now that they are nearing retirement and will have all the time they need and want to achieve the ever coveted longevity. If healthy living is still all foreign to you, there is no [...]

I don’t know why it has become so hard and expensive to live a healthy lifestyle nowadays. For us seniors to grow old gracefully, we need to exert some effort into it but one look at how much this endeavor will cost us is enough to make us cringe and grow more wrinkles in the process! The food we eat and the activity we engage in are the most important [...]

When seniors talk about their health, for some reason, it is easier for them to just lie about it or not tell anything at all. What they don’t know is that some of these littlest things are considered by doctors as important red flags when it comes to your well being so it is really important for you to mention them everytime you visit your doctor! By doing so, you [...]

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 [...]