There are four blood groups namely A, B AB and O. The blood type diet is distinct, personalized and developed for each blood type by Naturopathic doctor Peter D’Adamo. Depending on your blood type there are specific foods you should eat and avoid others. Type O Diet According to blood type O, your nutrition diet should include saltwater fish, poultry, organic vegetables and seaweeds. Foods to avoid include mustard seeds, [...]

Of all stays one can do in a lifetime, hospital stays must be my least favorite of them all. Whether it is me who’s in for a stay or someone I’m doing the packing for, there’s something that’s really unsettling when preparing for a hospital stay. However, hospital stays are something one cannot – and absolutely CANNOT – just ignore since it requires some level of efficiency and a knack [...]

Alzheimer’s is a common form of dementia and worsens as it progresses leading to death since it has no cure. People over 65 years are more at risk of suffering from the disease. As it progresses, it takes away a person’s memory. Seniors with Alzheimer’s are given the care they need by caregivers. Treatment and care can be done at home or in a nursing home. Caregiving is managed over [...]

At your old age, suffering a stroke may affect your brain and body’s capacity to perform. Your intellect, movement, perception and sensation are some of the abilities that can be compromised by stroke. However, researchers have discovered that you can improve your life after stroke with yoga. Veterans and elderly people who survived a stroke can take on yoga. Even after years of a stroke, yoga can help you in [...]

Dementia is an umbrella term for conditions associated with loss of brain action severe enough to interfere with one’s daily activities. Persons at risk of showing dementia symptoms are seniors and the risk increases as one gets older. Injury, damage, drugs, or disease in the body may cause dementia to be static or progressive as well as reversible or nonreversible. Most types are nonreversible thus persons exhibiting dementia may require [...]

One thing that has proven to be very tough when trying to lead a healthy lifestyle is food control. I know there are many seniors who are with me on this one. For one, I find it unfair to have the money to indulge in whatever I like to eat – and how much – however, my body almost always beg to disagree, and find ways to make me suffer [...]

I think my belly fat problem started when I was in my early 20’s, specifically when I gave birth to my first baby. I was not really that bothered with it for the first six months after giving birth as I told myself that the bulges would go away given some time. Obviously, it was a misconception; the bulges didn’t go away. And so the battle against my own belly [...]

At your age you are at a higher risk of cancer. Old persons should assure their health and well-being because various cancers are on the rise that can affect both men and women. Cancer statistics for 2012 predict that older adults are likely to be diagnosed with cancer than young people. In addition, death rates might increase unless specific treatments and prevention measures are discovered. Since you are at risk [...]

During sleep, all the muscles of your body relax. Your muscles in the upper throat can relax during sleep as well. The muscles then block the flow of air in and out of your lungs especially if you have a narrow throat. The brain reacts by shortly interfering with your sleep to begin breathing. That is when you resume breathing with a choking sound only for it to become pattern. [...]

DASH is short for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension and the DASH diet has been ranked the best diet for diabetes and as the best and healthiest diet ever. The flexible and balanced diet helps lower hypertension. This is after a study was carried out on several eating plans. The study was about how diet affects high blood pressure. This diet is all about nuts, beans, whole grains, seeds, and [...]