Food / Nutrition

If you’re fortunate, you have many choices to cook and eat daily. And you likely have some favorites regularly featured on your dinner plates. The question is, what are these choices doing to help you feel better and age healthier? Are you satisfying your taste buds at the expense of…

Over the last several weeks we’ve spotlighted the concern about excessive sun exposure (causing skin cancer and requiring cautionary behavior) along with the dangers posed by excessive heat. This is all in anticipation of the extreme heat many of us are likely to face this summer (and some of us…

Most of us have probably had a concern like this: My mom had dementia so I’m likely at risk, or cancer runs in my family so I may develop cancer, or my Dad had a heart attack at a relatively young age, so I’m likely going to have one. No…

For many of us, it’s the most blatant and visible reminder that we are getting older. A casual look in the mirror makes it clear: Gray hair is a natural result of getting on in years and few of us escape that reality (though many do their utmost to prevent,…

For many years, we’ve highlighted the important connection between the food you eat and how you age. There’s strong evidence that eating in a way that emphasizes fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains, among other foods (including adherence to the Mediterranean diet), and limiting your intake of red…

Not so long ago, receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s was a devastating piece of news. Usually, such a diagnosis came after specific symptoms of cognitive decline appeared. Physicians had little to offer beyond recommendations for getting your affairs in order (assuming you still had decision-making capacity when the diagnosis was…