Food / Nutrition

You may not spend much time worrying about your heart but for almost half of the adults in the United States, cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure, is a real threat, putting us at risk for heart attacks, heart failure or stroke. And along with cardiac disease, it’s not just…

By now, you probably have your favorite foods as well as those you hope never cross your tongue again. We all know what we love and what we don’t, but the question is, do you eat the right foods to sustain yourself for the long run? Particularly as we get…

Certainly, by now you know that what you eat plays a large role in how you feel: both your general well being and more specifically, how your body handles the aches and illnesses associated with aging. And while there are innumerable good sources out there (including helpful resources on agebuzz!),…

If you’ve confronted thinning hair or outright hair loss, you know the feeling: scrambling to find a way to slow the progression, wondering what you could be doing to prevent bald spots or further hairline erosion. It’s estimated that the average person loses 50-100 hairs a day, but if you’ve…

You probably know how it feels: You’ve overindulged in a junk-food fest and now your stomach is waging holy war against you. Well, according to a new post in the Harvard Men’s Health Watch, your stomach may be the least of your worries. It seems that researchers have found a…

Some of us face this dilemma every morning: whether or not to eat breakfast and if so, what to eat? There are lots of mixed messages about whether to eat when you wake up– though less debate about whether you should stick to a “healthy” breakfast or give in to…