Health and Fitness

Is healthy aging important to you? Are you interested in losing weight after 60? Let's explore how fitness and gentle yoga for seniors can help!

4 weeks ago

Be Still My Eating Heart. How One Special Dessert Changed Everything

After a lifetime of being – uh – well-insulated, I lost 55 pounds in my early 40s and have kept the pounds off for 17 years as I write. I’m currently 59. (I know you’re wondering, so, yes, I carried twins and am 10 years past meno.) When friends ask…

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4 weeks ago

The Power of 66… Alcohol Free Days

The global wellness economy is estimated to be worth $4 trillion dollars! We are on an endless and expensive quest for wellness, vitality and youth… yet we drink the toxin ethanol on a daily basis. We do the yoga, the juicing…

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4 weeks ago

What We Need to Know About Posture and Osteoporosis Exercise After 60 (VIDEO)

I often get asked about posture and osteoporosis exercises when we’re past menopause. Of course, things are highly individual when it comes to lifting weights or correcting your posture. Here are my answers to many burning questions…

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1 month ago

10 Best Probiotics for Women Over 60

Do you take probiotics? If not, are you questioning if you should be taking them? Probiotics have become quite popular in the last few years and people are taking them for various reasons…

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1 month ago

Emotional Eating and Weight Management: Navigating the Connection

Emotional eating, the tendency to use food as a coping mechanism for emotional distress, can significantly impact weight management efforts. Understanding the intricate relationship between emotional eating and weight management…

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1 month ago

Just What the Doctor Ordered – How Women Over 60 Are at Highest Risk for Prescription Drug Addiction

Sally was noticing changes in her 73-year-old mother in-law Emily. As Sally became Emily’s primary caregiver, she noticed Emily seemed a great deal anxious most of the time. She’d also become more withdrawn. And, because Sally often ran errands for Emily…

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1 month ago

Do You Overeat to Avoid Wasting Food? It Could Stop You from Losing Weight After 60

Do you feel compelled to eat everything on your plate because you feel guilty “wasting” food, even if it means feeling too full and overeating? If you’re an over-60 like me, you grew up in the generation of people who were told as a child…

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1 month ago

We Need to Talk About Female Hair Loss

The first thing I noticed about Rachel was not the absence of hair on her head, nor the dramatic tattoo prominently placed just behind her right ear, it was a quick and brilliant smile, an effervescent energy and a peaceful confidence…

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1 month ago

Mature Age Fitness – A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Started (VIDEO)

Think you are too old to move and work out? There are some definite biological differences between your 20s, 50s and 70s, and of course your life is different. You may have more responsibilities and less time for yourself…

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1 month ago

Obesity Isn’t a Personal Failing – It’s a Classic Environmental Disease

I’ve had so many patients, friends and colleagues ask me this simple question: “Why, with the obesity epidemic running wild, are we so unsuccessful at finding solutions for it, and preventing it or solving it? Can it really be that it’s just our fault as humans…

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