What is one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy as you age? Learn something new. According to recent research, challenging your brain by taking it out of its comfort zone can help slow cognitive decline and protect you from common aging diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. ...
Eating on the go usually results in eating high-fat and high-sugar items that over time, increase your risk of overweight and obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. One of the best ways to be sure that you regularly eat healthy, wholesome meals is to plan ahead. If you’d like to develop ...
The kids have been gone a while and when you look around, you realize that there is a lot of space full of stuff that you just don’t need. Is now the time to declutter? Clutter has a way of weighing on your mind even when you don't realize it ...
After over a year of being cooped up because of the COVID-19 pandemic, most people are looking forward to getting out and about this summer. As you make your plans for travel, vacation, and recreation, however, keep in mind that the summer heat can be dangerous. According to the Centers ...
Both depression and anxiety are far more common than you think. Everyone feels down or anxious from time to time, but when these feelings become predominant or are overwhelming, there is definitely cause for concern. These negative emotions can start controlling your life, which can often be debilitating. Sadly, prescription ...
Home can be a dangerous place. In 2018, an estimated 125,300 preventable injury-related deaths occurred in homes and communities. That was about 75 percent of the preventable injury-related deaths that year, according to the National Safety Council. An additional 37.6 million people suffered non-fatal medically consulted injuries, meaning they had ...
You want to eat a healthy diet. As you go into the grocery store, you have every good intention of having only nourishing, wholesome foods in your house. Then you get home and stare at your purchases. What happened? On your countertop are processed snacks, baked sweets, ready-made meals, high-sodium ...
Social connections help us stay healthy no matter what age we are, but recent research has shown that they're particularly important for seniors. With age, we often lose many of the social connections we've enjoyed over our lifetime. We retire and no longer have daily interactions with our colleagues. Our ...
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that sugar is the most popular ingredient added to foods in the United States. Over the years, more and more manufacturers have used it to make their foods taste sweeter in the hopes of increasing profits, and so far, it’s worked. Two hundred ...
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, as we’ve been told, and indeed a lot of research supports that idea. In a recent 2020 study, researchers found that eating a big breakfast rather than a large dinner could help prevent obesity and high blood sugar. The Mayo Clinic ...
