by Patsi Krakoff | Jan 2, 2019 | Causes of Aging, Exercise, Senior Fitness, Senior War on Aging
There’s no denying it: even healthy, active seniors will experience muscle loss with aging. It’s part of the body’s way of aging. The problem is, we don’t really notice muscle decay as it is happening. It goes on in a cellular level, so slowly...
by Patsi Krakoff | Dec 22, 2018 | Causes of Aging, Longevity, Senior Health
When we wrote our book, The War on Aging, we reported that the average life expectancy for American males was 78.8 years. In fact, our life expectancy has more than doubled from what it was 150 years ago simply because we have better hygiene, antibiotics, and medical...
by Patsi Krakoff | Dec 14, 2018 | Causes of Aging, Longevity, Senior Fitness
Healthy seniors are trying intermittent fasting and not just to lose weight. Fasting has long been known to boost longevity and health. Although still being researched, going 12 to 16 hours without eating, as in intermittent fasting, stimulates autophagy, the cellular...
by Patsi Krakoff | Dec 6, 2018 | Causes of Aging, Lifestyle, Longevity, Senior Fitness, Senior Health
If there’s one key cellular function that contributes more to longevity, it’s the autophagy process. Yes, that means that our cells eat themselves and it’s how the body rids itself of old and damaged materials. In this process, an old cell is broken...
by Patsi Krakoff | Dec 1, 2018 | Causes of Aging, Longevity, Senior Fitness, Senior War on Aging
“Why we age” is a good question. I was hoping I could avoid aging or at least cover it up. When you think about it, we are actually lucky to experience aging. Some of our friends haven’t been so lucky. Still, aging is a stern taskmaster. We have...
by Patsi Krakoff | Nov 19, 2018 | Causes of Aging, Nutrition, Senior Fitness
Finally! I can stop eating low fat versions of dairy, yogurt and cheese! For years the food industry has told us that fats were bad for us and caused weight gain. Guess what? The low fat diet habit promoted by government and health experts was a big fat mistake. Why?...
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