by Patsi Krakoff | Jun 3, 2020 | Aging Brain, Lifestyle, Senior Fitness
Have you ever wondered why you sleep less as you age? It’s not because you don’t need more sleep and can get by with less. It is because you had roughly twice as much sensitivity to light when you were a child. As an aging adult, your body responds with less melatonin...
by Patsi Krakoff | May 20, 2020 | Aging Brain, Lifestyle, Longevity, Senior Fitness, Senior Health
Non-exercise activity are all the things we take for granted but don’t count as real physical fitness exercise. All forms of movement contribute toward good health. The most underrated of them are everyday activities like housework, gardening and walking. More...
by Patsi Krakoff | May 13, 2020 | Aging Brain, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Senior Fitness
If you’re like many people, staying home leads to eating more packaged foods and take out fast food loaded with refined carbohydrates and sugar. This so-called Quarantine Diet is full of high carbs, sugar, and junk. Just what your aging brain doesn’t...
by Patsi Krakoff | May 1, 2020 | Lifestyle, Nutrition, Senior Fitness, Senior Health
Your doctor may have told you to eat healthy food and avoid eating processed foods. But what does that mean, exactly? Nuts are usually roasted and salted, are they processed? What about bread, it comes out of a factory and goes into a package? For that matter, are...
by Patsi Krakoff | Apr 22, 2020 | Aging Brain, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Senior Fitness
Are there any tests to show how well you’re aging? I like to have data, so I can track progress or problems and apply preventative steps. Just having a good BMI and a normal blood count isn’t going to tell me if I am aging well. Or what I need to do to...
by Patsi Krakoff | Apr 17, 2020 | Aging Brain, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Senior Fitness
Almost everyone knows what it’s like to have brain fog. As a psychologist, when I hear this expression, I want to know more. Because it can mean different things to different people. Here’s a sample of descriptions clients have told me when they experience brain...
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