by Patsi Krakoff | Nov 27, 2019 | Lifestyle, Senior Fitness, Senior Health
What’s on your gratitude list today? If you’re like many of our senior friends, you may feel profound thankfulness that you can participate in simple everyday life, still active in ways not expected in our grandparents’ and parents’ generations....
by Patsi Krakoff | Nov 1, 2019 | Exercise, Lifestyle, Longevity, Senior Fitness
For seniors, developing strength can be a double-edged sword. While it’s important to build muscle to regain strength lost over the years, there are always health risks involved. Besides the obvious muscle, tendon, and ligament pulls, even more important is heart...
by Patsi Krakoff | Oct 18, 2019 | Exercise, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Senior Fitness, Senior War on Aging
It never ceases to surprise me how little I actually understand about our bodies, especially the heart. Take heart disease in seniors, for example. I should be somewhat of an expert now, because my husband Rob had a major heart attack 15 years ago, and for the most...
by Patsi Krakoff | Oct 3, 2019 | Causes of Aging, Lifestyle, Senior Health
The statistics from emergency care hospitals is grim for seniors: alcohol-related discharges among older adults reached nearly 750,000 in 2012 alone. More recent statistics report 14% of seniors admitted into the ER are due to drug and alcohol related issues. Do we...
by Patsi Krakoff | Oct 1, 2019 | Lifestyle, Longevity, Senior Health
Have you noticed? Here in the northern hemisphere our days are getting shorter. I can feel the change in seasons, triggering an urge to stay indoors and curl up with a good book. But seniors beware: lack of sunshine has adverse affects. Exposure to sunshine allows...
by Patsi Krakoff | Sep 26, 2019 | Causes of Aging, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Senior Fitness
Why is the American diet (called SAD for Standard American Diet) the leading cause of death? The 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, determined the leading cause of death and disability was the American diet, followed...
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