Happy Thanksgiving to My Fellow Americans! Will you be enjoying turkey this Thursday? I sure will—I love turkey! Once the feast is over and we’ve made our next-day turkey sandwiches, I always break out my crockpot to make my own bone broth with the turkey carcass. I freeze any leftover meat so I can add…
DetailsI am SO excited for today’s UPS delivery as it contains the proof of my new book! Can’t wait to hold it in my hands! After almost 2 years, “Age With Grace And Strength” will finally be available to purchase on Amazon Dec 3rd! Mark your calendars! In the meantime, let’s talk about the hip…
DetailsFor the first time in ten years, new guidelines for STOKE prevention were released this past week. I find it interesting that even though 57 percent of strokes occur in women, this is the first time that the American Stroke Association has taken a more comprehensive look at the various risks that are unique to…
DetailsIf you’ve been reading my newsletters for a while, you know how much I love to dance. Some have joked that I must think dancing is a cure-all for everything! Well, it turns out that I’m not so far off the mark! I recently read a story about a nurse whose sister, a healthy and…
DetailsIs there any truth to the old wives tale that we learned as youngsters, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Well, yes! My cholesterol was up a bit last week when I saw my doctor and he asked me if I thought I could eat an apple a day. I thought that was…
DetailsAny exercise that you can do, which combines physical exercise in nature and sunlight, is something we should be thinking about doing during these pleasant fall days. Let’s get in shape before the Holidays! Studies show that sunlight lowers blood pressure and gives us our daily dose of vitamin D. Walking, hiking, and biking are all…
Details60, 70, 80 are so much more than milestone birthdays, yet I’ve heard many women say things like, “I don’t want to be 80! Don’t have a party or make a big deal about my getting old!” My feelings are that, YES, we should be celebrated! Not because we’ve managed to live that long, but…
DetailsA new study published in the Lancet has established that almost 50% of dementia worldwide (not just in the US) could be prevented with lifestyle changes. There are 14 risk factors that are associated with the dementia diseases: hearing loss, vision loss, hypertension, smoking, obesity, depression, high cholesterol, physical inactivity, diabetes, excessive alcohol consumption, traumatic brain injury (TBI), air pollution,…
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