…And my older parents as well since my dad is now 86 and mom 84. That being the case, I know how difficult it can be to shop for older parents as one looks for a nice mix of practical and, dare I say, “fun” gifts. As I researched for this article, as I do…
(The above title, folks, is as poetic as I get. I apologize for beginning with a parenthetic reference, but I thought you might like to know, or not). Food and our moods are inexorably linked. We know, for example, that when we’re feeling stressed or depressed (Hey, more rhyming) we tend to eat unhealthy, high…
If you’re following any kind of specialized diet, the holidays present a unique set of challenges above and beyond those presented in your every-day, non-holiday life. For those of you who follow a gluten-free diet, for health or other reasons, the holidays, with their routine-breaking tendencies, can create a new set of diet related issues….
Let me come clean here, I’m having a heck of a time wrapping my mind around the existence of telomeres and their role in our health and the anti-aging process. I just read a medical study on telomeres and how they can be used as health-related barometers of sorts and my head hurt in a…
Along the same lines as the title of this post are: “How to sing like Adele,” How to make love like you were 20 again,” and “How to have more free time and be your own boss.” I jest, of course. Obviously, you can only achieve one of the above “how to” possibilities. The question…
Quite a few things come with age…wisdom, hair in new and unwanted places, and crow’s feet being among them. And I almost forgot, weight gain, usually in the form of that muffin top escaping from the top of your jeans just as a real muffin top rises from the confines of its crinkly container (Elaine,…
Like yet another “remastered” Beatles’ album, it’s coming. Like joint pain, it’s coming. Like bad risotto, a bad relationship and bad superhero movies, it’s coming. Of course, as the title of this post implies, I refer to that joyous fourth Thursday in November we now, thanks to President Lincoln, call Thanksgiving. However, the familiest of…
We tend to follow trends and, with regard to diets, this very much holds true. Currently, the new trendy trend among diets is what’s known as the ketogenic, or keto, diet. Look on magazine covers while standing in the grocery checkout lines, diet and/or food websites and you’ll inevitably see something about the keto diet. …
It’s the most common refrain heard by those seeking to lose weight, “eat less and exercise.” And there’s a very good reason for that. It works. Burn more calories, per day, than you take in and you’ll lose weight. Is it really that simple? Yes and no. Yes, because it it’s a simple math equation…
The keto diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, and carb-restricted diet. Originally designed to treat drug-resistant epilepsy in children, the diet has now grown in popularity as a weight-loss, performance-enhancing, and health-boosting protocol. The keto diet is based around a macronutrient ratio where 60-75% of calories come from fat, 15-30% from protein, and 5-10% from carbs….