3 Simple Moves to Keep You Strong and Flexible

3 Simple Moves to Keep You Strong and Flexible

You do not need a gym membership, a personal trainer, or an hour of your morning. According to the team at 10almonds, just three moves can maintain your functional strength, flexibility, and general mobility, the things that keep you moving well through your day. Here...
Walk This Many Steps a Day to Cut Dementia Risk

Walk This Many Steps a Day to Cut Dementia Risk

Here is something worth knowing: about 45% of dementia cases may be preventable through lifestyle changes. That is nearly half. And one of the most powerful things you can do (more effective than crossword puzzles or brain games, according to neurologists) is also one...
Your Brain Can Still Improve at Any Age, Study Finds

Your Brain Can Still Improve at Any Age, Study Finds

Here is something worth hearing on a Monday morning: your brain has not hit its peak. Not even close. A large new study suggests that brain health can keep improving well into your later years, and that age has almost nothing to do with it. Many of us grew up hearing...
A Daily Handful of Walnuts Can Lower Your Cholesterol

A Daily Handful of Walnuts Can Lower Your Cholesterol

High cholesterol tends to sneak up on you. There are no obvious symptoms. No sharp pain. No warning bell. It just quietly builds over time, and for many of us, the first hint is a number on a lab report. Here is the good news: it is reversible. Diet, lifestyle...
Why You’re Still Hungry After Eating Enough

Why You’re Still Hungry After Eating Enough

You eat a full meal. And then, an hour later, you are hungry again. Sound familiar? You are not imagining things, and it is not a lack of willpower. Dr. Ruth Machin explains that several real, physical factors work against us, especially as we get older. Once you...
Olive Oil and Blood Pressure: What Doctors Say

Olive Oil and Blood Pressure: What Doctors Say

Nearly half of all U.S. adults have high blood pressure. That is a lot of us. And if you are one of them, here is something worth knowing: what you cook with every day has a real impact on those numbers. We talked to two heart health experts about cooking oils,...