Author Archives: chrisrosenbloom

I am a failed vegetable gardener. Like many, I long for home grown tomatoes, lush green peppers, juicy melons, and a variety of squash in all shapes and colors. And, of course, I thought I could grow anything with just water, sunlight, and little love. I have a designated space with plenty of sun andContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Conventional or Organic Produce for Good Health?”

This post was written by Dr. Bob Murray, co-author of Food & Fitness After 50. When he was 61, Sam’s right leg collapsed as he was getting out of bed, the result of a long-ago knee injury from playing lacrosse, damage (torn meniscus cartilage) that happened two months before he graduated from West Point inContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Sam’s Story: Here’s to a Long Healthspan”

On Mary Ellen’s 80th birthday she gathered with 14 family members for a celebration weekend in Chicago. Her children and grandchildren asked every wait staff who served them to guess her age. Not one was close. She attributes her longevity to many factors. “My mother lived to be 100,” so she inherited some good genes,Continue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Guess her age!”

When I was helping my mother-in-law move from her apartment I came across this 1963 booklet, “Calorie Counter for 6 Quick Weight Loss Diets.” (My mother-in-law tends to hang on to things for a long time!) The 6 weight loss diets featured were the: Three-Day Jet Diet Seven-Day Hurry Up Diet Get Slim Diet StayContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Should you Fast to Lose Weight?”

I knew Janice as one half of a dynamic duo who taught families to prepare healthy meals for kids. For 15 years, Meal Makeover Moms developed recipes for busy parents who wanted to provide easy, healthy meals for their families. But, in 2016 Janice’s career took a turn; not a slight turn but a radical shiftContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: From Meal Makeover Mom to Cannabis Janice”

September is Healthy Aging Month and Dr. Bob and I wish everyone a happy, healthy September! Since we published Food & Fitness After 50 we have posted a weekly blog, Fit to Eat, and we have interviewed over thirty inspiring adults, ranging in age from 55 to 90! They live as far away as Australia and asContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Happy Healthy Aging Month”

Charles doesn’t mind letting people know he is competing in the 85-89-year-old category of the USA Track & Field National Masters Championships. “We need to stop the nonsense that we are too old to do anything,” he tells me during our phone interview. For 24 years, Charles was professor of computer information systems, but his realContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: “If you are waiting for someone to motivate you, you’re doing it all wrong!””

This post was written by Dr. Bob Murray, co-author of Food & Fitness After 50.          At my 50-year high school reunion, I was reacquainted with two classmates who were planning to participate in the 2018 Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) event and they convinced my wife and me to joinContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Bike. Drink. Eat. Repeat.”

  I admired Susan long before I met her. As food editor for the Atlanta Journal Constitution for almost 19 years, she was at the helm of the award-winning food section. I devoured that section every Thursday! Then one day, she had an idea for a new column, Fit to Eat, and she asked meContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Writing Your Own Story to Aging Well”

Last week in our interview with Jo Ann Hattner, gut health expert and author of Gut Insight: Probiotics and Prebiotics for Digestive Health and Well-Being, we covered basics about the gut microbiome. This week we get down to the application: prebiotics, probiotics, and fermented foods. And, we’ll dispel some myths about pre-and probiotic foods. Can you describeContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Foods for a Healthy Gut: Part 2”