High blood pressure doesn’t make you feel bad so you might not know that you have it until it is too late. What can you do to control it? The good news is that medications can control it, but did you know that dietary changes can be just as effective as some drugs? And, theContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Want to Naturally Lower Your Blood Pressure? Here’s How.”
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Food & Fitness After 50: The Urgency of Awareness: How Understanding Yourself Can Help You Understand Others
This isn’t my usual post; it deals with neither food nor fitness, but it might just help with mental fitness. Raise your hand if you’ve ever been in a training session at work or in your community designed to make you an effective team member? You know the kind of meeting…. writing on big sheetsContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: The Urgency of Awareness: How Understanding Yourself Can Help You Understand Others”
Food & Fitness After 50: Thank You for Your Service
“Aging is a different adventure for everyone.” Brenda Richardson, MA, RDN, LD, FAND How many times have we thanked a military veteran fro their service? Service is in Brenda Richardson’s DNA…literally. Both her parents served in WWII and service to country and community was distilled in her at an early age. Now in her mid-60s,Continue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Thank You for Your Service”
Food & Fitness After 50: Lean Pork for the Protein Win
(Disclosure: The National Pork Board sent me a meal kit to try a lean pork dish. However, they did not ask me to write this post and I was not compensated to do so. As with everything I write, these are my opinions.) We often talk about the importance of getting adequate protein as weContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Lean Pork for the Protein Win”
Food & Fitness After 50: How To Eat To Feel Your Best During Menopause
I am often asked what diet plan is best for managing the short and long-term symptoms of menopause. So, I was excited when two of the best in the profession, both personal friends and colleagues, authored a new book, The Menopause Diet Plan, A Natural Guide to Managing Hormones, Health and Happiness available TODAY, SeptemberContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: How To Eat To Feel Your Best During Menopause”
Food & Fitness After 50: Coffee with Ted Kyle of ConscienHealth
I have coffee every morning with Ted Kyle, founder of ConscienHealth. Not literally, but his thoughtful commentary arrives in my email box every morning and I read it as I sip my morning coffee. Seven days a week, Ted produces an insightful commentary on issues surrounding obesity. His goal is to provide sound science to healthContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Coffee with Ted Kyle of ConscienHealth”
Food & Fitness After 50: Can we Sustain Cooking at Home after the Pandemic?
They say that with age comes wisdom. It seems that wisdom extends to the eating habits of those of us over 50. Ninety-five percent of adults over the age of 50 agree that fruits and vegetables have many health benefits and 89% say they enjoy eating them. Older adults are also more likely to recognizeContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Can we Sustain Cooking at Home after the Pandemic?”
Food & Fitness After 50: Dietary Supplement Q&A
In June of this year I developed a webinar for Today’s Dietitian titled, “Dietary Supplement Use in Older Adults: Help, Hype, or Hope?” (Click here to access the webinar.) The webinar ended with a robust Q&A. Time ran out before we could get to all of the questions and some of them were tough toContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Dietary Supplement Q&A”
Food & Fitness After 50: Celebrate the Sandwich During National Sandwich Month
Did you know that August is National Sandwich Month? The sandwich was popularized in the 1700s by 4th Earl of Sandwich, (Sandwich is a medieval town in southeast England in the county of Kent.) The legend goes that the Earl asked for a hunk of beef between two slices of bread so he could hold theContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Celebrate the Sandwich During National Sandwich Month”
Food & Fitness After 50: Is There an Optimal Protein Intake for Older Adults?
A recent paper from three international protein gurus reviews the science behind the recommendations that older adults need more protein than young, healthy adults. The opening sentence of the paper sums up the current state of the science: “The optimum protein intake for adult health remains controversial.” How could that be? The authors explain thatContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Is There an Optimal Protein Intake for Older Adults?”
