By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RD, World Traveler in 2025 Is it possible to eat well, move well, and be well on a long cruise around the world? Bottom line is yes! We embarked on a 4-month cruise as our 50th wedding anniversary gift to ourselves. We are now a month and a half in, andContinue reading “How to Eat Well, Move Well, and Be Well on a 4-Month Cruise”
Category Archives: Healthy Aging
Want to live longer? Your mindset about aging matters.
Sure, we all want to live longer. Your mindset about aging matters. How many of you have joked about having a “senior moment?” How many of you complain about the effects of aging on your looks, your joints, or brain? I admit it, as a 73-year-old woman I often join in the conversation with myContinue reading “Want to live longer? Your mindset about aging matters.”
Celebrating a year of fifties
Time to celebrate a year of fifties! First, is fifty is a celebration of fifty years as a dietitian and a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. I just returned from the annual food and nutrition conference in Minneapolis. I reflected on a September morning fifty years ago as I started my dieteticContinue reading “Celebrating a year of fifties”
P is for Processed Foods and U is for Ultra-Processed Foods
Simple, Practical, Science-Based Tips for a Long Healthy Life from Experts in Nutrition and Exercise Science “What’s the difference between processed and ultra-processed foods?” That was the question on the minds of my fellow exercisers at the YMCA last week. I immediately thought there must be another study with alarming headlines warning against the dangersContinue reading “P is for Processed Foods and U is for Ultra-Processed Foods”
C is for Carb Confusion
Simple, Practical, Science-Based Tips for a Long Healthy Life from Experts in Nutrition and Exercise Science Post written by Dr. Bob Murray Carbs are good for us. No, carbs are bad for us. We need carbs for energy … but carbs are fattening. We should limit carbs in our diets. Wait, carbs are what mostContinue reading “C is for Carb Confusion”
B is for Breakfast
Simple, Practical, Science-Based Tips for a Long Healthy Life from Experts in Nutrition and Exercise Science Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? It is an impossible question to answer for many reasons: what is breakfast? A cup of coffee? A donut? Or traditional U.S. breakfast foods like waffles or eggs or cereal?Continue reading “B is for Breakfast”
S is for Super Seniors
Simple, Practical, Science-Based Tips for a Long Healthy Life from Experts in Nutrition and Exercise Science Post written by Dr. Bob Murray Super Seniors or Super Agers is a label coined to describe adults over age 80 who have the memory abilities at least at the level of individuals 20-30 years younger. And with physical capabilities similar to orContinue reading “S is for Super Seniors”
R is for Reducetarian
Simple, Practical, Science-Based Tips for a Long Healthy Life from Experts in Nutrition and Exercise Science (Disclosure: I attended a sponsored conference and one of the sessions focused on optimal diets and planetary health. The session was sponsored by Beyond Meat. I was not asked to write this post and I was not compensated forContinue reading “R is for Reducetarian”
B is for Biotics: Pro, Pre, and Postbiotics
Simple, Practical, Science-Based Tips for a Long Healthy Life from Experts in Nutrition and Exercise Science (Disclosure: I attended a sponsored conference and one of the sessions was on postbiotics, sponsored by ingredient maker, Kyowa Hakko USA. I was not asked to write this post and I was not compensated to write this post.) AnContinue reading “B is for Biotics: Pro, Pre, and Postbiotics”
W is for Wrinkles
Simple, Practical, Science-Based Tips for a Long Healthy Life from Experts in Nutrition and Exercise Science Written by Dr. Bob Murray Yikes! How did all those wrinkles suddenly appear on my face? And what can I do to make them disappear? From creams, lasers, and even vampire facials (more on that later) there are manyContinue reading “W is for Wrinkles”
