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Benefits of Exercise It’s simply a fact of life that as you grow older it gets harder to maintain muscle mass, posture and balance. Seniors who exercise at least twice a week have a much better chance of preventing serious injuries due to falls and brittle bones and developing heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Getting involved in a moderate exercise program also prevents bouts of depression and helps you to lose weight. Staying Active Your children are all grown up and now live on their own. Unfortunately, for many aging adults, once they have the empty nest their activity levels drop significantly. There are no more urgent runs to school functions, practices or big messes to tend to. At this point in your life, things are quiet. And, …

Are you still on track from those New Year’s resolutions you made a little while ago? If so, great! If not, that’s okay! There is plenty of time for you to get in gear. These helpful tips should give you a nudge in the right direction. Getting Better Sleep There is so much that goes into play when it comes to making sure that you are getting the best possible sleep at night. If you are not getting proper rest, you will start to feel mentally and physically slower. One thing you need to do is make it a point to get plenty of sleep. No matter how hectic things are in life, you have to make room for your slumber. Therefore, as a general rule, you need to allow …

Aging Adult “Oh, there’s no point,”  I hear you saying on the other side of the screen.  Okay, so …no, I don’t hear you.  I mean, maybe you’ll agree with me on this article!  Maybe you think that you should stay active as an aging adult! And really, you should be active your entire life; this doesn’t change when you become someone who is considering a “senior citizen”.  There’s plenty of ways to be active as an aging adult — just check out these fun activities — and there’s plenty of reasons why you should stay active. That’s what we’ll be discussing today. It Keeps You Physically Healthier Staying physically active in your old age is extremely good for you. Not only will it help keep your energy levels as …

Lose Weight With Protein Shakes In the past, protein shakes were the norm for body builders and certain categories of athletes. This notion is gradually changing as women (and men too) are gradually beginning to rely on protein shakes as the way forward to eating healthy. It has become the fastest option to turn to when there’s no time to prepare regular healthy meals. Now with many female celebrities practically looking like the goodness of protein shakes, its popularity cannot but increase and stay up. As great as protein shakes taste and look, are the benefits realistic especially when kit comers to loosing that weight? What makes up a protein shake? A protein shake is made up of about 20g of protein. Proteins such as whey or soy in their …