Healthy Foods You Might Not Have Eaten Recently
The next time you're in the grocery store, pick up any of these 11 common but oh-so-healthy foods that you might not have tried recently. Ideas for how to eat each are included in this New York Times blog, Well. For example, grate fresh, raw beets into a salad!
Drink Coffee to Beat Dementia?
- Written by Chuck Guilford
A recent article mentions that studies have possibly linked coffee consumption with a decrease in incidence of dementia, type 2 diabetes, and even Parkinson's Disease. Stay tuned for more testing.
Retirees Face Economic Uncertainty
- Written by Chuck Guilford
While the widely reported economic crisis is being felt across the country by people of all ages, seniors in many ways have the most at stake because they often live on fixed incomes and/or income from investments, which are coming under heavy pressure. Read more about this challenge and how to cope with it in the following articles: "Retirees Filling the Front Line in Market Fears" and "Where to Keep Cash When No Investment Seems Safe."
Senior Health Videos
- Written by Chuck Guilford
Several interesting and informative new videos are available from the National Institute of Health (NIH). Topics include exercise, Altzheimer's, diabetes, dry mouth, glaucoma, hearing, vision, balance, and almost any other health-related questions you might have.
Click here to see a video on recognizing the risk factors for stroke. It's just one of the many interesting and informative videos that NIH offers.