Health and Fitness Articles
Here is a selection of Health & Fitness articles written specifically with the baby boomer in mind.
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Articles On Health and Fitness for Baby Boomers
Why I'll Never Join Any Retirement Golf Communities
Retirement golf communities are definitely not for me. They may be a good for of exercise, but what have you achieved at the end of the day? Well...you may have lost a few ounces and a few golf...
Benefits of Walking for Fitness
As a "boomer", you might notice that the hop skip and a jump you used to have back in your teens and early 20's has somehow vanished to never-never land. Ripping off a 2 or 3 mile run without breaking...
For a year or two the TV has been telling us that we only need to walk for fitness for half an hour every second day to remain reasonably fit. Then last week they came out with a really alarmist report,...
Yoga Benefits Each and Everyone of Us
Yoga is an ancient practice that anyone at any age can do. There are some that believe we are natural born yogis, remember when the practice of pulling our toes up to our ears was fun and we would...
Using Health Foods : More Isn't Always Better
Using health foods in your diet is a really good idea. But how much should you use? More isn't always better. At least you can't have too much water can you? Water means pure water. Fluoride toxic...
A friend recently asked me and a few other friends if we would be her guinea pigs for her practice sessions for yoga! She is learning the whole practice of YOGA and knowing that she would be a...
Increase Your Immune System With Vitamin C
If you are looking for a vitamin that increases your immune system and helps prevent many diseases, then vitamin C a good choice. I believe it is pretty common knowledge that it can be found in...
The Importance Of A Normal Cholesterol Level
In our quest for good health, no stone goes unturned. From the monitoring of our blood pressure, to the continued attention paid to a healthy diet and overall lifestyle, we now have access to information...
Does the vaccination scam still have you fooled? One Australian doctor said that doctors who lie to their patients to encourage vaccination have patients who choose not to go back to them because...
I don't think even vegetarians could get away with a 100% raw food diet, because beans produce a poison to prevent pests (including humans) eating them. So we must cook them long enough to destroy...
When we are young, we are often told what great exercise cycling can be. But what about senior cycling? Is it safe, or is it too much of a strain as we get older? First let's be clear that when...
Treating Congestive Heart Failure
Heart failure is the result of the heart becoming unable to pump blood all through the body. When the blood doesn't circulate correctly then the tissues are deprived of the oxygen and nutrients...
Yoga is a therapy for the mind and the body. Practicing yoga daily can help alleviate everyday tensions, stresses and ailments. There are not any restrictions as to who can practice yoga and who...
One of the things that makes golf very difficult is that it requires your entire body perform a very specific task. Although the swing involves many muscles, exactly which ones play what part is...
Prevention of Congestive Heart Failure
I've heard the term "congestive heart failure" for years but didn't really understand what it meant until recently when I was reading an article about it. I assumed that, as the name...
Top 10 Benefits of Swimming for Seniors
The longer we can remain physically active as we age, the longer we will be able to live enjoyable and productive lives. Unfortunately, high impact exercise can have a detrimental impact on the...
Walking for Fitness and Weight Loss
There is no simple easy answer to exactly how much exercise one needs to lose weight. It is however clear that the simple health recommendation of a moderate daily 30 minute walks in all likelihood...
Pregnancy After 50? Here’s The Facts
So, you are thinking about having a baby. You've been planning for it, putting money aside, and making your nest. Only one doubt exists - and that's your age. More pregnancies are coming later...
Heartburn can be surprising in the way it can sneak up on you and finding relief from heartburn becomes very important real fast. It can happen at any time night or day and especially after meals....
Self Help books are books written for the purpose of instructing their readers on personal problems. Self Help books normally contain a significant element of 'self-improvement' bookstores, and...
Yoga Breathing Exercises and Their Benefits
Pranayama is one of the eight limbs of yoga. Pranayama is simply yoga breathing exercises. Learning these breathing exercises can enhance your yoga practice, but they can also be done alone to...
Prostate Cancer and How a Healthy Diet Helps
Most of the time, men who are diagnosed with cancer actually have prostate cancer. Only one in ten men in their 70's actually develops the symptoms of prostate cancer even though a whooping 50%...
Alleviate Your Snoring and Don’t Let it Damage Your Life
Is your life and marriage being threatened by snoring? You can put an end to your misery. You need to be aware of the cause of your snoring otherwise you might not be able to change it. People...
Eat Your Vegetables!(You DO Need Your Nutrition)
Everyone knows the importance of vegetables for daily nutrition, but still many find it only too easy to skip.What's an easy way to eat a greater variety of vegetables in a single day? Think "melange"...
Benefits of Incorporating Swimming Into Your Exercise Routine
As a newbie triathlete, I never imagined how difficult swimming would be when I first jumped into a pool. Despite doing numerous marathons and cycle racing, struggling to get from one end of a...
How To Avoid Malnutrition Of The Elderly
Are you thinking about sending your ageing parents to a hospital or retirement village so as to make sure that they eat well? Don't! Malnutrition of the elderly, like me, only occurs in four percent...
Sleep Disorders, Your Worst Enemy
Poor sleep, caused by sleep disorders, isn't just a natural part of aging that you can afford to ignore. Your very health and your life, itself, are at risk. If you don't believe it or you think...
Yoga and Meditation – What a Great Combination
Yoga at the physical level is a cleansing practice that can be very effective when is comes to treating different disorders. This has been medically proven. We also know that regular routine meditative...
Avoid Cancer Using Prostate Massage Technique & Exercise
Using a prostate massage technique is probably the simplest and least invasive of prevention methods available to men who may be concerned with this health issue. Lying behind the pubic bone in...
Taking your walk off the road and onto a trail is an excellent way to stretch your walking beyond an hour. How fast or how far you hike, or whether you climb a specific hill is not that important...
Emerging Medspas Change the Face of Babyboomers
Not even a generation ago, face-lifts were done in the shadows. Women "went on vacation" or spent the summer away in order to recuperate in private. Similarly, plastic surgeons who did cosmetic...
Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis, is the most common injury patients seek medical attention for when experiencing elbow pain. Doctors are unsure what exactly causes tennis elbow;...
Is It Possible to Prevent Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis has always been a difficult condition to deal with. For one thing, it has no symptoms so it's often difficult to spot. Quite often it's hereditary, and is caused by a lack of minerals...
Identifying the Cause and Choosing the Right Treatment for Insomnia
With all of the medical advances that have been made over the past hundred years insomnia is still an issue with 10 to 15 percent of all adults and closer to 25 percent of adults who are 65 and...
Skin Cancer-Educate Yourself To The Risks And Prevention
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. While it is not the most sever form of cancer, the fact it is the most common makes it something everyone should learn about...
Would cheaper natural health food help your retirement plans? Do you know that processed food is slowly poisoning you but you don't know how to cook? Perhaps you are cooking some food, but you...
Forget Positive Thinking - Use Power Of Giving Up
If you have an incurable disease, forget positive thinking. Instead abandon hope and have fun. Dr Bernie Siegel hated telling cancer patients that they had only six months to live. He usually...
How Calcium Helps In The Preventiuon And Treatment of Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is painless - at least until some of your bones are broken, in particular your hip bone, which can be extremely painful. Low bone density can occur in any of us, but it is particularly...
Make Sleepless Nights a Thing of the Past by Using Meditation to Cure Insomnia
Most people who have insomnia realize there are often medical reasons that cause people to have insomnia. Many people do not realize that your own thoughts can be playing a big part in your sleepless...
Meditation to Cure Insomnia - Believe It
One of the mysterious facts of insomnia is: your mind feeds insomnia. Without meaning to, you can actually convince yourself to have insomnia Through meditation your mind can create a serene place...
Do You Know Your Risk Level Of Getting Prostate Cancer?
Prostate cancer is a disease that will affect one in six men. One in thirty-four will actually die from the disease. Because it does not show symptoms in the early stages of the disease, many men...