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New Fitness Trends For Baby Boomers
Posted in: Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
I am so delighted with all of the new fitness ideas surfacing these days. From Nia to Zumba to Wii-Fit and Cardio Cinema – innovative ideas just keep on coming! Many of the new crazes involve dance,...
Tags: baby boomers, fitness ideas, fitness trends, nia classes
School for Life
Posted in: Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
Kids are a constant source of wonderment. Sometimes the things they say seem to come from nowhere to remind us how observant and attuned they are to what's happening around them, as was the case years...
Tags: drugs and alcohol, foster care, main meals, respect others, role model
Summer Heat Safety Tips For Baby Boomers
Posted in: Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
Summer is here at last! After the long, long winter of 2010, I wondered if the summer heat would ever get here, and now that it is, let’s talk about safety tips for all of us Baby Boomers out there...
Tags: baby boomers, cool water, heat stroke, natural ability, safety tip
Baby Boomers Are Setting A New Paradigm For Aging Well
Posted in: Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
June is an interesting month. We have: Fathers Day, Flag Day, it’s vision research month, national men’s and women’s wellness weeks are in June, as well as home safety month. Since wellness is one...
Tags: baby boomers, bone health, brain health, omega3, vitamin deficiency
How To Get a Good Night’s Sleep – A Three Step Primer For Baby Boomer Insomniacs
Posted in: Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
Are you one of the 20 million Americans who feel that it's become "the norm" as well as a frequent topic of conversation at parties and events, that in this day and age it's impossible for anyone over...
Tags: boomers, insomniacs, sleep mode, stress hormones, yogic breathing
Spring Has Arrived – Beware of Baby Boomers Out Walking the Streets!
Posted in: Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
Ahh, Spring! Do April showers really bring May flowers? This Baby Boomer hopes so!
It’s that time of year again when we begin to see our daffodils and tulips, and that makes us want to open the...
Tags: baby boomer, piriformis muscle, spring exercise
Nutritious Treats for Baby Boomers at St. Patty’s Day, Passover, and Palm Sunday
Posted in: Healthy Boomers |
March is National Nutrition Month, National Peanut Month, and includes Passover, Palm Sunday and St. Patrick's Day holidays. Quite a combination!
Did you know that Thomas Jefferson was a peanut farmer? ...
Tags: baby boomers, national nutrution month, nutritious snack
Do You, Baby Boomer And Empty Nester, Choose To Be Visible And Walk The Red
Posted in: Empty Nesters & Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
I remember a woman once said to me,"If you don't feel nervous , you aren't really becoming more of who you might be."
Well, for now, I choose not to be judged on a Red Carpet for how I look or act and...
Tags: awkwardness, baby boomer, comfort zone, going solo
Cholesterol: The Good and the Bad
Posted in: Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
First ...the Bad News: LDL Cholesterol, Large and Small
How does an artery become damaged? Understanding how our body’s vascular plumbing system—especially the arteries—becomes damaged by imbalances...
Tags: cholesterol, chronic heart disease, fatty acids, immune system, plaques
Baby Boomers Number 1 Goal Is To Stay Healthy and Vital
Posted in: Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
I can't believe that I'm writing January 2010! Is it my imagination or did this decade breeze by so fast that my hair is still settling onto my shoulders?
For many of us Baby Boomers, the last ten...
Tags: baby boomer generation, cancer advances, colonoscopy, health and vitality, silver summit
Fitness Over 50 – It’s All About The Baby Steps, Baby!
Posted in: Healthy Boomers & Wellness Center |
With all of the compelling advertising on television, radio and print about the many “results oriented” exercise programs available, choosing the right one can be difficult. Many fitness programs...
Tags: achievable goals, baby boomer, baby steps, simple exercise
