The CDC estimates that 15% of adult Americans and 38% of Americans over the age of 65 suffer from chronic kidney disease (also known as CKD). Let’s take a closer look at how the kidneys work, and what you can do to keep yours healthy. About Your Kidneys The kidneys...
Hormones make everything in your body function properly. They’re kind of like tiny messengers floating through your bloodstream, telling your organs and tissue what to do and when. And yet, these important little messengers will decline with age. No one escapes this...
One of the greatest risks to the average American’s health and wellbeing is cardiovascular disease. This is particularly true as people age. Consider these facts: Roughly 120 million Americans have been diagnosed with some form of cardiovascular disease (which is more...
Eating habits can significantly impact how a person ages. The right foods can fuel vitality, while the wrong ones can actually speed up the aging process. With an increasing number of people setting their sights on healthy aging, this means an increasing number of...
Your joints are involved in literally every move your body makes. As a result, they often take a beating, with wear and tear that can add up over time. But fear not. Much can be done to keep your joints healthy as you age. Read on to learn more about preserving your...
Many things change as people age. Your sex life should not be one of them. Getting older usually means more wisdom, more experience, and a degree of self-awareness that can greatly enhance your life…including your sex life. But it can also bring with it some...
The human body goes through countless changes during the aging process. Many of these changes are obvious…while others are less apparent. One change that often goes unnoticed is bone loss. While it may be easy to take your bones for granted, skeletal health is...
For as long as humans have recorded history, they have searched for a solution to the problem of aging. Are we getting any closer? Aging Defined Until recently, people have mostly looked upon aging as being a fact of life that could not be avoided. The human body...
Many things in life are better when combined with something else. Within the world of food, there’s wine and cheese. Tea with honey. And fruit with chocolate (to name a few). In the world of nutrition…vitamin D and magnesium come to mind. It turns out these two...
Unfortunately, our food supply in the United States is rife with issues these days. Issues that are beyond the scope of this particular article. Suffice it to say that in our modern times…most people will struggle to meet their nutritional needs from food alone....
