5 Anti-Aging Benefits Of Yoga Yoga slows the aging process by gradually improving key factors in your physical health. Here are five reasons why you should consider not only practicing yoga now, but continuing your practice as you age for optimal health. 1. Balance Remember the old adage, “If you don’t use it you’ll lose…
Top 5: Best Anti-Aging Vitamins There is no secret cure to prevent those wrinkles from appearing, but there are some vitamins that help with the battle. Vitamins are natural antioxidants and act on the front lines to battle the free-radicals which contribute to aging and other beauty woes. Vitamin C: is one of the most…
You know the feeling: tight, itchy skin that leads to irrational urges to throw yourself into a vat of body lotion. Though some people struggle with dryness year-round, it’s more common when the thermometer drops. Flakes often cluster where we have the fewest oil glands: hands, feet, elbows, and knees. Why it happens Skin is…
Before we get into this topic I have a question: Who was voted the sexiest man of the year in 1989 and sexiest man of the century in 1999? For those who don’t know: Sean Connery Does anyone know how old he was when he was voted most sexy man on Earth? 59 That’s right:…
Nothing to wear? Problem could be your closet’s full. Yes, that’s right: full. Too full. Full of clothes too old, too threadbare, too dopey or too marginal to wear. “About a year and a half ago I spent a good three weeks clearing out pieces in my wardrobe that I had been collecting for 15…
The Skinny on Pistachios Containing more than 10% of the Daily Value of fiber and essential vitamins and minerals, pistachios are a naturally low-fat, cholesterol free snack. Bonny Burns-Whitmore, from California State Polytechnic University (California, USA), and colleagues recruited a group f 48 healthy young women, average age 21 years, to consume a diet…
To Manage Diabetes, Look to the Kitchen Spice Rack With lifestyle as a leading modifiable factor for type-2 diabetes, some people can manage the disease with exercise and changes to their diet. Previous research suggests that herbs may provide a natural way to help lower glucose in blood. Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia, from the University…
Antioxidant Compound Resynchronizes Body Clock An antioxidant and compound essential for aerobic metabolism, lipoic acid is present at higher levels in organ meats and leafy vegetables such as spinach and broccoli. Circadian rhythms are day-night cycles that are instrumental in the timing of the body’s biological processes, and it is estimated that…
Chemical in coffee may help prevent obesity-related disease Athens, Ga. – Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that a chemical compound commonly found in coffee may help prevent some of the damaging effects of obesity. In a paper published recently in Pharmaceutical Research, scientists found that chlorogenic acid, or CGA, significantly reduced…
Older men with higher testosterone levels lose less muscle mass as they age A study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that higher levels of testosterone were associated with reduced loss of lean muscle mass in older men, especially in those who were losing weight. In…
