Muscle matters. More than we think.
Losing muscle and strength is like having our bank account slowly drained. Initially it’s too subtle to notice, though it can be well under way by the time we’re 60.
Losing muscle and strength is like having our bank account slowly drained. Initially it’s too subtle to notice, though it can be well under way by the time we’re 60.
If you’re dealing with excess weight, lack of energy or signs of chronic disease, don’t automatically blame your genes or your age. First, look at the way you eat.
Dairy can be a mixed nutritional bag, and there have been different views about its benefit for bone. But an Australian study on people in their 80s concluded that it improved bone density and reduced falls.
Maybe you already have. But was it a wise move? That depends.
Imagine a psychiatrist who’s also a professional chef. That combination produces ‘nutritional psychiatry’ — the use of food in the treatment of mental health.
It’s the latest nutritional trend and it sounds incredibly healthy. But it’s not easy to sort the wheat from the chaff.
It was about tackling type 2 diabetes Down Under, but even if you’re never at risk of the disease this program contained valuable insights.
Sometimes life lives up to the saying ‘it never rains but it pours’. This woman explains how falling set off a string of health problems. But what could she — and all of us — do to sidestep that?
In the last century there’ve been two major theories on what makes us fat — the one we grew up with, and one that’s both more recent and, at least at the moment, more credible.
They certainly seem to, and the big issue is how diverse those bugs are.
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