Life is tough enough but adding Dementia to elderly individuals can really make life unpleasant. Today my wife has a couple of events that will disrupt her daily routine. That alone is typically challenging. She’s scheduled for a routine checkup with her provider and that always causes her to ask more questions than I ever …
For those of you who are not familiar with the affliction known as Dementia, here’s the definition from the National Institue of Health (NIH): Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. Some people with dementia cannot control …
Today’s weather has been quite gloomy. Thunderstorms arrived earlier so timing my walk today was key to not getting drenched. As you can see in the image above, gloomy weather persisted. At least the temperature was tolerable. Had the clouds not been present, we would have likely experienced 90-degree weather like yesterday with high humidity. …
As a child, I never heard the term wellness. However, my Mom constantly urged me to eat all my vegetables (I had no problem with meat and potatoes) so I would grow up to be “Big and Strong” as she put it. I did not become aware of what I put IN my body impacted …
Memorial Day serves as a reminder to all of us that many of our fellow countrymen and women paid the extreme price for the freedom of us all. We, here in America, should all take a moment to kindly remember those who “gave all” so that we can live in freedom.
One of the many questions people ask me is: When should they take their MultiVitamins? . Multivitamins are typically taken at the beginning of the day to provide your body with a wide variety of vitamins and minerals to ‘supplement’ the diet that you follow. In today’s “hurry-up-rush” world you can find yourself in a …
As we age our bodies don’t always process what we eat as well as it should. Added to that, some of us simply do not eat a very healthy diet. So how can you make up the difference in the easiest possible way? My answer is: Supplementation. Why Use Supplements? Adding a multi-vitamin from a …
A quick look in Google reveals that exercise can improve your immune system in many ways. It can increase blood flow, help clear bacteria out of your airways, cause a brief elevation in body temperature that may be protective, strengthen antibodies to help fight infection, and reduce stress hormones. Who wouldn’t like to have benefits …
We ALL need to be Learning how to Improve our Immune Systems. In our bodies we have so many amazing systems working FOR us that do their jobs without any intervention whatsoever as long as we provide it with the proper nutrition and enough clean water and exercise. Rest is also a Major factor that …
My name is David and I am the “aging” owner and author of this website. As I am aging and beginning to experience some of the challenges that I observed in my parents and their friends when I was younger… and now witnessing in my personal friends and acquaintances… I began looking for ways to …