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Healthy Eating - Focus Foods for Healthy Aging

Improve your health as you age with fibre, the right fuel and superfoods. 

There are certain nutrients, specific foods and the right hydration that contribute to your overall health and wellbeing and are an important part of healthy aging. Fibre, essential amino acids and superfoods that are nutrient dense can help slow aging and keep your feeling stronger longer. 

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The 7 Secrets to Successful Aging
Have you ever noticed that some people seem to age better than others? It’s not about plastic surgery or looking good, it’s about basic science and how your body responds to specific foods and your activity level as you age. ...
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7 Strength Exercises You Can Do Without Going to the Gym

Going to the gym isn’t for everyone, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get in a good strength workout right at home, the office or even at your local park. No equipment needed!

Why Do Strength Exercises?

The benefits of adding strength exercises to your workout: to help maintain and build muscle as you age. But that’s not all.

Strength exercises will also help you to increase your overall energy level, relieve stress, reduce risk of injury, while improving balance and flexibility. Strengthening the muscles around bones can increase bone density and decrease the risk of osteoporosis. Finally, strength exercises, along with a healthy diet that includes all the essential amino acids and protein, can help to stave off sarcopenia.

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Can Yoga Slow the Physical Effects of Aging?
All forms of yoga offer benefits in flexibility, balance and mental clarity, but power yoga can also offer some excellent strength building.  Holding poses and using body weight for resistance is beneficial in building strength which in turn slows age related muscles loss (sarcopenia). This loss begins in our 30s and 40s and continues as we age, making even more valuable the restorative and muscle building benefits of workouts like yoga.
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