Archive for March, 2013

What’s In A Senior Diet

What’s In A Senior Diet

| March 20, 2013 | 6 Comments |

A healthy eating plan gives your body the nutrients it needs every day while staying within your daily calorie goal for weight loss. The Senior Diet includes a healthy eating plan that will also  lower your risk for heart disease and other health conditions. A healthy eating plan: Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free […]

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Senior Health – Longevity

Senior Health – Longevity

| March 20, 2013 | 17 Comments |

  For active seniors there are lots of books on elder care, there are a lot on senior health and lots of books about senior fitness.  But what there is not a lot of information about, and I know it sounds like a cliché,  total wellness. That holistic philosophy goes back to the mid ’70’s […]

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How an Unconventional Diet Changed Her Life

How an Unconventional Diet Changed Her Life

| March 19, 2013 | 4 Comments |

Senior Fitness, like so much of everything in life is a matter of degrees.  One person’s level of physical fitness could be way short or far beyond another person’s.   You need to determine your own fitness level based on your own values and the advice of your doctor.  Seventy eight year old Ruth Heidrich […]

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Senior Travelers Go Extreme

Senior Travelers Go Extreme

| March 19, 2013 | 0 Comments |

Travel opportunities today for senior travelers has exploded in new directions.  There was time, not that long ago, when the  senior travel preferred choice  was aboard a large cruise ship. That was when common wisdom pointed to sedentary travel.  Now of course cruise ship travel is still popular for seniors, but older passengers are being supplanted […]

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