Issue 53 Stay Healthy. Stay Home

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Movement

Foot Health. Emory University Healthcare offers ten tips for taking care of our feet as we age. Number ten is see a podiatrist regularly. This is something I had not done unless I went for a problem I was having until this last year. I went for a routine checkup and it was well worth it. If my feet are hurting, everything else seems to be affected also. I think you will find these tips useful.

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Wellness

Metabolic Health. We are visiting this subject again as it is so important to our overall health and prevention of chronic disease. We will repeat, 75% of senior citizens 65 and over have one chronic disease, and 50% have two. Abbott Labs provides us with five basic fundamentals we can incorporate to improve our metabolic health and our lives.

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Wellness

The Mind Diet. Developed here in Chicago at Rush University Hospital, the Mind Diet is considered one of the best diets that can help us keep our minds healthy and maintain cognition as we age. I have adopted it on a limited basis, 3-4 dinners per week. Dieticians suggest easing your way into a dietary change such as this, perhaps with one or two meals per week. Read the article and see if you feel it can be of help to you.

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Aging In Place

Some statistics here showing how seniors feel about staying home and living their lives on their terms.

And One More Thing

Maintaining our metabolic health and incorporating a diet like the Mind Diet means we are eating a lot of fruits and vegetables. Cleaning our produce is very important, especially removing pesticides. This article from Michigan State University Center for Research, provides us will information about how to clean our produce and stay healthy.

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