Upside Of Agingtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14840722009-11-12T03:15:00-05:00Upsideofaging is aimed at those who want to learn how to appreciate and challenge the aging process while enjoying this time of their life.
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TypePadDo You Know Your Blood Glucose Numbers?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834541afb69e20128756288fd970c2009-11-12T03:15:00-05:002009-11-12T03:15:00-05:00You probably don't pay any attention to these numbers unless you've already been diagnosed with diabetes. If you consider yourself a sophisticated health care consumer, I bet you can recite your cholesterol numbers but not so much about your sugar....Ruthan BrodskySocial Networking Lowers Risk of Alzheimer'stag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834541afb69e201287561b719970c2009-11-10T03:00:00-05:002009-11-10T03:00:00-05:00The positive impact on your health of staying socially active peaked my interest when I wrote the posts about playing bridge. Now the research tells us that lack of community involvement and infrequent contact with friends and family may increase...Ruthan BrodskyBridge Players Challenge Brain Decline In Old Agetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834541afb69e20120a6605406970b2009-11-07T12:37:55-05:002009-11-07T12:49:45-05:00Apparently playing bridge and the impact it has on the brain has been studied longer than I thought. For example, researchers are now saying that it is important to keep challenging your brain but not all activities are equal. It...Ruthan BrodskyDementia Obstructed by Bridgetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834541afb69e20120a6522d08970b2009-11-04T05:47:49-05:002009-11-04T05:47:49-05:00There was a recent article in the NY Times about a group of women in their nineties who play bridge daily. The card game is their social network, their mental challenge, and their reason for getting dressed up, Bridge is...Ruthan BrodskyNew STudy for Vitamin D and Omega-3tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834541afb69e20120a67cb600970c2009-10-31T03:06:00-04:002009-10-31T03:06:00-04:00There's a new study in the works called VITAL or VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL The study is designed to see if vitamin D and omega-3s in fish oil can lower the risk of cancer, heart attacks and strokes. This...Ruthan BrodskyWhat You Need to Know About Vitamin Dtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834541afb69e20120a67c5385970c2009-10-29T01:19:00-04:002009-10-29T01:19:00-04:00Vitamin D is the new vitamin E. Everyone is talking about it and how much it means to your overall health. Is it the latest fad or the real thing? A research project that gave 1,200 healthy postmenopausal women either...Ruthan BrodskyVitamin D Makes A Differencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834541afb69e20120a62445bf970b2009-10-27T11:05:53-04:002009-10-27T11:05:53-04:00Now I'm starting to wonder if I'm one of those people who, in my efforts to prevent skin cancer, may have impaired my brain function because I have a deficiency of vitamin D. This is the sunshine vitamin so called...Ruthan BrodskyCalorie for Calories, Fat is More Fatteningtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834541afb69e20120a5f423c1970b2009-10-22T02:05:00-04:002009-10-22T02:05:00-04:00Actually, the title of this post is a little misleading. The NUMBER of calories in fat or in protein are the same. However, our bodies metabolize fats differently than they do carbohydrates or proteins. Some of the calories we consume...Ruthan Brodsky Changing Our Eating Habits to Prevent Diseasetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834541afb69e20120a649fd7d970c2009-10-20T02:40:00-04:002009-10-20T02:40:00-04:00Most of us understand that the American diet is harmful to cardiovascular health. Even so we keep on eating and put on the pounds. Some say the cause of this overeating is our stressful lives and the advertising industry that...Ruthan BrodskyBalance Your Diet - Know What You Eattag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834541afb69e20120a5f22a26970b2009-10-18T11:54:14-04:002009-10-18T11:54:14-04:00There is so much information everywhere about eating the right way, eating the right foods, mindless eating, dieting, more dieting and more dieting. It probably seems ridiculous that I'm writing about dietary imbalance; but I am. I am one of...Ruthan Brodsky