Healthy Aging Archives - Page 9 of 14

Four Ingredients for a Strong Heart

2018-08-06T10:11:12-07:00Fitness + Well-Being, Healthy Aging, Heart Health|

Your heart does more physical work than any other muscle in your body—you can’t live without it. But because it’s not visible to the naked eye, it’s often a muscle that is forgotten or neglected. How often do you think about what you can do to keep your heart strong and healthy?

Fight Back Against Muscle Loss

2018-08-06T10:11:12-07:00Fitness + Well-Being, Healthy Aging|

Beginning around age 30, we begin to lose muscle and gain body fat every year. Specifically, age-related muscle loss occurs at an average rate of three to five percent per decade between the ages of 30 and 60 and accelerates significantly after age 60. This is a serious concern since abnormally low muscle mass, know as sarcopenia, is linked to loss of strength and mobility, culminating in unhealthy aging and frailty.

Third Meal Tips to Savor

2018-08-06T10:11:12-07:00Fitness + Well-Being, Healthy Aging, Uncategorized, Weight Management|

Isagenix products make combining great flavor and balanced nutrition easy. But for many people, the challenge is planning a balanced, delicious third meal on Shake Days. Some find that meeting their target calorie range is the biggest obstacle. Others struggle with flavor and variety, finding that they have become stuck in a boring third-meal rut. You can easily solve both of these problems with a little culinary know-how.

How Vitamin C and Citrus Bioflavonoids Protect Healthy Blood Vessels

2023-07-26T11:34:07-07:00Fitness + Well-Being, Healthy Aging, Heart Health|

Healthy blood vessels are critically important to a healthy heart because blood vessels do much more than provide plumbing for blood to circulate throughout the body.

Calcium: You May Not be Getting Enough

2018-08-06T10:11:12-07:00Bone Health, Fitness + Well-Being, Healthy Aging, Research & Science|

Calcium is one of the most important minerals in the body, necessary to support the function and structure of bones and teeth, as well as a multitude of metabolic functions.

Work Your Leg Muscles to Save Your Brain

2018-08-06T10:11:12-07:00Brain Health, Fitness + Well-Being, Healthy Aging|

Try this simple test: Sit down on the ground and get up using only your legs. Don’t rush, but see if you can do it without using your hands, elbows, or knees. If you’re successful at this exercise even after age 40, it could mean that you and your brain are aging more gracefully than most.

For Older Women, Vitamin D3 Supplementation Helps Build Muscle Strength

2018-08-06T10:11:12-07:00Fitness + Well-Being, Healthy Aging, Personal Care|

One of the hard facts of aging is that with every decade of life starting around age 30, muscle mass begins to decrease. If not remedied with good nutrition and regular exercise, this loss of both muscle mass and muscle function may eventually lead to frailty. However, a new study has revealed that vitamin D3 can assist aging women in fighting to retain muscle.

Your Brain on Creatine

2025-08-12T09:23:03-07:00Brain Health, Energy and Focus, Healthy Aging, Performance|

Creatine has long been in the spotlight for increased sports performance, but it’s now being recognized for having positive effects on brain function like cognition and memory.

Think Fast With Fats: Fish Oil for a Sharper Memory and Better Reaction Time

2018-08-06T10:11:12-07:00Brain Health, Fitness + Well-Being, Healthy Aging, Personal Care|

Fish oil supplements can boost memory and reaction time in healthy young adults and provide different benefits for men and women. According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists in New Zealand found that the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), found abundantly in fatty fish and fish oil, supported memory and reaction time (1)

Circadian Rhythms Control Your Life

2018-08-06T10:11:13-07:00Fitness + Well-Being, Healthy Aging|

As did all life on Earth, humans evolved in concert with the rhythms of the light. The retinas of your eyes transmit the light to a biological clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the middle of your brain. The SCN then triggers thousands of physiological functions of hormones, nerves, muscles, organs, and brain 24 hours a day, lifelong (1,2).