Boomers Putting On The Pounds

I read an article today that stated some bad news for Baby Boomers putting on the pounds. That is not a surprise. What was a surprise was that Boomers who are slightly overweight, not just obese Boomers, run a risk of not just disease but an early death.

A 10 year study done by the US Government concluded that even if Baby Boomers are just a bit overweight they are more at risk of dying early. If you are a Boomer in your 50's you are 20% - 40% more likely to die in the next decade.

Slightly overweight, though, is still less of a concern as obesity which also increases the risk of heart disease, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, and yes an early death.

Bottom line? Boomers must maintain a healthy weight and stay active!

Menopause, What Is It?

The early age of menopause in humans is not only unusual, it is an enigma. The evolutionary success of a species is weighed in terms of the numbers of offspring that are produced. Any gene that makes an individual less fertile than her peers will set her and her descendants at a disadvantage, because they will produce fewer offspring in the next generation. In time, the numbers carrying it will be swamped by those of more fecund females. Thus, any gene that calls a halt to breeding halfway through life is biologically perverse. Or is it?

Such a gene would be permitted if it had a sufficiently heavy compensation to balance the disadvantages. For example, were it not for menopause, there would be more complications of childbirth and more genetically abnormal babies than already exist. With modern obstetric care and prenatal diagnosis, these are less likely than they were for primeval Eve. The efforts she had given to bearing children when she was young would be wasted if she died before they had reached an independent age. Besides, an older woman has less energy for the demanding job of motherhood.

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Prostate Concerns For Male Boomers

Sadly, men die every day from prostate cancer because they just didn’t know there was a problem. One of the main reasons is that men do not want the dreaded exam - when the doctor puts the medical gloves on and asks you to "assume the position".

No it's not fun guys, but if you don't do it the doctor may find something wrong when it is way to late to help.

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Boomers Putting On The Pounds

I was reading an article in today's newspaper on Baby Boomers putting on the pounds. One of thing I found interesting was it is not just being obese that is the problem, just being a bit overweight can be as big of a problem.

The US Government did a 10 year study that showed slightly overweight Baby Boomers (in their 50's) were 20-40% more likely to die in their 60's. Yikes!

Even being slight overweight can increase the risk of heart disease, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, etc.

What do you do? The article stated that the best thing you can do is maintain a healthy weight. That goes without saying. I would go a bit further than that and say you also need to keep active - even walk a block a day if you don't have time for anything else.

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Natural Health Care

Ayurveda is one of the oldest systems of natural health care, originating in the ancient traditions of India. Now considered one of the leading forms of holistic medicine available in the West, Ayurveda addresses all factors that influence our quality of life.

The principles of Ayurveda state that nothing exists in isolation, so that everything you interact with, your diet, family, work or relationships, has an effect on your health and well being. One guiding principle of Ayurveda is that mind and body are connected and that the mind has a profound influence over our health and well-being. While conventional Western medicine is still grounded in the paradigm of mind-body separation, Ayurveda holds that health is more than the absence of disease; it is a dynamic state of balance and integration of body, mind, and spirit.

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Why do we Age

Part I of 3 Parts by Dr. Laurence Magne

For many years, scientists have researched by various methods the reasons why we age. Aging is caused by a lot of reasons: genetics, the environment, nutrition, stress and other lifestyle factors. We often hear how "having good genes" is the most important thing in aging. Aging can be accelerated or slowed depending on these. For example, studies on identical twins have shown how genetic inheritance influences only about 30 percent of the rate and ways in which you age. The rest is under your control.

Different parts of the body age at different rates and for different reasons. Aging is highly variable between people. Have you never been to a family or high school reunion and noticed how some of your relatives or friends seemed old before their time, while others stayed "Dick Clark young", while remaining vital and excited about life? Think of someone who was young when you first met and you hadn't seen in a while, then when you met up with them they looked old. It happens fast, doesn't it?

As you age, there are thousands of changes occurring on a gross body level, in all of your tissues and organs, as well as in your individual cells. It would be great if we could find just one of the cause for aging and fix it, but there are many.

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