Over the next few weeks I will be talking about men’s health issues. Men traditionally have had shorter lives and more health problems. However, this does not have to be the norm. Research has shown that men can dramatically improve their mortality rate by exercising each day. Generally men are very active when they are [...]
The last several blogs in this forum have discussed how you can use nutrition to improve your health and to reduce your costs associated with long term care. Today I want to talk about another factor that impacts your need for long term care, your weight. In the past weight was the primary health factor [...]
Today I will conclude our discussion about power foods with a discussion about whole foods and dietary fiber. These two power food categories contain a lot of different foods that many Americans simply aren’t working into their diets, and as a result they are suffering from a number of health problems like colon cancer, high [...]
Last time I talked about two power foods. This posting I want to continue discussing power food. The two that will be covered in this posting include soy and tomatoes. Soy comes from the soy bean. It can be bought and consumed as a bean, as tofu, as soy milk, as a cereal product and [...]
Over the last couple of months I have discussed various issues that related to long term care. Today I want to start a discussion about how you can reduce the chances that you will need long term care, or at least reduce how much long term care you will need. To open up this discussion [...]
Last time I talked about using nutrition to reduce your future need for long term care. Today I would like to continue our discussion on nutrition and talk about power foods. These power foods are the foods that have documented positive effects on your long term health. The power foods that I will cover today [...]