Tag: wellness
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Harvesting Wellness: Nutrient-Dense Foods
Physical health enables us to lead active lives, with food intake being a primary determinant. The food we consume not only provides us with energy, but also influences our weight, diversity of gut bacteria, immune system strength, inflammation levels and rate of aging. The nutrient density of our produce is an important factor. Studies reveal…
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Wellness Means Training Your Body & Brain
Tai chi is a great way to incorporate strength, movement and breathing, aligning your mind, body and spirit while helping the body heal itself.
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What is Active Aging?
You see the term “active aging” quite frequently, but what does it mean? Active aging is a term describing people and populations who live life as fully as possible. Particularly, they live within the seven dimensions of wellness — emotional, vocational, physical, spiritual, intellectual, social and environmental.
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Heads up! It’s Upgrade Time!
Most people use new or upgraded versions of cars, phones, appliances and all sorts of gadgets to manage their daily lives. Yet, they seem surprised to learn of a loved one’s, a friend’s or their own need for a medical procedure to maintain or improve functional capabilities. The need for a knee or hip replacement…
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Go with Your Gut
The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified mental wellness issues — stress, depression and anxiety — as the leading causes of a “global health burden.” Could it be that, for the past century, we’ve had the mistaken notion that these problems are all in our head, when in reality they are largely in our gut?
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Seeing and Feeling is Believing
In my previous articles in Generations Magazine, I’ve had the chance to share the wonder, power and fact that “the right kind of water” is key to maintaining an optimum health profile. Here is a review of the past articles, which can be found in articles published on this website. February 2016 “Water Does Matter”…