Excerpt: Mind-body activities and techniques offer special advantages for older adults in promoting self-care and healthy aging. Studies
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Excerpt : People have enjoyed drinking tea since ancient times and modern research reveals a wide variety of health benefits. Tea
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Canada’s new Food Guide* is refreshingly different because of its emphasis on healthy eating behaviours and enjoyment of food, and
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Excerpt: One-third of older adults are at nutritional risk due to lack of appetite, reduced taste and smell, eating alone and medication
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People who get optimal sleep of seven or eight hours a night improve their cognitive skills, particularly reasoning and verbal abilities,
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Do you make New Year’s resolutions? If you’re looking to make 2019 one of your healthiest and happiest years yet, consider focusing on
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World Diabetes Day is held on November 14, the birthday of Canadian physician Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with
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Many older adults in North America get most of their protein during dinner and less at breakfast, says McGill University. However, older
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Gardening is an activity that many older adults enjoy through the warm spring and summer months. It’s relaxing, engrossing and gratifying
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Men’s Health Week is celebrated in Canada and internationally from June 11-17. A key goal is to raise awareness about men’s health risks
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Dehydration happens when your body loses too much fluid. Although dehydration can occur at any age, older adults have an increased chance
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Typically, when we talk about trying to eat more healthily, we focus on what we eat, taking into account taste, nutrition and cost;
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