Health

As we reviewed in our article, Smart Senior Eating: 5 Foods that Cause Inflammation, there are certain foods that just don’t sit right with your digestive system as you age. Foods that contain sugar, artificial trans fats, and refined carbs can lead to bothersome indigestion like bloating, nausea, constipation, and acid reflux. While you should […]

With age, you might notice that your body feels more tense and takes longer to loosen up than it used to. You might be more prone to muscle strain and fatigue, and may rely on heating pads and over the counter pain medication to help with body aches. While it might be tempting to stay

As you age, you might find that certain foods that you used to eat regularly now lead to pain and discomfort. You might experience digestive issues like stomach pain, acid reflux, or intestinal swelling, or flare ups of chronic conditions like arthritis.  Unfortunately, your diet is just one of the many things you’ll probably have

Aging is a part of life. It’s true, there’s no way to avoid aging and while many of us wish that there was a magical serum that could keep us forever young, we’ve haven’t quite gotten there yet. Even in the absence of such a serum, there’s no reason to become complacent because there are

While medications are meant to make us better, you may not know it but your favorite food is making your health issues worse. Some foods interact negatively with particular medications and you have to know what these foods are. Talking to your doctor about this will let you know the foods that you should avoid

Sleep is important for our overall well-being. This is the time when our body recuperates from all the stress it has gone through during the day. Without sufficient sleep, one is more susceptible to many medical conditions. Difficulty in sleeping is a major concern for seniors. According to a study, seniors with multiple health conditions

There’s no denying that we all want to have those youthful attributes as long as we can. But aging may not allow us, of course. Yes. Aging affects us in many ways in all aspects, physically, mentally, emotionally, and emotionally. But even if we may not be able to prevent these changes from happening, at

Being a senior means you have had long years of exposure to different hazards. This is the main reason you are more prone to diabetes. For all those years, your kidneys were continually bombarded with more sugar as compared with other age groups. This makes you a more likely candidate to develop hyperglycemia or abnormally

As a person ages, the risk of getting cancer becomes greater. Accordingly, 60% of all cancer patients are seniors. This should make every senior out there be of guard on symptoms that may spell cancer. As always said, early detection is the best way to manage cancer. Knowing the most common signs of cancer may

High blood pressure or hypertension has been the most common illness among seniors for years globally. Blood pressure may normally rise and fall during the day because of physical exertion and other reasons but when it is consistently above the normal BP for an extended period, it must be hypertension. The normal BP of those