Exercising outdoors is good for your indoor health.
The International Journal of Environmental Health Research study. Listen here for more information or at #zoomerradio w/ #marilynwetson
Portions vs. Servings
Healthy Aging Tip on Portions vs. Servings. A portion is how much food you eat at one time. A serving is a standard measurement of the food. To maintain a healthy weight, Consider serving size—make informed choices. Don’t get caught up in portion distortion. Read labels. A Good rule of thumb. Make ½ your plate…
A Woman’s Guide to Preventative Health
A comprehensive talk about women’s health by Dr. Brown that she recently gave sponsored by Medcan. Includes an overview of all things preventive health, from telomeres to stress, diet, and the importance of self-education to promote brain health.
Forgive yourself as you head into the holidays
Every Sat @8am I talk with @marilyn wetston on From a Woman’s Perspective #FAWP Take a few minutes to listen this short tip about heading into the holidays and lowering your stress
Why Bone Health is Important for Healthy Aging
What do we need to ensure we all age well and in a healthy vibrant way. Why is bone health so important? How can we be the architects of our future, not the victims. Aging and wellness are popular topics in magazine and talk shows, but we need to be clear about what is evidence…
Common Sense Solutions & Dieting
One thing I’d like every woman to understand is the true meaning of diet. I cannot emphasize enough how much potential harm comes from our society’s insistence that diet simply means restricting caloric intake to lose weight. The current trend in maintaining a healthy weight is the non-diet approach for health, and although I say…
Spring Cleaning – it’s Time to De-clutter Your Life!
Spring cleaning is a time-honoured tradition of doing a deep clean of one’s home or a room. In modern times, it’s also used as a metaphor for a time to reflect on our lives and look for ways to simplify or invigorate our lives. I look at it as a time to review expectations of…
How to cope with stress over the holidays –the most stressful time of the year.
It doesn’t come as a surprise to me that more women are stressed over the holidays than men. Take time for yourself, share, say no, create a to do list, then simplify it, be mindful
Exercises that Help To Maintain or Build Strong Bones
Osteoporosis can strike at any age and affects both men and women. Osteoporosis is often known as “the silent thief” because bone loss occurs without symptoms. It is sometimes confused with osteoarthritis because the names are similar. Osteoporosis is a bone disorder, with a loss of the normal strength and quality of the bone, as…
Exercise & Brain Health
Exercise is an important component of health aging especially when it comes to brain health. While there are no guarantees a healthy lifestyle will prevent dementia or Alzheimer’s, exercise will absolutely improve blood flow to the brain. Because as we age, the brain shrinks! It happens to everyone. As we age, our blood supply to…