grow older better

Author: Lynn Dorman, Ph.D.

  • oopsie – here we go –

    Many of us said we’d pay for our warm dry Fall… And yup – the payment is coming due this weekend. Sub freezing temps and possible snow – we may not get above freezing for several days. It’s nearing the 5th anniversary of my moving into this house and the weather is duplicating that which we had 5 years ago! So I can reframe this as a 5th house anniversary gift from the weather makers 😀

    Spent the day moving my plants nearer to the house and grouped so they are easier to put a tarp over – and the poor plants like my nasturtiums which grew back may not make it…unless I find room inside to bring them in.

    The weather here is so temperate that many of my houseplants have gotten so huge living outside most of the year that moving them in and out during very cold spells is no longer possible – I just do not have the space for them anymore.

    And of course the tasks that “should-have-been-done” when it was nice out are not done…but if they were – well then that would not be me.

    Reminds me of what my son said once when visiting me here – “it’s neater than I thought it would be.” I replied that someday it will be neat and spotless and he’d be surprised…

    “But,” he laughed, “then you wouldn’t be my mommy.”

    glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly,

  • Seniors and Children – the targeted populations!

    Yesterday I went to an advocacy planning meeting – for human services in the rough financial seas ahead.

    We heard from groups concerned with or represent children, seniors, the environment, disabilities, the poor and others who rely on the vast social service networks. All these groups have clients who now need services and see their client list growing by the day! In the face of that growing need – we are facing a huge budget deficit here in Oregon and I presume in all 50 sates and the District of Columbia. It is not pretty – in fact it can be depressing ugly – but we know we need to keep looking ahead and being hopeful that a new administration in D.C. will offer some hope and help – but it will not be immediate.

    In bad times more people need social services.
    In bad times governments cut social service funds.

    That’s the ongoing quagmire faced across this country right now!

    Food banks are empty as people who used to donate now need the food themselves.
    Lost jobs means more need food stamps.
    More kids meet the requirement for free school lunch programs and those programs are either even funded or get less money now.
    More seniors need help with food, medicine, emergency money for taxes and utility bills and those funds are the same as in previous years or less – with more people meeting the criteria for those funds.

    Ask your state why is that the most vulnerable among us are the ones who are made more vulnerable in bad financial times? Do we not value our seniors or children? Why are they rarely or never top priority budget items?

    Find out what decisions are being made in your state that affect seniors and children and call your state and federal reps and senators to make your voice heard..

    And get involved with your local advocacy groups…

    glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly,

  • Aging and Resveratrol

    When I first read this New York Times article about resveratrol I was intrigued. Seems resveratrol is in red wine but I had just read about it elsewhere so I looked thru my computer and found it is in one of the products I take – the one that reduces post exercise aches and pains! So I am getting resveratrol in my body daily – which is good as I don’t like red wine :- )

    A new insight into the reason for aging has been gained by scientists trying to understand how resveratrol, a minor ingredient of red wine, improves the health and lifespan of laboratory mice. They believe that the integrity of chromosomes is compromised as people age, and that resveratrol works by activating a protein known as sirtuin that restores the chromosomes to health.

    Full article HERE

    glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly,

  • Happy December

    The calendar tells me today is December 1! The weather out there tells me is Spring…My bulbs are starting to grow and if the warm weather remains I will soon have narcissus, crocuses and hyacinths… It’s happened before – even back in New England so it’s not a big surprise. Bulbs survive the cold/warm weather oddities but I think this year I will dig out a few and bring them in the house and see what happens.

    Just wish my dog’s hair would stop adapting so well 🙂 He’s a malamute and when it gets cold he gets a winer coat and when it warms up – he sheds the winter coat…So imagine my house – a layer of undercoat on the floor. I vacuum 2x a day when he’s in but as I work at home and it’s not raining he stays out a lot. He does not like rain – 25 below zero and/or snow is cool with him but rain? Nah! He becomes a couch potato. And he gets brushed daily as well…he’s a full time job these days 🙂

    Here he is the other day – note tufts around neck.

    As humans we can adapt too….layer your clothing and just enjoy whatever weather your part of the world is having…it will change – that’s a given!

    glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly,

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    A day of giving thanks for many things:

    our country will have a new president come January 20th!

    my son is happy

    I have good friends offline and online

    I am healthy

    I live in Portland

    I see ducks like this

    Ah and that soon it’s time to go and eat with many of those friends mentioned above….yummmm

    glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly,