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Category: Aging

  • Eyes, hairlines, and hearts

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    Wow!

    If you "look old," and have signs of aging such as a receding hairline – it may be linked to your heart's health!


     

     

    If you look old, your heart may feel old, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2012.

    In a new study, those who had three to four aging signs — receding hairline at the temples, baldness at the head’s crown, earlobe crease, or yellow fatty deposits around the eyelid (xanthelasmata) — had a 57 percent increased risk for heart attack External link and a 39 percent increased risk for heart disease External link.

    “The visible signs of aging reflect physiologic or biological age, not chronological age, and are independent of chronological age,” said Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen, M.D., the study’s senior author and professor of clinical biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

    I admit, I went and looked in a mirror after reading the article…phew – no receding or other of the signs….

    Not to scare anyone – but take a look in the mirror and discuss any of these signs with your physician!


    Comments? Thoughts? [Worries?]

  • Your Brain: It Needs Physical Exercise Too

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    I have written about keeping mentally fit by doing puzzles, reading and being online.

    It keeps the brain fit!

    But it seems that physical exercise is even better for our brains.

     

    According to some recent research:

    People who stayed physically active into old age tended to have larger brains than those who did not exercise in the study, published today in the journal Neurology.

    The brain typically shrinks in late adulthood, and this shrinkage is believed to play a role in age-related memory decline.

    The new research is the latest to suggest that exercise is good for the brain as well as the body.

    So go take that walk, pump that iron, play that tennis!

    Your brain will be happy [and larger.]

     

    Comments? Thoughts? Thank you!!

  • Self-Hypnosis and Subliminal Technology: A Review

    self-hypnosisThis book, Self-Hypnosis and Subliminal Technology, by Eldon Taylor is a research guide, a history book and a resource for those who want to make changes in their lives.

    Change can be difficult. Most everyone makes some sort of New Year resolutions and breaks them – making the same ones the following year.

    We see ourselves as "stuck" and incapable of change – partially due to the self-messages in our head and brain.

    This book offers a path to change using self-hypnosis and subliminal messaging. A way to change the story or messages in your brain with a new one[s].

    From the author:

    Learn the 5 steps for putting yourself into a hypnotic state, several techniques to assist you in going even deeper into hypnosis and the different ways you can achieve each of these steps. Use hypnosis to empower your goals, create new habits, uncover hidden conflicts that often cause self-destructive patterns and discover new solutions to old problems!

    Unravel subliminal communication and learn why it is so much more powerful than simply using affirmations. Follow the guide and create your own custom subliminal program, for whatever goal you seek to achieve!

    Age is not a barrier to change – we are never to old to learn – remember we can always grow older better – no matter how old we are!!

    During the launch party – when you buy the book you are eligible for some drawing and gifts – take a look at this launch party page.




















     

  • Staying Put For A Change

    October is my month of too many ambivalent feelings, many good and bad memories and way too many moves!

     

    But this October is different!

    I'm staying put and it is a record breaking event!

    Since leaving New York City, I have not lived in the same home for more than 8 years….

    Much as I do hate moving – I did it so regularly.

    Moving was usually preceded by fixing up the house – painting etc. before selling it.

    Now? I am in the same house for going on 9 years and the fixing up, painting and remodeling are all for ME!

    It is an odd feeling..

    I still don't love the rainy winters here – but I've learned to live with them – and since my son moved back to D.C. – I can go visit there or take a trip to another drier location…or stay here and ski [much more fun now that it is free]

    An oddball thing that I have learned from this is that some small appliances like toaster ovens and microwaves are made to last only 7-8 years! As I was moving and usually not taking them with me I never knew that…

    I know now as I have had to replace them..

    My next thought is: can I live here longer than I lived in NYC?

    Followed by: do I want to?

     

    Comments? Thoughts? Thank you.

  • The “New” Empty Nest

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    Many parents know what an empty nest is……

    But did you know it can happen more than once or twice?

     

     

     

    The first time you child leaves home, be it for college, the military, or just finding their own place – you can experience empty nest.

     

    Your experience overall depends on how many children you have and whether or not some are still home…but one day all the kids are gone – they flew away – and the nest is empty!

     

    This experience, I have found, also comes about when a pet dies and you are suddenly petless…but that empty nest, can, in time can be refilled with another pet, or two, or three.

     

    You can not refill the nest with more babies, toddlers, teenagers or adults…

     

    unless…..

     

    Your grown child or children come home to live with you and bring their family with them.

     

    Suddenly, your nest is very full!

     

    But then….as their life circumstances change – they leave!

     

    And that is the "new" empty nest….when your now adults child who has lived with you for a long stretch, flies off again!

     

    The economy has made this type of empty nest more prevalent – as more adult children are returning to the nest for varying lengths of time..

     

    Your experience overall depends on how many children you have and whether or not some are still home…but one day all the kids are gone – they flew away – and the nest is empty!

     

    This experience, I have found, also comes about when a pet dies and you are suddenly petless…but that empty nest, can, in time can be refilled with another pet, or two, or three.

     

    You can not refill the nest with more babies, toddlers, teenagers or adults…

     

    unless…..

     

    Your grown child or children come home to live with you and bring their family with them.

     

    Suddenly, your nest is very full!

    But then….as their life circumstances change – they leave!

     

    And that is the new empty nest….when your now adults child who has lived with you for a long stretch, flies off again!

     

    The economy has made this syndrome more prevalent as more adults children are returning to the nest for varying lengths of time..

     

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    But, like most everything in life, each change has its ups and downs….

     

    There is an ambivalence about having an empty nest….you miss the kids like mad…but you have more space, time and  energy…because no matter what age your kids are, when they live with you, they take energy..

     

    In future posts, I'll write about what I am doing with my bursts of energy – but in the meanwhile…

    Do you have thoughts? Comments?

    Thank you…..