This past weekend, I had the pleasure of delivering a keynote at the Stanford Alumni Healthy Living Retreat for Women in the Sierras. One of the themes I emphasized was this: We’re never too old to do hard things.
This message was reinforced when I listened to an Episode #177 of the podcast, Fit Strong Women Over 50, about Mary Newell, a now 74-year-old global marathoner who began running in her mid-50s.
For many of us, the holiday season is a season of “too much,” including too much socializing with family, friends, and colleagues. This abundance of social activity can be exhausting, especially for introverts. Yet the opposite is also true: in the United States this holiday season, 1 in 3 people are lonely.
Have you heard of the “Hateful 8?” No, it’s not a new crime series on Netflix. The “Hateful 8” is used in the blogosphere to defame the eight types of seed oils: Canola, Corn, Cottonseed, Soy, Sunflower, Safflower, Grapeseed, and Rice Bran. Seed oils are being blamed for everything from obesity to heart disease to autoimmune disorders to diabetes, but this reputation is undeserved.
We’ve heard the phrase, “sitting is the new smoking,” because prolonged sitting is associated with a host of negative health outcomes, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and even increased mortality risk (1,2). But what about prolonged standing? According to a new study from Australia, prolonged standing presents health risks, too.
In a recent Wellness Wednesday on Bone Health and Muscle Loss, Dr. Nola Peacock shared three simple tests to assess strength and balance as we age, often used in the clinician’s office. I thought you might want to try these tests in the comfort of your home, so I teamed up with Erin Paruszewski, founder of Alkalign, to demonstrate them.
