Ocular nutrition refers to the vitamins and foods that help maintain and repair the parts of the eye, including the cornea, iris, pupil and retina. When people think of nutrition, they rarely think about their eyes. They think about their weight, and maybe their muscles, most definitely their thighs and waist. Continue Reading »
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The baby boomer generation is comprised of those born between the years of 1946 through 1964 and is the largest demographic group in history because of the large spike in births after World War II. The first person born in the baby boomer era entered her sixties as 2006 began, bringing into focus the question of how baby boomers are handling aging. Continue Reading »
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Regardless of where you stand in the aging process, your sex or fitness level, good eating habits are the single best thing you can do to improve your health. Staying active plays a large role in overall health, but putting the wrong kind or wrong quantity of food in you body will keep you from being as healthy as you would like. Moreover, it does not require you to spend oodles of cash on the latest anti-aging fads.
If you’re feeling resistant to changing poor eating habits, it may be in your best interests to think differently. Continue Reading »
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