Tag: "longevity" Articles
December 1, 2021
Greetings AFM! We are putting the spotlight on another local gem to share in our quest to capture the many offerings Austin holds. This month’s tour brought us to Lifespring Chiropractic, where you can...
September 8, 2021
Want to live to be 100 years old? Get out and garden! Even if you’re not aiming for the centenarian club, gardening can help you live longer and be healthier. Whether you choose flowers,...
August 25, 2021
This is a summer like no other, with life returning to normal after a year and a half of lockdowns and restrictions. If you’re feeling conflicted about stepping back into the “business as usual”...
August 20, 2021
Leading a healthy lifestyle is so much more than hitting the gym every once in a while, and even when you do, you should consider taking your workouts into the great outdoors more often....
August 3, 2021
We all know that being happy makes us feel good and that stress makes us feel bad. And we even know that chronic stress can lead to all kinds of health complications. However, most...
August 1, 2021
When Vicki Parsons was in her early 20s, she noticed that she was not leading a very healthy lifestyle and started looking for a change. She thought to herself, “I need to do something....
August 1, 2021
Longevity is in the headlines of both the regular news and the scientific community publications these days, and there are now no fewer than 180 longevity institutes associated with universities in the world today....
August 18, 2020
While you occasionally hear news reports of people living past 100 on bacon and beer diets, such tales are equivalent to placing your life’s savings on one spin of a Vegas roulette wheel. One...
August 6, 2020
An important part of longevity is keeping your brain and mind healthy as you age. There are many factors that can negatively impact cognition or cause early degeneration. A benefit of knowing what helps...
August 1, 2020
Depression is one of the most common mental health challenges we face today, and it can affect anyone, regardless of age. It’s not a sign of weakness or a character flaw – it’s an...
August 1, 2020
Before 1994, it was thought that the significant drop in strength, stamina and flexibility after age 55 was inevitable. But after a study by Harvard and Tufts, researchers found that many of those losses...
August 1, 2020
100 Days of Blue is a challenge from Wallace J. Nichols, a friend and the author of Blue Mind, that has summoned water lovers annually for the past seven years. The challenge is to...
August 1, 2020
What physical activity is best for healthy longevity? The answer to this popular question can be found in all of the exercises and movements you enjoy and can incorporate into your daily life up...
August 1, 2020
I’m going to start with a warning. When I speak to live audiences and share what I’m about to share with you, it sometimes really resonates … and other times, it totally backfires. Fingers...
August 1, 2020
People usually reach the peak of their physical functioning in their 20s and early 30s. After that, things start changing. The rate of the change is individual, and it depends on genetics, lifestyle choices...
July 31, 2020
We should not want to simply live for a long time; we should want to be healthy, vibrant and thrive as we age. How do we achieve this? A quick Google search yields hundreds...
July 28, 2020
There have been five locations around the world deemed hot spots, or “Blue Zones”, where people have been known to live the longest. Here’s what you need to know. In a 2005 National Geographic...
