Are your brain neurones beginning to malfunction? Alzheimer’s Disease affects many millions of people worldwide. It’s one of the most feared diseases of the ageing process. Investing in brain health is a choice many longevityboomers are making. Alzheimer’s Disease involves damage to the neurones rather than the vascular system. In the brain we can get […]
Tell Me About Telomeres
October 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Which baby boomer doesn’t remember the television show which ran through the 70s and 80s called Days of Our Lives? Even the most discerning viewer surely managed to be somewhere where somebody’s aunty was watching it. So you might remember the intro line……”Like Sands Through the Hourglass are the Days of Our Lives”. Yes, I […]
Power Naps, Siestas and Forty Winks
October 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Grandpa was a devotee of the siesta. He called it “forty winks” and it was the ritual of lying down after a hard day of manual labour and maybe nodding off for a while. Not culturally sanctified on the job in suburban Australia, he managed to fit it in, mid-afternoon when he arrived home. “Forty winks” is an […]
The House to Ourselves
October 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
Perhaps while the kids were growing up you, like English writer, Virginia Woolf, longed for “a room of one’s own”. Both men and women bringing up a family often harbour secret desires for space where they can pursue individual interests without interruption, where they don’t have to pack everything away to share space with other […]
Carrot Juice and Keffir Spicy Shake
October 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
Try this smoothie to soothe the stomach and digestive tract. For one serving you will need: 2-3 large carrots Small knob of fresh ginger 3 tablespoons Keffir (or natural yogurt) 1/2 banana Optional: 1 teaspoon of PURE maple syrup (Do NOT use maple syrup substitutes.) Pinch of cinnamon Pinch of nutmeg Method: Juice fresh carrots […]
Soothe your Stomach Naturally
October 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
Too much stomach acid? GERD? Gastritis? Obviously if you’re taking antacids or other drugs to relieve excess stomach acid you would appear to be in good company. Isn’t almost everyone doing it? Relieving symptoms like heartburn and abdominal pain has spawned a multi billion dollar industry, particularly in western countries. Encouraged to self-medicate (buy over-the-counter […]
Can We be Fat and Healthy?
October 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s an interesting question that would make most professionals throw up their hands in horror as they push us firmly towards the dietitian or gastric banding surgeon. However there are individuals and populations who defy the statistics. Spanish women, for example, have been found to weigh in heavier than the rest of the Mediterranean female […]
What’s to Love about Tomatoes?
October 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Getting your 2 plus 5 or just eating pizza again? When it comes to stroke prevention, the story starts to get interesting. “A diet high in fruits anad vegetables is associated with a lower risk of stroke”, according to Dr Jouni Karppi of the University of Eastern Finland. However, Karppi’s group particularly extols the virtues […]
Is it Just Luck?
September 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In control of life? Self-made man? Rising star? Pete Strom would seem to be all these things. Isn’t it implicit in talking at TED? Why then does Pete see his success as one huge lucky break, as a gift of grace which he neither earned nor brought about? He opens up the subject of grace […]
Philosophy Club for Longevityboomers
September 15, 2012 by 1 Comment
Maybe you’re a book club refugee looking for a more philosophical forum? It’s true that many longevityboomers are feeling an urge to examine their lives more deeply. Why do we make choices we make? This question forms the basis of personal ethics. How do we make our lives more meaningful? Maybe it’s the contribution we […]
