Diabetes and Your Heart

Category: prevention

February is American Heart Month, a time when all people can focus on their cardiovascular health.  If you have diabetes, you’re twice as likely to have heart disease or a stroke than someone […]

My Daily Challenge With Walking

Category: Exercise

My own journey in walking has been a real challenge for me since being diagnosed with PAD (peripheral arterial disease)  ~ also called peripheral vascular disease ~ after dealing with […]

Is Aging a Disease?

Category: Healthy Aging

We all want to live as long as we can and of course have our health span outlive our life span.  (the length of time someone enjoys relatively good health […]

Are You Ready For A Challenge?

Category: prevention

That question came up for my husband and me more than 25 years ago and we both agreed that we were ready for the challenge of adopting a daily nutrition […]

Can Stress Lead to Dementia?

Category: Brain Health

We all know how detrimental stress can be to our health.  But can it actually lead to dementia?  The hormone cortisol is the one connected with stress and as our […]

My 7 Steps of Prevention

Category: Exercise

Prevention is described as to keep from happening or to be in readiness for.  Here are my own personal  “7 steps” of prevention that I feel have made a difference […]