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Real Age offers many health tools and resources and also helps you find your real age. It is the brainchild of Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz.

Healthy salad dressings for weight loss.


Reset your hormones and you might be able to supercharge your hormones and sex life at any age. This comes naturally without medication, if you do it right.

There is a new plate for diabetics to help them with their illness.

Although summer has come to an end, you can still make healthy swaps for better health.

There are many ways to beat loneliness which leads to an array of health issues in itself.

You should consider ways of getting healthier at work.

Find out which weighs more, muscle or fat.

Moving helps reduce your risk for colon cancer. New research in cancer research suggests Mind-Body Therapy will help in fighting cancer.

Troubleshooting For Your Health

When it comes to our overall health, if we are not reaching our goals, we are possibly doing something wrong. Sometimes we may think we are doing the right things, when in reality, we ourselves are sabotaging our efforts. If we think we are eating right, taking our medications, exercising, yet our cholesterol is still high, maybe we are doing something wrong. Get to know high cholesterol foods.

When it comes to losing weight, different things work for different people. The word "diet" should be used to mean our nutrition rather than being used to mean weight loss. Then there are things that work universally but you have to find your niche.

If you want to live long and healthy, there may be things beyond your control. There's a Longevity Checklist to see if there is anything you can change.

Trouble with your overall relationship with other folks? Maybe you should sharpen your people skills. If you're feeling down in the dumps, try these natural mood boosters.

Nothing can ruin a healthy lifestyle like losing sleep. If that sleeping pill isn't working, don't eat high fat foods before you take it. Ideally you should go to bed on an empty stomach.

Health Week Tips-Day 2

You know that people are happier on Fridays than they are on Sunday. On Friday they anticipate their weekend, on Sunday they anticipate their workweek. Yes people have strange perceptions about what makes them happy.

Super Food of the day: Summer Squash. Find great recipe ideas here, here, here, and here. Lately, I've been on a sauteing  kick lately so this one is up my alley. I like sautéing most of my veggies.

How would you like to go on the dark chocolate diet? The chocolate must be cacao. Also it must be eaten sparingly for the most benefit.

Coffee, much like alcohol, keeps being on again/off again when it comes to health. Just like alcohol, moderation is the key. Here are some more benefits of one cup a day.

Exercise tips of the day: Easy exercise tips would be an interest to anybody. The information is priceless.

Must have home exercise equipment: Resistant Bands. These are affordable and you can build your resistance and muscle with easy moves.

I live on the 15th floor and many times I will take the stairs rather than going on the elevator. Until now I only went up. Well it's time to go down, too!

Want to boost your mood? Try these simple solutions.

Whatever you do, don't let them see you sweat tips.

When it comes to the sun, we might like the summer, but too much sun can cause problems from wrinkles to cancer. It takes only 20 minutes to have our fill of daily Vitamin D. Although people shy away from them, there are some excellent self-tanners on the market.

Health Week Tips-Day 1

I'm starting a bit of an experiment this week as I give advice and tips about various healthy lifestyle issues. If it works, I'll do it again, perhaps turning it up to a month or even a year. Either way, I'm sure I'll need to streamline it to make it more informative.

Nutrition

Featured Super Food: Kale. Kale is beneficial in so many ways. There's more kale benefits here, here, and finally here. Although it is one of the most beneficial super foods, it comes with a bit of caution:

Kale is very high in vitamin K, known as the clotting vitamin because without it, blood won’t clot properly. If you are taking blood thinning or anti-coagulant drugs, like warfarin (brand name Coumadin), you need to avoid large amounts of kale. Kale’s level of vitamin K — a cup has more than 1,000 percent of the recommended daily amount (RDA) — could interfere with your drugs.

Also, if you’re a kale newbie, don’t go overboard. Too much kale can be hard on the digestive system. Just ask the New York fashion models who binged on kale to stay slim and fight off the flu this winter and then had to be treated for diarrhea.

 

Kale recipe: My Kale Chips: Toss clean and dry kale with olive oil and sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Add cayenne to heat it up. Bake at 250 degrees for 30 minutes. Another variable is to lightly coat them with maple syrup and bake for a sweet treat.

 

Exercise

 

Even if you are doing a lot of walking, don't neglect strength training. More about strength training can be found here.

 

Featured Home Gym Equipment: Kettlebells. Kettlebells are taking the workout world by storm and may very well replace traditional weights. They are easy to grip and are great for cardio, strength and flexibility training. You should start with a weight of about 10 or less to get a feel for them, before going high. More kettlebell routines here and here.

 

Mind and Mood

 

An overall memory improving lifestyle will improve your health in all aspects. There is more information here.

 

In our hectic lives we are all influenced by stress in some way. More stress reducing tips here and here.

 

Tip Of The Day

 

Start your day with yogurt. Instead of buying a cup a day, by a 32 oz. container and divide them into 4 oz. servings which equals 8 days. Buy plain yogurt that is lowest in fat, cholesterol, sodium and sugar. If you want to sweeten it add a little maple syrup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boosting Your Mood

Part of a healthy lifestyle is having a positive mood about life. A good place to start is to get a good nights sleep. Get a better nights sleep by changing the foods you eat during the day. If you are feeling down and out try these natural boosters.

Exercise is always a mood booster. If you need tips on diet, exercise and health, sign up for Jillian's newsletter. If you need a personal trainer with resources on health, check out Denise.

Here are foods that can boost your mood. There are also 31 days to boost your mood. It is being proven that foods can alter brain chemistry to boost your mood.

Still your best mood boosters are in the activities. Movement is really a natural booster. Sometimes there are simple solutions.

My personal suggestion as far as a mood boosting supplement would be SAM-e. I do believe that taken correctly on an empty stomach and no food for 30 minutes after taking it, works. There are also other mood boosting supplements that may work. Need more?

3) A Healthy Mood and Mind

If you're feeling down in the dumps, there are actually foods that can boost your mood. Here are foods that boost your mood for all occasions. Here is information on mood boosting foods and introducing them into your diet. It also tells you how what you are eating may be causing your down in the dumps mood.

You might find that a combination of mood foods can give you an extra boost. Try these recipes. If you can't wait, here are instant mood boosting foods. Then there are those that you should eat all the time.

This site not only helps with your mood but it also is a great resource for the mind. There are simple ways to improve your mind, mood and outlook. So a healthy mind leads to a healthy mood, and sometimes food is a big health.