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It’s hard to kick the holiday sugar cravings, but too much of the sweet stuff can really harm your health. If you find yourself constantly craving sugary foods, these science-backed tips can help you outsmart your sweet tooth.
10 Tips to Help You Curb Your Sugar Cravings
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If you constantly crave cookies and candy, these science-backed tips can help you outsmart your sweet toothPlanning for the long-term can be unsettling. But if you are a solo ager — enacting a plan will help set your life on the trajectory of aging well.
For Solo Agers, A Roadmap for a Secure Future
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Questions to ask yourself about topics such as health, social connections, housing, finances, and transportation to see how prepared you are to age independentlyConversation ideas that spread joy and kindness.
7 Insanely Nice Things You Can Say to Anybody
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These tiny but enormously kind things to say can spread a little grace during the busy holiday season.Across social platforms, older adults are proving that age isn’t a barrier or limitation, but an opportunity. There’s nowhere that’s more true than on TikTok, where adults 50+ are sharing stories, advice, dance moves and proving that we’re capable of much more than we think is possible.
Bold Social: Keep Soarin' | Growing Bolder®
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As the world is starting to see a light at the end of the lockdown tunnel, follow these gray haired inspirations to get ready for your first big outing post-pandemic.Floral arrangements are a festive way to add sophistication to a dinner party or a burst of color to a room. But there’s more to creating a beautiful arrangement than sticking flowers in a vase. Here are nine simple steps to arrange flowers like a pro.
9 Easy Steps to Arrange Flowers Like a Pro
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It’s festive, fun and will save you money once you know the basicsLove a daily stroll? Science says you're doing yourself a major favor.
It's not a continuous march from low frailty to high frailty as we age. Instead, it's possible to become *less* frail as we get older.
The Frailty Index: What It Is and Why You Should Care
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Indeed, age is one thing, but it's also how fit you are for your ageThe quality of our relationships can have an even more dramatic impact on our lives than what we eat or how much we exercise.
Connecting For Our Health | Growing Bolder®
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The quality of our relationships can have an even more dramatic impact on our lives than what we eat or how much we exercise. View Full StoryOn October 15th Powell Valley joined 2200+ amazing souls to walk and join together in the fight against Alzheimer's. Our team, Memories Matter raised $7,329.85. Thank you to all who donated, all who walked and all who joined in spirit.
For many people 60 or older, living well also means living creatively and prioritizing opportunities to stay healthy, engaged and purposeful.
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A new Twin Cities PBS program, 'Art + Medicine: Healthy Aging,' offers a positive prescription for older adultsRemember macramé? These plant hangers, owl-shaped wall hangings and door drapes were all the rage in the '70s. And now, this ancient art form is making a big comeback.
Tying the Knots: Macramé is Back
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The craft you loved in the 70s is making a big comeback, and it can help with dexterity and cognition“Your happiness muscles can atrophy,” says psychologist Scott Glassman. From ice cream to chats with a stranger and more, here are eight ways to flex those muscles.
How to Be Happy: 8 Simple Habits to Help You Find Joy
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COVID-19 and countless worldwide crises have left people feeling isolated and sad. Learn about 8 habits that can help you find your happiness.Acupuncture involves the insertion of very thin needles through your skin at strategic points on your body and is most commonly used to treat pain. In this video, Enoch Ho discusses how acupuncture is thought to work, the potential risks of treatment, and the research evidence to support how it may complement traditional approaches to pain relief treatment.
Acupuncture for joint pain: Does it work?
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Acupuncture involves the insertion of very thin needles through your skin at strategic points on your body and is most commonly used to treat pain. In this video, Enoch Ho discusses how acupuncture is...Can you outsmart your genes? Even if you are genetically at risk for a stroke, there are ways to significantly reduce your chances of experiencing one. Here are seven lifestyle changes that can help.
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