Ringo Rocks
Nearly 60 years after appearing on Ed Sullivan, Ringo finally made it on the cover of Rolling…. AARP Magazine. At 83 years young, he’s still rockin’. Being sober helps. His Buzz comes from exercise and music!!
– Jet Cannon
Photo: AARP
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Three Feathers CBD
Our friends at Three Feathers are offering a Buy One / Get One Free special for Buzzed Boomers who enjoy the benefits of CBD. Visit their website here for this holiday special.
- Jet Cannon
Tea Time
Inflammation is bad. It is your immune system’s response to an irritant, injury, or infection. In chronic inflammation, your inflammation doesn’t go away, and your immune system continues to send out white blood cells. Your white blood cells may attack healthy organs and tissues. Can drinking tea help with inflammation? After reading about a National Institute of Health study and this WebMD article, we can definitely say…. Probably. Maybe. Also, it’s likely tea helps with brain, bone, and heart health. Hey, it’s tea time somewhere.
- Jet Cannon
Scientists Say Extending Healthy Life Is Good
Scientific American recently reported on an aging re-focus. Here’s a link and below is an excerpt.
“We’re now saying our focus should be on extending healthy life rather than just length of life, and slowing aging is the tool to do it,” says Jay Olshansky, a longevity expert at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
For now, one way to extend healthspan is through unsurprising preventive maintenance. Experts recommend checkups, staying on top of cholesterol levels and blood pressure, and following guidelines such as those from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition for body fat percentage, lean body mass and bone density. “Know where you are so if something needs to be tweaked you can take steps to do that,” says Matt Kaeberlein, founding director of the University of Washington Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute and now chief executive officer of Optispan, a health tech company.
Those steps are also familiar: common-sense nutrition, sleep, exercise and social connection are the four main factors. “The reason those things work is because they modulate the biology of aging,” Kaeberlein says. For example, regular low- or moderate-intensity exercise helps to prevent cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. How much extra health can these steps get us? “Ten years is probably pretty realistic,” Kaeberlein says.
There’s some tips, kids. Write ‘em down.
– Jet Cannon
If The Shoe Fits
Are we getting in our steps? Hope so. Therefore, it may be time to replace the shoes. It’s always good to have plenty of tread and that new-shoe cushiness wears down after awhile. Watch for nice price reductions as we approach and hit Black Friday. Happy shopping!
- Jet Cannon
Aging More Better
AARP just wrote about “Super Agers” and their secrets to a healthier, longer life. Though not well-kept “secrets” their tips are a good reminder of what we should be doing.
- Control blood sugar and blood pressure
- Talk to friends. A lot.
- Avoid stress
- Prioritize sleep
- Protect vision and hearing
- Choose more demanding exercise e.g. walk fast versus just walking
- Feed the brain with puzzles, music, books, games, travel, lectures
AARP membership includes all kinds of good information and benefits for seniors. It’s also inexpensive to become a member.
- Jet Cannon
- Photo: Freepik
Everything You Know About Hydration Is Wrong
Well, maybe not. You may have already read the many articles on the subject. The short answer for how much water you need to drink per day is…. It depends! It depends on a lot of factors. This Vogue article is fairly helpful. It sounds like a baseline is around 14 cups per day. Get out the Depends.
– Jet Cannon
7 Wellness Mistakes We Have Never Made
Shape.com featured a helpful article on wellness mistakes and what to do instead. Since we have never made those mistakes, we didn’t read further. Here they are:
– Too much lemon water
– Undiluted apple cider vinegar shots
– Overdoing it on the veggies
– Drinking too much water
– Avoiding egg yolks (choosing only egg whites)
– Skipping meals for weight loss
– Overtraining
It’s nice to be right on the money for once!
– Jet Cannon
Time for Walking
We love reporting on the benefits of daily walking especially when the number of steps needed appears to drop. That said, the latest studies pretty much agree that more is better up to about 20,000 steps. But as few as 2,500 can lead to longer lives. Here’s the latest details in Time magazine. It’s interesting and hopefully inspires to keep getting out there.
– Jet Cannon
Water Chaser
Staying hydrated is important to good health particularly as we age. Besides shooting for a couple liters of water a day, try following your cup of coffee and alcoholic beverage with a glass of water. Both are diuretics and contribute to dehydration. A water chaser will delight your innards.
- Jet Cannon
If The Shoe Fits
We’ve yammered on and on about the benefits of daily walking but what if you have a case of planar fasciitis? It can feel like you stepped on a nail. Or worse. Can the right shoes help? Maybe. Prevention.com checked with podiatrists and came up with 30 different shoes they recommend. Learn all about it here.
- Jet Cannon
Staying Fit As We Age
Fortune has some great suggestions on how to stay fit as we age. Read the entire article here.
Dr. Kirk Erickson, a director of Translational Neurosciences (impressive, eh) starts things off. Erickson’s research shows that as we age, the brain shrinks, specifically the hippocampus which is responsible for memory formation. Exercise can help maintain this portion of the brain. He recommends moderate exercise, like walking, 5 days a week for 30 minutes.
Strength training helps combat age-related muscle loss, and can lead to a longer lifespan. Additionally, balance exercises can help prevent slips and falls—the leading cause of injuries in adults ages 65 and older.
One study showed the simple act of reading articles online and searching topics on Google offered valuable mental stimulation. Doing crossword puzzles, reading books, playing games, practicing hobbies and daydreaming all contribute to mental sharpness.
Stress management, is also a critical part of maintaining mental fitness. Just 10 minutes of meditation a day can improve mood and cognitive agility.
The U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory this year warning of the nation’s loneliness epidemic, which negatively impacts health. Social connection reduces the risk of premature death. It’s clear that social and emotional fitness is key to aging well.
A good night’s sleep matters. Poor sleep over the long-term is linked to health conditions including depression, Alzheimer’s disease, and cancer. One suggestion is to watch that caffeine.
There’s some good tips kids! Stay fit!
– Jet Cannon
Buzz AND Recover
Could coffee plus milk help us recover from exercise faster? Men’s Health reports, “There are many well-established ways to help speed up post-workout repair, ranging from hydrating properly and fueling up on protein for muscle-synthesis support to consuming more omega-3 fats for joint health. Among the most recent solutions, however, is one that comes with a buzz. A study published in the Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry reported that the anti-inflammatory effect of antioxidants (called polyphenols) is vastly enhanced when they react with amino acids. In practical terms, unlocking this could be as simple as adding protein-rich milk to coffee, which is packed with antioxidants. Research into the post-gym benefits of this everyday cocktail is, admittedly, in its early stages. The Danish researchers, however, are buzzing with excitement that increasing polyphenol absorption in this way could prove an effective way to ease swelling and soreness.”
– Jet Cannon
Beach Bod Boomers
Okay, so we don’t look quite like we did a decade or two ago when were only a shade off Don Johnson but we don’t have to accept a major loss of muscle mass. Michelle Gray, a physiologist and professor of exercise at the University of Arkansas, is quoted in Scientific American saying that, “Proper diet and physical activity can combat some age-related muscle loss. Maintaining muscle comes down to continued movement. Doesn’t matter if you garden or if you ride a bicycle like I do or if you go to the gym. You can help maintain your muscle mass by continuing to do the things that you’re already doing.”
So keep moving, Buzzed Boomers!
– Jet Cannon
