ageing well

Wiggle your toes with delight — it’s time to ditch the shoes and feel the energy of the earth as it helps to heal your body.

Although you can’t change your genetic predisposition or age-related factors that can lead to heart disease, you can take steps to control the other factors that can contribute.

Antioxidants and heart disease, the oxidation solution and the truth about free radicals.

There is a new storm howling through the ranks of doctors who still tremble at the thought of prescribing hormones to resist the relentless march of ageing.

Men would like us to think they are big strong creatures that don’t have a flicker of emotion, but we know that’s far from the truth. Anxiety in men, especially as they age is very common. Aging anxiety in men can arise from a variety of different things that can occur as they get older:

When did you last get a health check-up? How is your hearing?

When you go to the doctor’s do you know what questions to ask about the prescription drugs you take so you can use them safely and get them to work best?

Did you know that more and more people are becoming incontinent yearly and there are ways it can be avoided?

No matter how old you are healthy eating and exercise is imperative. It’s a matter of finding out what works for you and sticking to it. I stopped running when I started karate. Over Christmas I met a senior in her 60’s who has been running for over twenty years. I was inspired.

The building block for healthy joints, glucosamine is actually made by the body, so when and how should we top up our supplies?

Today, it is estimated that over 2.6 million Australians, or 15 per cent of the population, have some form of arthritis. It’s important to understand this crippling condition and know that there are natural therapies and remedies that can help.

There are better ways than surgery and expensive cosmetics to counteract the effects of ageing.