What is an anti-inflammatory diet? An anti-inflammatory diet promotes fresh fruits, leafy green vegetables, meat, and seafood with little or no intake of ultra-processed foods. Often referred to as the Mediterranean diet, the purpose of this style …
How to Prevent Muscle Wasting (Sarcopenia)
Sarcopenia (in Greek, sarx for flesh and penia for loss) is considered, “poverty of the flesh” (Rosenberg, 1997). The term is sometimes used interchangably with frailty and cachexia in the geriatric population ito describe the loss of skeletal muscle …
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Vitamin D and the Sun Will Make You Alive
What is vitamin D? Vitamin D, unlike other vitamins is not a vitamin at all, but a fat-soluble pre-hormone that is primarily made following sun exposure on your skin. It can also be found in some foods, although it is thought that sun exposure is …
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Exercise and Stretching You Need To Live In Your World
How can exercise improve my health? If exercise was a pill it would be a guaranteed best seller with few side effects. We know that exercise has multiple health benefits and plays an important role in successful aging. Some of the many benefits of …
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Top 7 Things You Need To Know About Regenerative Injection Therapy
1. Regenerative injection therapy (RIT) has been in clinical use for over a century. A form of regenerative injection therapy was used as a hernia treatment in the early 19th century by Dr. Jaynes in Louisiana (Rice, 1936). In the 1950s, George S. …
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The Most Important 18 Exercises For Your Back
These are the most important back exercises that you can do for your back to maintain flexibility and strength. If any of these exercises cause pain, you should stop the exercise and see your doctor who may do a further workup which may include an …
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