Indulge a bit in wine and chocolate, socialize and stay physically active: those are the secrets to keeping old age at bay.
In his new book, “The Science of Staying Young“, John Morley, M.D., director of the division of geriatric medicine at Saint Louis University, says:
“I suggest little changes that involve good eating, such as including dark chocolate in your diet, drinking wine, socializing and adding simple exercises that anyone can do. It’s more fun than most people think. Being proactive about living well and feeling better for the rest of your life, regardless of your current chronological age, doesn’t have …read more

There were two phases when I regularly took Calcium supplements: during pregnancy, and just last year, as a final effort to stock up calcium in my bones, hoping it wasn’t too late yet. Without wanting to reveal my age here, I’m at that point where they say the bones no longer absorb much, or rather, not much of the calcium I take in gets deposited in the bones any longer.
However, reading that even the elderly can benefit from taking calcium pills daily indicates that mine is not yet a lost case. Based on the data from 29 studies from …read more