Let’s be honest: for most people, aging sucks. Six million people in the US—outside of institutions, mind you—are wheelchair bound. Two million in the US are either in nursing homes or assisted living. And a whopping 50% of those will die within 12 months of entering such a facility.
When I was a kid, my grandmother was always trying to get me to eat a lot foods you had to chew a lot. “Gives you roughage,” she’d say wisely. “Keeps you regular.” Well, that was then, this is now. Our prune-eating grandmothers were onto something, but they had just...
If nutrients were on the cover of US Weekly, vitamin D would be a superstar. Let me explain. We’ve known about the role of vitamin D in bone strength for some time. But new research is showing the importance of vitamin D in preventing cancer. Sex hormones are made from...
