Pre-Seniors Preparing for a Healthy, Long Life

Are you in your 30’s, 40’s, or 50’s? Perhaps caring for your parents have made you aware of the challenges of aging. Or some other life experience has made you interested in health and longevity. Dr Casciani has gathered great information on how you can prepare for truly golden years.

Sports in Old Age – Successful Aging Means We Are Always Creating
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by Joe Casciani LONGEVITY AND SUCCESSFUL AGING Successful aging means we are always creating new roles. What new creation or new role lies dormant inside that we never tapped before? We…

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Setting a Goal Today of Daily Physical Exercise Reduces Health Risk and Equates to Making Virtual Deposits in Our Own Health Savings Account
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by Joseph Casciani Many of our parents and grandparents engaged in regular physical activity and manual labor for their exercise.  Gardening, growing crops, maintaining the ranches and farms, climbing stairs…

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Positive Quotes: A Block of Stone or a Beautiful Creation?
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by Joseph Casciani The famous Renaissance architect, painter, and sculptor, Michelangelo Buonarroti, was highly esteemed for his statues, created from blocks of marble and granite.  He has been described as…

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Memorable Quotes
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by Joseph Casciani Epictetus, born a slave in ancient Rome, founded a school of philosophy that became known as Stoicism. To help him overcome the bondage of slavery. An insight that actually…

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Never Too Late: Research Now Finds that Increasing Exercise at Any Time Can Increase Lifespan
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by Joseph Casciani The notion that it’s never too late to shift toward healthier behaviors gets another boost with research findings from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. …

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Meaning and Purpose in Life as A Source of Longevity and Successful Aging
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by Joe Casciani SHORT STORIES ABOUT ORVILLE ROBERTS AND JULIA HAWKINS There was a recent article on the Growing Bolder website about a man who began running at the age of 50,…

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More Than Half of Americans Want to Live to 100 but Worry about Affording Longer Lifespans
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by Joseph Casciani AIG survey finds 53 percent want to live to 100—yet 51 percent are uncertain their savings will last Nearly six in 10 (59 percent) fear running out…

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Living to 100 is a By-product of Making the Right Choices, Not a Destination
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by Joseph Casciani On our last internet Radio episode, our guest was Nick Buettner, of the Blue Zones team.  He spoke passionately about the lessons that we’ve learned from the centenarians living in…

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Learn About the Blue Zones of the World and the Lifestyles of the Centenarians who Live There
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by Joseph Casciani Blue Zones are geographic areas around the world where people have lower rates of chronic disease and are home to some of the world’s oldest people.  These five…

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Intermittent Fasting: What Does it Look Like and What Does It Matter to the Body?
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by Joe Casciani INTRODUCTION A subject that I have become interested in recently is intermittent fasting (shortened to “IF” for this article). This has become a trend for the health-conscious…

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Improving our Functional Health for Successful Aging and Longevity
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Guest Author, Rhonda Underhill, Rhonda@GetWellderly.com Getting enough exercise is important for people of all ages, but for seniors and those with diabetes, it can be even more beneficial. Staying healthy with daily exercise…

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New Challenges for Older Woman
Here are the Best Websites for Adult Online Learning, Free Courses, Developing Sought-after Skills, and Pursuing New Career Goals
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by Joseph Casciani Re-defining Ourselves and Our Purpose in Life Years ago, a young gerontologist / psychologist by the name of Ken Dychtwald, PhD, shared his vision for the aging society…

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