Keep your brain active Engagement more with life An international team of researchers conducted a critical review of 73 studies about senior citizen volunteering. Volunteering consistently predicted reduced depressive symptoms, better self-reported health, fewer functional limitations, and lower mortality. In addition, volunteering promoted greater social, physical, and cognitive activity. These factors led to increased altruism…
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Beans Don’t Get No Respect
But they should! Give beans and other legumes a try Plants that produce beans occur in the legume plant family. Beans are seeds and, as such, contain everything a sprouting plant needs (except water and sunlight) to germinate and create a new plant. The seeds of legumes occur in pods of various sizes and shapes.…
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Intergenerational Effects of Parental Stress
Chronic parental stress can damage offspring Defuse chronic stress to protect the born and unborn According to a recent review, little doubt exists that parental stress or distress can be transmitted to offspring. Several possible routes of transmission exist. First, offspring can learn poor life skills from their parents, thereby perpetuating harmful ways of dealing…
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Does Prediabetes Lead to Type 2 Diabetes?
Not very often But let prediabetes alert you to make better lifestyle choices Prediabetes is a condition, based on modestly elevated blood sugar levels, which can precede type 2 diabetes. But prediabetes does not inevitably lead to type 2 diabetes. Researchers used data from 2,575 participants over age 60 without diabetes (36 percent with prediabetes)…
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