Healthy Aging: 3 Lifestyle Habits for Optimal Well-Being

Here’s how to live a happy — and vibrant — life.

With age comes the priceless rewards of hard-earned wisdom, increased emotional resilience, and a better understanding of life’s kaleidoscopic nuances. As Katie likes to say, “Aging is a gift,” and we agree: Getting older is celebration-worthy.

Taking proactive measures to stay healthy as you age — and remain a step or two ahead of unwanted surprises — can help ensure that you don’t miss out on important life events and milestones.

Just think about how many more years we’re living than our ancestors: In 1969, the average life expectancy

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Mediterranean Chopped Salad – Eat Yourself Skinny

Fresh and crisp Mediterranean Chopped Salad made with fresh tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, red onion, chickpeas, olives and feta cheese all tossed with a delicious red wine vinaigrette!

Fresh and crisp Mediterranean Chopped Salad made with fresh tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, red onion, chickpeas, olives and feta cheese all tossed with a delicious red wine vinaigrette!

There’s nothing better on a warm day than a crisp, fresh salad and this Mediterranean chopped salad is one of my absolute favorites!  Super simple to make, loaded with your favorite vegetables, protein-packed chickpeas and a zesty red wine vinegar dressing all sprinkled with some crumbled feta cheese.  This salad also tastes great served with chicken, shrimp or steak and is easily customizable to your liking!  So much flavor in every bite!

Why

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6 Healthy Habits to Help You Live Longer

While the Mediterranean diet tends to get most of the glory in the health landscape—as the best diet of 2023, as a way of life that’s ideal to support heart health and as a terrific option for individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes—it’s not the only lifestyle that can help boost longevity.


There are people from a handful of communities across the globe who live just as long, says Dan Buettner, a Miami-based National Geographic fellow and the author of The Blue Zones American Kitchen. As the founder of the Blue Zones project in 2000, he pulled together medical

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French daredevil known for skyscraper stunts plummets to death from 68th floor

 (Remi Lucidi/ Instagram)

(Remi Lucidi/ Instagram)

A French daredevil known for scaling skyscrapers around the world has died after falling from the 68th floor of a building in Hong Kong.

Remi Lucidi, 30, was at the Tregunter Tower complex in Hong Kong when he fell to his death after reportedly getting trapped outside a penthouse.

According to investigators, Lucidi arrived at the building in the evening and told the security guard that he was visiting a friend on the 40th floor.

Lucidi is believed to have made his way to a top floor and according to South China Morning Post, he got

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A healthy diet for a healthy life

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SDG 2 calls for ending hunger and achieving nutrition security for all through increased access to healthy diets. Today, 3.1 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet – that is 40 percent of the global population. But what is a healthy diet and how much does it cost?

 

ost of the least expensive locally-available food group needed to meet intake levels recommended in food-based dietary guidelines

 

A healthy diet goes beyond just the consumption of sufficient calories. It meets the nutritional standards set by national dietary guidelines, with sufficient diversity and quantity within and between food groups to achieve nutrient adequacy and protection against diet-related diseases.

To measure access and affordability of a healthy diet, the Food Prices

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Americans are increasingly moving to red, Republican-leaning states – where life is cheaper, but people also die younger

The United States is an increasingly polarized country when it comes to politics – but one thing that almost everyone wants is to live a long, healthy life.

More and more Americans are moving from Democratic-leaning blue states to Republican-voting red ones, and one of the effects of this change is that they are relocating to places with lower life expectancy.

Idaho, Montana and Florida, all red states, had the greatest population growth among US states between 2020 and 2022. Meanwhile, New York and Illinois, both blue states, and Louisiana, a red state, suffered the biggest population losses. California, another

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27 Health and Nutrition Tips That Are Actually Evidence-Based

If you want to boost your health and wellbeing, there are plenty of natural and home remedies to choose from, ranging from avoiding charred meats and added sugars to practicing meditation.

When it comes to knowing what’s healthy, even qualified experts often seem to hold opposing opinions. This can make it difficult to figure out what you should actually be doing to optimize your health.

Yet, despite all the disagreements, a number of wellness tips are well supported by research.

Here are 27 health and nutrition tips that are based on scientific evidence.

Sugary drinks like sodas, fruit juices, and

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Your Weekly Work Horoscope for The Week of April 10, 2023

Your Weekly Work Horoscope for The Week of April 10, 2023. Discover your Weekly Work Horoscope for each zodiac sign here.

Aries

The beginning of the week presents you with a valuable learning opportunity. A lunar eclipse invigorates your third house of communication on November 30, leaving you with a piece of information that changes everything. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and get your point across. The conversations you start now have the power to elevate your standing.

However, by December 3, your emotions could get in the way of any plans you may have. The moon will be

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