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Nutrition and Aging
Numerous products from lotions and creams to dietary supplements are promoted as ways to prevent or slow down the aging process. Yet there is no hard scientific evidence that any of these items are effective.
Calorie Needs
As we get older, our resting metabolic rate declines. This can lead to unwanted weight gain, which can increase your risk for certain chronic diseases. This decrease in metabolic rate is related to the loss of lean body mass as we age. To help lessen this effect:
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How to protect your health in a power outage
Can juicing help you get more fruits and vegetables?
Physical therapy provides modest improvement for chronic low back pain
Scoliosis treatment: Can it help as you get older?
Kinesio taping offers only modest relief for musculoskeletal disorders
New resistance training guidance may simplify your workout
What factors speed up aging?
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
Do gallstones always need treatment?
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