This bookazine is your Rx for combating the most common signs of aging--inside and out. Our expert advice will help you restore glowing skin, thicken your hair, tame inflammation and stave off diabetes, cancers, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's and more. Self-care is not self-indulgent--it's the most important gift you can give to yourself. Today is the day to start investing in your health and happiness. You are worth it!
FEEL YOUNGER AND LOOK GREAT!
CONDITIONS • Getting older can come with a host of changes to our minds and bodies. We’ll take the wisdom, but we’d rather not deal with some other issues that pop up with every passing year. Follow our advice, and you’ll age with grace!
Keep Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) in Check • If you’d love to look and feel younger than your years—you can! New research suggests just avoiding compounds called AGEs helps keep your skin firm and wrinkle-free, your mind sharp and your joints ache-free—while also reducing your risk of diabetes, heart disease and cancer. AGEs form when excess sugars bind to—and damage—proteins in your body. Fortunately, you can easily keep AGEs in check
Quick Fix: Banish Allergens From Your Bedroom • Where do you head when you feel congested and draggy? To bed, of course—not realizing that hidden irritants in your bedroom may be causing those annoying symptoms. Luckily, a few easy tweaks can eliminate problems, helping you breathe easy—and chasing away daytime tiredness—within one week!
Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease • Worried about getting Alzheimer’s disease one day? You’re not alone! It’s the top health concern nationwide. Fortunately, these scientifically proven strategies make it easy to keep your brain healthy and dramatically reduce your risk of memory loss, foggy thinking and, yes, even Alzheimer’s.
Knock Out Arthritis Pain • At least one in four of us has osteo- or rheumatoid arthritis right now—and millions more will be diagnosed this year. The great news: Several common supplements and foods have recently been proven to prevent arthritis pain—or deliver relief fast if you’re already achy!
Lose Your Belly & Save Your Health • Besides a slimmer silhouette, there are lots of benefits to banishing belly fat—a 72% lower risk of heart disease and a 50% lower risk of stroke, cancer and dementia, just for starters. And it really is possible to get rid of it for good. In fact, these new, incredibly effective, doctor-approved ways make it easy!
Lower Your Blood Pressure • Taking steps to keep your blood pressure steady—and lower it quickly if it starts creeping up—can cut your risk of heart disease and stroke in half, and it can keep your mind as sharp as if you were 15 years younger, according to Cleveland Clinic researchers. Good news! Controlling your BP is getting a lot easier.
Regulate Your Blood Sugar • Keeping your blood sugar steady doesn’t just keep diabetes at bay—it reduces your cancer risk 22%, plus it lowers heart attack and stroke risk 50%. When blood sugar is normal, arteries are less likely to clog, and your immune system is much stronger. Try some of these tricks to control it.
Keep Your Bones Strong • Keeping your bones strong and flexible not only helps you stay active for years to come, a new study shows that it can add 16 healthy years to your life. Turns out, the same health strategies that strengthen bone tissue also improve the function of every organ in your body.
Sharpen Your Brain • Find yourself forgetting what you just read or misplacing your car keys? You’re not alone! In a recent survey, 67% of us admitted that menopause-related hormonal upheavals were sapping our brainpower. The good news: These simple, inexpensive steps can improve your focus right now.
Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer • Our risk of breast cancer has been slowly dropping for...
