Tap your Toes! Why?

Tap your Toes! Why?

Are you a foot-tapper? You hear music and away you go! Congratulations! Not only does toe-tapping lift your mood, It helps prevent trips and falls, too. How come? It’s all to do with the muscle that runs up the front of your shin – your tibialis anterior....
The Best Exercise for You.

The Best Exercise for You.

Why is this exercise Kris Tynan’s Number One? “We often get asked if there is one exercise we’d recommend for older adults. Of course we’d like to suggest more than one, and will do in coming issues, but if pushed we’d have to say the simple sit to...
Quick, Tasty Brain Food Meals

Quick, Tasty Brain Food Meals

Here are some more brain food suggestions for satisfying, healthy meals that are favourites with readers. Quick Spinach Smoothie Small cup of orange juice 3 – 4 dessertspoons of plain white yogurt Add all the spinach that the blender can handle.   Optional...
Is Red Wine Good for the Brain?

Is Red Wine Good for the Brain?

I want to look after my brain BUT Can I drink alcohol? Is wine good for the brain? Here’s the good news from neuroscientists.  Small intakes of alcohol will protect you against dementia. How do they know? Scientists in the UK analysed data from 23 studies looking for...
Fitness in your 40’s Can Reduce Brain Aging

Fitness in your 40’s Can Reduce Brain Aging

“Many people don’t start worrying about their brain health until later in life, but this study provides more evidence that [lack of fitness] in midlife may have consequences for brain aging later on.” Nicole L. Spartano, Ph.D of Boston University...
Can Exercise Change our Body & Brain?

Can Exercise Change our Body & Brain?

Or do the genes we were born with and our upbringing matter more? To find out, scientists in Finland researched 10 pairs of young male identical twins, checking them every few years from the age of 16. One of the pair exercised regularly and one  did not, usually...