Posts Tagged ‘Healthy Eating for Women over 50’
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
I am raising my daughters to be proud feminists: people who believe in equality for all regardless of gender, race, religion, politics, nationality or sexual orientation. Therefore, it came as no surprise when my daughter, a college freshman, enrolled in a “Women and Gender Studies” class this spring.
This morning, she forwarded a video, explaining that it was required viewing for her class.
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Tags: Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Healthy Eating for Women over 50, Life After 50, The Best of Everything After 50, turning 50
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Saturday, March 9th, 2013
Why does it sometimes seem as though the medical community purposely wants to confuse, confound and worry us with a continuous flow of reports that are often at odds? (more…)
Tags: aging, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, fitness after 50, Healthy Eating for Women over 50, Life After 50, osteoporosis, The Best of Everything After 50, turning 50, Vitamin D, women over 50
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Friday, January 25th, 2013
Some great news was just released that is sure to make big believers in the power of vitamin D smile, and maybe just a little smug. Not only is this little “vitamin that could” essential for keeping our brain cells healthy and percolating as we age, but taken with calcium, it offers a host of other health benefits, too.
I got to know firsthand what combining vitamin D with calcium and strength training could do after I was diagnosed with osteopenia (a short train ride away from osteoporosis) when I turned 50 a few years ago. After following a daily program of taking the supplements, eating calcium-rich foods and doing push-ups (and a few other strengthening exercises), I stopped that osteoporsis train right in its tracks. Here’s the scoop . . . (more…)
Tags: AARP. The Best of Everything After 50, aging, Barbara Grufferman, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, fitness after 50, Healthy Eating for Women over 50, Life After 50, National Osteoporosis Foundation, osteoporosis, The Best of Everything After 50, turning 50, Women after 50, women over 50
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
(Note: This article originally appeared in FOF.)
Forget About the ‘Freshman 15’ . . . I’m Worried about the ‘Sandy 7’
I wasn’t one of those young women who gained the extra, unwanted 15 lbs. (famously called the ‘Freshman 15’) after starting college, probably because I was a commuter college student (or a ‘commuter chick’ as we were called at St. John’s University in Queens, NY). I was way too busy going to classes, then to work selling shoes at Bloomingdales (probably my all-time favorite job: I got a 20% employee discount) at nights and weekends, and then back to classes again the next day. I was too tired to eat most of the time. (more…)
Tags: AARP. The Best of Everything After 50, After 50, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, fitness after 50, Healthy Eating for Women over 50, Life After 50
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
I am thrilled that the National Osteoporosis Foundation has chosen to recognize me as a leading voice of positive and healthy aging with the “Generations of Strength” Award, which will be give to me at the NOF annual “A Gift From Mothers to Daughters” luncheon on September 24th. (more…)
Tags: AARP. The Best of Everything After 50, After 50, aging, Barbara Grufferman, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, bone health, Change Your Life, fearless after 50, fitness after 50, Healthy Eating for Women over 50, heart disease in women over 50, Life After 50, National Osteoporosis Foundation, osteoporosis, strength training after 50, The Best of Everything After 50, turning 50, Women after 50, women over 50, women's health
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
| So thrilled that FOF, a leading website for women over 45 invited me to come on board as their “Chief Pundit.” I’ll be covering topics that are of interest and importance to women, especially those–like me–who want all the tools we can get to live our best lives as we get older. Here’s the lovely introduction from FOF’s founder, Geri Brin. I hope you’ll check out FOF every week to see what this pundit is yakking about. (more…) |
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I am raising my daughters to be proud feminists: people who believe in equality for all regardless of gender, race, religion, politics, nationality or sexual orientation. Therefore, it came as no surprise when my daughter, a college freshman, enrolled in a “Women and Gender Studies” class this spring.
Why does it sometimes seem as though the medical community purposely wants to confuse, confound and worry us with a continuous flow of reports that are often at odds? (more…)
Forget About the ‘Freshman 15’ . . . I’m Worried about the ‘Sandy 7’