8 Best Vitamins and Supplements for Women in Their 70s
byA pharmacist on the eight supplements worth considering in your 70s, what they interact with, and which ones to review rather than add.
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This Is What Fasting Really Does to Your Body
byWhat happens in your body hour by hour when you stop eating, from glycogen and ketones to autophagy and growth hormone, and who should not fast.
21 Steps to a Healthy Heart
byNot every heart-health change pulls the same weight. Twenty-one steps, ranked by how much each one matters, from blood pressure and cholesterol down to standing more and keeping your friends close.
Where Women Live the Longest in Every State
byWomen live 8.9 years longer in Hawaii than in West Virginia. State-by-state figures for women, plus the longest-lived county and ZIP code in each one.
Anti-Aging Drinks: What Works and What Doesn’t, Based on the Evidence
byWhich anti-aging drinks hold up in the research, which ones are marketing, and the one drink to cut if you care about how you age.
15 Longevity Foods the World’s Longest-Living People Eat Every Day
byFifteen foods that turn up again and again across two decades of Blue Zones research, counted down from 15 to 1, with the daily amounts the cited studies describe.
Recalibrating Your Cortisol Levels: Why Simply Lowering Cortisol Isn’t the Answer
byCortisol is meant to spike after you wake and fall through the day. Here is what a normal rhythm looks like, why at-home test kits mislead, and the habits that genuinely reset it.
7 Japanese Longevity Habits Worth Borrowing—and What the Research Actually Says
byGreen tea, interval walking, ikigai, forest bathing. Seven habits from Japanese research, with the finding kept separate from what you can reasonably take from it.
7 Habits to Steal From Women Who Look Amazing at 65
bySeven habits with real trials behind them, from the twice-weekly lifting protocol tested on women averaging 65 to the step count that beats 10,000.
Study: 5 More Minutes of Sleep, 2 Minutes of Walking: Little Changes Can Have a Big Impact on Your Health
bySometimes making a change in your life that can have a big impact feels a bit daunting. When most people think about “being healthier”…
The Four Foods the Blue Zones Author Says to Always Keep in Your House
byBeans, nuts, sweet potatoes and fruit you actually like — the four foods Dan Buettner says belong in every kitchen, and the honest state of the Blue Zones research behind them.
Mavromatika: The Ancient Greek Bean Stew That the World’s Longest-Living Women Eat Every Day
byMavromatika is the Greek black-eyed pea stew eaten almost daily on the Blue Zone island of Ikaria. Here’s how to make it at home — and why it matters.