Since the launch of Food & Fitness After 50 in 2017, we’ve been asked hundreds of questions on how to age with good health and vitality. We’ve tackled many of your requests in our blog, Fit to Eat, and done a deep dive on topics in over 200 posts, although my nephew observed that sometimes we are “too scientifical.”
We know you want bite-sized information in today’s fast-paced world, so we are launching a new look to our blog … think of it as an encyclopedia of optimal aging from A to Z (think of apples to zucchini, alcohol to zinc, or attitude to zen).
Each entry will contain the latest information on a topic in just one or two paragraphs, concluding with what it means for you from a practical standpoint. Our goal is to bring you helpful tips to extend your healthspan, in other words to extend the number of healthy years in your life. For those who want that “scientifical” info, we will provide helpful links for more information. None of us will live forever, but we can live healthier lives into old age through our food and fitness choices. And it is never too late to eat well, move well, and be well. Let us help you do that.
You can help us by dropping a comment or send an email to chrisrosenbloom@gmail.com with a topic that you want included in our A-to-Z guide. Stay tuned….our first entry? A is for Alcohol!
Great idea! Where will I find the blog? Will it be emailed out like the email I just received? Thank you.
Hi Judy…yes, you will still recieve a link each time it is published. Thanks for following!
Enjoy your columns immensely!
My question: A postmenopausal woman donates blood 3-4 times a year. What if anything should be recommended for iron therapy? The Red Cross recommendation does not seem logical
Hi Dr. Croft….one of my trusted sources is the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. Here is what they say in the fact sheet on iron for health professionals:
Frequent blood donors
Frequent blood donors have an increased risk of iron deficiency. In the United States, adults may donate blood as often as every 8 weeks, which can deplete iron stores. About 25%–35% of regular blood donors develop iron deficiency. In a study of 2,425 blood donors, men who had given at least three and women who had given at least two whole-blood donations in the previous year were more than five times as likely to have depleted iron stores as first-time donors. A clinical trial of iron supplementation found that of 215 adults who had donated a unit of blood within the past 3–8 days, those randomized to take an iron supplement (37.5 mg/day elemental iron from ferrous gluconate) for 24 weeks recovered their lost hemoglobin and iron in less than half the time of those not given the supplement. Without iron supplementation, two-thirds of the donors had not recovered the iron they lost, even after 24 weeks.
Great idea!!!
Thanks, Beth!
Personally Chris, I like the “scientifical” information, but that’s my background. I’m sure no matter how you address the topics, it will be informative and well researched. I appreciate your blog and all of the info’ it provides. Thank you!
Thanks, Kris. Will keep is scientifical but with less words!
Looking forward to seeing “A”
I absolutely love your site.. Excellent colors & theme.
Did you develop this website yourself? Please reply back as I’m hoping to create my very own website
and would love to find out where you got this from or what the theme is named.
Cheers!
My email is chrisrosenbloom@gmail.com. send me an email and I can put you in touch with my web designer
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