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What Is Sarcopenia and How Can You Defeat It?

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When most people worry about getting old, they focus on the obvious degenerative diseases like diabetes and cancer and Alzheimer’s or the catastrophic health emergencies that can occur, like strokes or heart attacks . They think about the melange of medicines they might have to take, the panicked rush to the ER in the dead of night, the slow but unmistakable descent into painful oblivion. But one of the deadliest health conditions afflicting older adults is also one of the most silent and unknown: sarcopenia, or the degeneration and loss of muscle mass and strength. People just don’t think about losing muscle mass and strength as they get older. If they do, they assume it’s just part of the aging process. They figure it’s unavoidable, because, after all, everyone around them just gets weaker and more decrepit as they age. It’s one of those “inevitabilities” that you “just have to accept.” Screw that. Muscle loss is not your destiny. You don’t have to sit there and take it. In fa

Day In The Life: Summer 2020

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Summer Fun 2020 is well underway! Here’s a day in the life for ya : ) 5:45 am Thomas has trained me to LOVE morning time. As much as I want to be a morning exerciser, I really have to ease into my day. Nothing wakes me up better than coffee and my laptop, which I leave on my nightstand each night. I love getting some emails answered, reading the Skimm, and getting organized for my day without leaving my bed. 7:00 am The boys are awake and I’m up and at em! We all have oatmeal today. Peanut butter and banana smoothies are another very common breakfast. 9am After cleaning up breakfast, watching some Peppa Pig, and getting Birch dressed, we head outside. Mazen has a playdate! (We have chosen to have a few friends over one at a time to play outside). The boys set the slip n slide up early and have a blast all morning. Birch and I play in the teepee and walk around the yard and alley. We study leaves! 10am The big boys are still playing hard, so B and I go inside for a sna