June 2016 – Senior Fitness For Life

After all these years with the Surgeon General and health expert’s warnings too many otherwise intelligent men and women still have the tobacco habit. Cigarettes kill 440,000 Americans a year, on average, so right there that’s 440,000 good reasons not to smoke…. Here’s a typical intermediate joint strength and muscle flexibility situation that happens to us all. Alex was fortunate enough to retire at 50 and he immediately took up skiing as his “fun activity”. Alex was a little overweight and somewhat out of shape. But Alex… I have posted a number of blog posts surrounding the effects of the mitochondria have on aging cells. In this post I will attempt to clarify the why you should care about these cellular activities. Please forgive me for droning on this subject; however, Dr. Patsi and… Inside the nucleus of a cell, our genes are arranged along twisted, double-stranded molecules of DNA called chromosomes. At the ends of the chromosomes are stretches of DNA called telomeres, which protect our genetic data, make it possible for cells to divide, and… Scientists have carried out an experiment which conclusively proves for the first time that mitochondria are major triggers of cell aging. This brings scientists a step closer to developing therapies to counteract the aging of cells, by targeting mitochondria. In a…