Are You Concerned About Your Elderly Parent’s Safety?

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You’re not alone! It’s becoming an increasing problem with Baby Boomers and their elderly parents. Here is an interesting article from a guest writer. Discover what you can do NOW to help your aging parent BEFORE they fall or find themselves in a dangerous situation. Read more

Anti Aging Toothpaste – Going Too Far?

It seems like every time we turn around, there’s a new anti aging product coming out. Not surprising, considering how many of us Baby Boomers there are – it’s only natural for a company to cash in on that market segment. But anti aging toothpaste? Really?

I was once told by a dentist years ago that it’s the actual act of brushing your teeth that is the real benefit. What you put on your toothbrush doesn’t really matter. Don’t know if that’s really true, but looking at the ingredients in this anti aging toothpaste makes me want to care.

So What’s In Anti Aging Toothpaste?

A mixture of bovine extracted bimolecular proteins containing, placenta, membrane, tissue and organic cells – WHAT?? Why would I want to brush my teeth with that??

Also Yeast containing B complex, Vitamin C, Rathania and Johanniskraut oil, Kiesel acid, fluoride, aromatic oils, and sea salt. It also contains parabens, chemicals used as preservatives, but then so do most other toothpastes. It also has hormones, vitamins, RNAs (ribonucleic acids).

What Are The Benefits of Anti Aging Toothpaste?

According to the manufacturer, it helps the mouth to repair and regenerate all of its tissues, keeping teeth and gums healthy, improving blood supply and saliva production and helping to prevent bad breath and general infections.

It also prevents bleeding gums, infections, inflammations, paradontosis, loose teeth, bad breath and pain – but then, so does regular brushing with any toothpaste.

Sorry, I won’t be giving you the link to this one – you can Google it under “anti aging toothpaste”.

Growing Old In Our Society Today

In our quest for the Fountain of Youth, perhaps some consideration should be given to how society is going to react to all of us “age defying” seniors.

I recently came across an excellent article written by Bob Moos of the Dallas Morning News, which covered the new book by the famous Dr. Robert Butler called The Longevity Revolution.

The American public seems to be in denial about growing old and our society as a whole is not ready for the millions of Baby Boomers about the reach old age.

Many things were covered in this article and such topics need to be addressed NOW if we are going to enjoy our senior years as the healthy, happy and productive people we want to be. Some of the topics covered were:

• Ageism – we talk about racialism and sexism, but what about ageism? How many jokes have you heard about John McCain’s age?
• Financial Security – did you know that almost half of the Baby Boomers have retirement savings of less than $50,000?
• Medical Care – in addition to the rising costs and the poor state of our health care system that we already know about, there are not enough physicians being trained to treat diseases of aging.

It’s obvious that more and more seniors will continue to have to work. Our society will have to change its present stereotypes about older employees in order to accommodate them. Not all of us can hide behind our computers and the internet (like me!).

GOOD NEWS

Dr. Butler isn’t all doom and gloom. He’s come up with some innovative ways to meet the challenges of the aging population. And he feels that the Baby Boomers who were so instrumental in making changes in the 60s can do so again.

I say, “Hear! Hear! Fight On!” I’m ready to dust off my beads and flowers – where do I sign up?

Scary News About Alzheimer’s

A new report has just been released by the Alzheimer’s Association that states that 1 out of every 8 Baby Boomers will develop Alzheimer’s.

How scary is that?? Over 10 million people will develop the disease that is now considered the 7th deadliest disease in the country.

What gender does Alzheimer’s affect the most? It looks like women are at greater risk than men.

It’s going to be a huge strain on the health care system, which isn’t doing too well to begin with. And most people don’t have long-term care insurance.

Plus the government has cut spending on Alzheimer’s. They currently only spend $640 million on Alzheimer’s research, compared to $5 billion on cancer and 3 billion on heart disease. That will make it tougher to develop new drugs to help with the disease.

You don’t want to wait until a new drug is developed, do you? Turns out, there may be a connection between cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s, which means diet and exercise may be helpful in prevention.

Is there any Good News?

Some think that the predictions may be too high. Baby boomers are healthier, more active, better educated and wealthier than their parents.

There are other studies that have been done with supplements and mental acuity exercises that seem promising. I’ll be writing about those later, so be sure to subscribe to the blog email updates to find out what you can do to help stave off this deadly disease.

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