I love making the Baby Beet and Quinoa salad featured below. It's not only beautiful to look at but amazingly nutritious as well. The Ancient Romans used beets as an aphrodisiac. They contain the mineral Boron, which is related to the production of human sex hormones. Beets also purify your blood, naturally cleanse and detoxify your body. Most people cut off the leaves … [Read more...]
4 Healthy Aging Habits for Women Over 50 to Start Today
If you’re a regular reader at BabyBoomster, you’ve probably been inspired by the energetic take on growing older without growing old: viewing age as just a number and recognizing that we’re only as old as we let ourselves feel. With that in mind, here are 4 healthy aging habits that can help women over 50 stay healthy, strong, and sharp for years to come: 1. Just … [Read more...]
Sitting with Norman Lloyd – The Oldest Living Working Actor
For the past few years, Doug and I have been attending a 4th of July gathering up in my old neighborhood - Beachwood Canyon, under the Hollywood sign. We arrived early this year and sat down at tables in the backyard decorated fancifully in red, white and blue and nursing lethal (but great-tasting) Sangrias. An elderly man sat next to me regaling the other guests with stories … [Read more...]
Kale and Quinoa Casserole with Chickpeas – Vegetarian
I was asked to bring a potluck dish to a blogger potluck party that could be made in under 30 minutes so I came up with a vegetarian Kale and Quinoa Casserole with Chickpeas. It turned out to be popular. The benefits of eating kale Kale is one of those foods that's been trending ad nausea. To be honest, I was almost to the point of never wanting to hear about it again. … [Read more...]
60 Minutes Segment Reveals How to Live to 90 and Beyond
Did you catch the 60 Minutes segment a while back with Lesley Stahl called "Living to 90 and Beyond?" It profiled the University of California Irvine (UCI) 90 + study on aging, which observed seniors over 90, who lived in Laguna Woods, California, previously known as Leisure World. The segment revealed how people can live to 90 and stay active and healthy. In the 1980’s, … [Read more...]
