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Study Proves Women Over 50 Have the Biggest Hearts
It’s the holiday season: a time of year when most of us think more about giving than receiving. And of all the demographic groups, which one do you think gives the most? If your answer is “American...
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Losing Weight After 50: Is “Intermittent Eating” Right For You?
I don’t believe in dieting. I do believe in eating well: lots of dark, leafy greens (kale is my favorite!); small amounts of red meat; as little of the “white stuff” (sugar, white potatoes, white rice)...
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Superfood Kale Fuels Good Health
I’ve recently discovered something new about myself: I have an addiction to kale (well, at least that’s what my husband tells me). I eat it, drink it, write about it. I’ve been known to dream about a...
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The Best Fashion Advice I Ever Got
Barbara Grufferman and pal Gunther get ready to appear on the Today show. Fashion should be fun, not frustrating. And it should definitely not be frumpy. But once I hit my 50s, I started feeling...
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3 Ways to Get in Shape – Fast!
My husband calls me the Queen of Empiricism: I don’t believe something works until I try it myself. For example, I didn’t think my body would ever bounce back after I turned 50. By that milestone...
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The No-Surgery Face-Lift
Plastic surgery, Botox, fillers – anything (and everything!) to help us look prettier and perkier is on the rise. Why? It’s simple: We’re living in a society that puts a premium on being young, or at...
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Birkenstocks: Awful or Awesome? Weigh In!
I do my darnedest to ignore articles in trendy magazines and style blogs about this shoe or that shoe being suddenly back in vogue. (If you ask me, everything eventually becomes a “must have” again.)...
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Fit in Five Minutes
The way Gretchen Reynolds kicked off her recent New York Times article made me jump for joy – then jump into my jog togs: Running for as little as five minutes a day could significantly lower a...
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Take a Deep Breath – and Possibly a Food Supplement
Do you feel swamped by “Eat This, Not That” advice? I love today’s instant access to all kinds of nutritional information, but sometimes it merely leads to confusion. Every morning, it seems, yet...
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How to Dress for a College Tour
Any high-school junior or senior about to accompany her or his mother on a college tour will feel understandably nervous about fitting in. Not about how they’ll fit in — they’re going to be just fine —...
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Hot Shoes to Make You Look Cool This Summer
It’s time to kick off those wintry black booties and fuzzy Uggs and put a little spring — OK, summer — in your step! Unless you live below the 35th parallel, last winter was cold, wet, dreary and long,...
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5 Ways Better Posture Can Brighten Your Day
Grandma used to nag at me to straighten up my spine To act respectful and read good books To take care of what was mine” Carly Simon may have resented the advice her grandmother gave her in “The Carter...
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10 Ways Learning to Knit Can Make You Happy
My no-nonsense German grandmother tried to teach me how to knit when I was 12 because she believed that knitting and crocheting were keys to happiness. Why? First, because the lucky people who received...
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5 styles of black shoes now making a fashion statement
These bow-backed d’Orsay pumps are part of the suede kitten-heel trend. Three of my favorite fashion muses — Cinderella, Dorothy Gale and Carrie Bradshaw — taught me it’s all about the shoes. Here are...
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3 Ways to Get in Shape – Fast!
My husband calls me the Queen of Empiricism: I don’t believe something works until I try it myself. For example, I didn’t think my body would ever bounce back after I turned 50. By that milestone...
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The No-Surgery Face-Lift
Plastic surgery, Botox, fillers – anything (and everything!) to help us look prettier and perkier is on the rise. Why? It’s simple: We’re living in a society that puts a premium on being young, or at...
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Birkenstocks: Awful or Awesome? Weigh In!
I do my darnedest to ignore articles in trendy magazines and style blogs about this shoe or that shoe being suddenly back in vogue. (If you ask me, everything eventually becomes a “must have” again.)...
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Fit in Five Minutes
The way Gretchen Reynolds kicked off her recent New York Times article made me jump for joy – then jump into my jog togs: Running for as little as five minutes a day could significantly lower a...
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Take a Deep Breath – and Possibly a Food Supplement
Do you feel swamped by “Eat This, Not That” advice? I love today’s instant access to all kinds of nutritional information, but sometimes it merely leads to confusion. Every morning, it seems, yet...
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How to Dress for a College Tour
Any high-school junior or senior about to accompany her or his mother on a college tour will feel understandably nervous about fitting in. Not about how they’ll fit in — they’re going to be just fine —...
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