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  • Exercise can be the difference for retirees

    Dr E KIRSTEN PETERS|Updated Nov 1, 2012

    I don’t know about you, but I find it all too easy to sometimes come up with a reason I just can’t exercise on a given day. I tell myself that my life is too crowded with work and meetings, or that I’m too tired from sleeping poorly the night before. Mind you, if I do exercise I always feel the better for it. But there is what a scientist might call an “energy barrier” to finding what it takes within myself to go for a swim at noon or a significant walk after work. I find that as I get older, it’s not easier to come up wit...

  • We’re eating our way into trouble

    Dr E KIRSTEN PETERS, Contributor|Updated Oct 4, 2012

    Lots of us have observed that foods that are good for us – broccoli and bean sprouts – don’t trigger intense cravings. In the late afternoon, when my energy is low, I want a cookie or a piece of chocolate, not a green pepper. Similarly, when I walk around the grocery store, I go through the meats and produce section without feeling deep cravings for the food I see. But when I get to the bakery, all bets are off, even if I’m not hungry. These patterns of cravings are significant because what we eat affects our health so much...