From the monthly archives:
This past weekend, I attended a confab of women bloggers here in San Francisco. I thought I’d be the oldest one there, but I was fortunate to have participated in a “meet-up” of “Boomer & Beyond” bloggers and I met some terrific, wise women with pretty cool blogs. [click to continue…]
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I was surprised to read Dr. Andrew Weil’s comments about the fallacies of taking some natural remedies to alleviate menopausal symptoms in his “Dr. Debunker” column in the latest issue of AARP Magazine. After all, isn’t he known as a leading proponent of natural medicine? [click to continue…]
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There seem to be an onslaught of books and articles about the importance of appearing younger that are targeted to women in their 50s, which means ME!!! I 
didn’t realize that I was in trouble until I read Jesse Kornbluth’s review of Charla Krupp’s, How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger on his blog, Head Butler. Kornbluth, who usually tackles more literary and intellectual content, felt compelled to call his readers’ attention to this book due to the social and economic fallout that happens to women when their beauty declines. Ouch! [click to continue…]
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Did you catch Tara Parker-Pope’s Health column in the New York Times on Monday of this week? She listed the “11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating,” according to Jonny Bowden, PhD, nutritionist and author of The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth. With all the “best foods for you” lists out there, you’d think there wouldn’t be any surprises. But here are five that you might not know about:
If you link to the column, be sure to read the comments posted by 673 readers (so far), which I found to be just as informative and entertaining too. Clearly, some people are weary of “authoritative but haphazard” lists of “miracle foods” but others contributed to the discussion and asked good questions that Dr. Bowden responded to.
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