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October 1, 2026
Creatine After 40: Is It Worth Another Look?
For years, creatine had a certain image. You probably pictured a giant plastic tub sitting beside a gym bag belonging to a 22-year-old guy who spends an impressive amount of time looking at his biceps in the mirror. But creatine has grown up. Researchers are increasingly interested in what this familiar sports supplement may offer the rest of us, particularly as we get older and maintaining muscle and strength becomes more important. Why Strength Matters More Than You Think As we age, maintaining muscle becomes about a lot more than appearance. Strength helps us climb stairs, carry groceries, get up from the floor, travel, play with grandchildren and continue doing the everyday things that make life enjoyable. That’s why resistance training becomes increasingly important as we get older. Research suggests that adding creatine to resistance training may lead to greater improvements in lean tissue and strength than resistance training alone. Notice the important words there: adding creatine to resistance training. Creatine isn’t replacing the workout. So, What Does Creatine Actually Do? Your body already makes creatine, and you also get some from foods such as meat and fish. Most of it is stored in your muscles, where it helps your body produce energy quickly during short bursts of effort, like lifting weights or climbing a steep hill. Creatine supplementation increases the amount available to your muscles, which can help with repeated high-intensity efforts and support the work you’re doing in the gym. It isn’t a stimulant. It isn’t a steroid. And…
Why Is Losing Weight So Hard After 50?
Do you find that losing weight is more challenging as you get older, especially after 50? Then you’re not alone. It’s frustrating and discouraging to see less than desirable results on the scale after so much hard work and effort. Luckily, you can do a few things to move the needle in the desired direction. …
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Are You Managing Stress Or Is Stress Managing You?
Stress affects everyone, even superheroes. There’s no escaping it. According to The American Institute of Stress, about 33 percent of people report feeling extreme stress 77 percent of people experience stress that affects their physical health 73 percent of people have stress that impacts their mental health 48 percent of people have trouble sleeping because of…
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What Good Is Retirement If You Don’t Enjoy It?
Do you dream of retiring one day? What do you imagine life will be like when that day finally comes? Lazy days at the beach? Living in an RV traveling from coast to coast? Exploring the world? Taking dream vacations? Or perhaps more time to serve your community of faith? Retirement means something different to…
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Two More Easy Ways To Stay Healthy During Cold and Flu Season
You might be sick and tired of hearing about pandemics, endemics, masks, vaccines, boosters, and the granddaddy of them all: social distancing. Ugh! But that doesn’t change the fact that we’re in the cold and flu season. So, staying healthy is still a top priority. Our last post shared how hand washing is your first…
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How To Protect Yourself From The Cold & Flu
In an age of social distancing and masking up, the last thing you want is to take foolish health risks and catch something (not that you ever do). With so much talk about the pandemic, it’s easy to forget that we’re in the cold and flu season. We want to do everything we can to…
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5 Ways To Stop Feeling So Shy
Is it really such a bad thing to be shy? Shyness used to be seen negatively as an unpleasant emotional state related to loneliness or social anxiety, a perspective that is being questioned. If you consider yourself shy, you’re not alone because about 40 to 60 percent of all adults consider themselves shy, according to…
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In A World That Needs More Compassion…
Sympathy. Pity. Concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. Mercy. Grace. Forgiveness. These are things that seem in short supply these days. In a word, we’re talking about compassion. Have you ever met someone who was all heart, whose very presence brightened the world? And thought, wow, we could use a lot more of…
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Three Powerful Habits of Highly Compassionate People
Don’t underestimate the power and strength of being compassionate. Just because a person is compassionate doesn’t mean they’re soft or weak. Compassionate people are confident, resilient, and even fearless. Here are a few habits and qualities of genuinely compassionate people. They Don’t Take Things Personally Compassionate people know that life happens, and people make mistakes;…
Learn MoreSix Ways To Enjoy Retirement More
What do you imagine when you dream of retirement? Beach house? Traveling the world? Time to enjoy your hobbies and passions? Finding happiness in retirement goes far beyond relaxing in your chair and sipping your favorite beverage. Here are six crucial tips to enjoy retirement more. Safeguard Wealth With Budgeting Everyone knows that money can’t…
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5 Ways To Improve Self-Connection & Be Happier with YOU
One of your most important relationships is the one you have with yourself. Maybe even the most important. Of all the articles and books on healthy relationships, how many deals with improving your connection to yourself? Not many, that’s for sure. The kind of relationship you have with yourself influences everything in your life. It determines how…
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Are You Aging Well? Here Are Six Ways To Know
There’s an old saying that goes, “You only live once but if you do it right, once is enough.” Age is more than the number of the candles on your birthday cake. It doesn’t matter if you’re blowing out forty or fifty or sixty candles if your well-being is youthful! Aging well isn’t just about…
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4 Ways To Trigger The Happy Chemicals In Your Brain
How happy do you feel? How happy do you want to feel? And, do you believe feelings of happiness are out of your control – that your circumstances and world events determine how happy you’ll feel in 2022 and beyond? What if… experiencing sustainable happiness was as simple as deciding to feel happy? What if you took control and…
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