There is one thing that is guaranteed in life, we are going to get older. Good nutrition is vital for everyone, every day, but as we age good nutrition is more important than ever. Even though we are less active in the later stages of life, eating well is vital to ensure our body gets the optimal amount of vitamins and minerals needed for a quality life. The need to eat quality food increases as we age. A lot of people nowadays rely on medication to help them live longer, but are these people enjoying a quality life? In my opinion I'd rather live longer and live well, than just live longer. In this article we look closely at nutrition changes for older adults, and also asked our nutrition expert Mel to help explain what modifications older adults may need to consider to remain as healthy as possible. She also shares some of her amazing recipe ideas to give you many ideas of how to make healthy food taste great. Enjoy.

Carrying a heavy load is arguably the most common strength activity we use in in life, and it is also one of the most challenging. Yet, it is highly under-rated and many do not even regard this as an exercise. When you understand just how many muscles and complex interactions are involved to perform this movement efficiently, you gain a better appreciation of how valuable this can be to use in a workout. This is an activity we use every day when we pick up the shopping bags at the supermarket, a suitcase when we go on holidays, lifting a wheelbarrow in the garden, and endless other activities at work and at home. Even in the gym itself we unknowingly require this movement whenever we need to carry our dumbbells or weight plates over to the area we intend to train. When time is designated to this as an exercise, and it is trained correctly, it can provide significant strength gains to the entire body that may protect you from serious harm in life. In this article we will show you how. 

There is tons of information about the physical benefits provided from exercise, but what is not fully explained and understood is the benefits of exercise to our mental health. It is fair to say we are becoming more aware of the need to address mental health problems, and several institutes like Beyond Blue and the Black Dog institute do a fantastic job of educating the community so we can gain a better understanding of how to treat these serious conditions. It has long been known that physical activity helps with depression, but even as countless number of studies and evidence supports this, there is inconsistency into what type of exercise is best, and how much is enough? These are some of the questions we investigated in this article and the results were very surprising.