Healthy blood circulation can account for much of the body's resistance to the adverse effects of aging. Through exercise and movement, we are able to flush out and clear elements in our blood that cause our bodies to age and our brains to deteriorate. Regular daily walks are a great way to keep your body and bloodstream fresh and clean. Tune in to hear it all!

As we get older, our bodies seem to accumulate aches and pains. This is a not a direct result of aging per se, but rather the price we pay for not moving enough over time. If one is experiencing pain in the joints and muscles, the simplest and most effect way to ease these and prevent more in the future is to get up and get moving!

In today’s episode, a listener named Polly asks whether painful joints and muscles are the price to pay for simply getting older. While age is a factor, Dr. Power says it’s more often the price to be paid for being immobile. He recommends some gentle exercises and stretches to lubricate the joints, with the added bonus of calming the mind too! Don’t miss this episode.

While the fate of our food from a digestion perspective is interesting to note, the topic is also one of deep medical interest these days. We have many billions and trillions of good bacteria that live in our large intestine but, unfortunately, because of the food we eat in our modern diets, there has been a quiet decline in microbiome or digestive biodiversity. Dr. Power says this is sadly associated with the current weight epidemic, but there is also a new awareness about gut health, known as digestive environmentalism. Tune in today!

Will a blueberry a day keep the doctor away? Not quite, but a cup or a fistful just might do the trick. In this episode, Dr. Power explains how eating one cup of blueberries a day has been proven to soften the stiff old arteries that pose a risk of strokes and heart attacks, and how easy it is to include blueberries in your diet and store them. Tune in today!

There is a range of masks in circulation in today’s new normal, many of which are cheap and thus have the potential to do the opposite of their intended use. Once a cheap mask is moistened by an infected wearer’s trapped breath and saliva, virus particles could remain viably infectious on it for days!

While the anti-social aspect of social distancing is undoubted, so is the efficacy of this practice as a technique to choke the spread of COVID. The loneliness that it causes must be taken seriously though, especially as it is felt in senior groups. Luckily, we can still keep in touch and show our affection in other ways, and it is important to keep doing so.

In the US, about 25% of folks believe that wheat gluten in their diet promotes weight gain, but on minimal scientific evidence. There is evidence to prove that avoiding calories helps with weight loss and that avoiding gluten helps gluten-sensitive people retain less fluid though. Tune in to learn more about what to avoid in the modern industrial diet if you are concerned about weight.

Many of us have been more tense and uneasy during this year and the global COVID-19 pandemic. This has been reflected in an increase in prescriptions for medication to aid anxiety and depression. While this may go some way towards making this unusual time more manageable, there are other routes to a more balanced mental state, tune in to hear it all!

While clearly prescribed and correctly used medications do not present a real risk to individuals, experimentation and self-medication can prove highly hazardous, with a threat of death. The lack of sleep and natural bowel bugs in our digestive systems, common in the contemporary world, reduce the human capacity for resilience and health. Listen in to find out about some recommended safeguards!