Super Age

Sweet, crisp apple meets toasted walnut crunch and a sharp arugula finish. It’s a simple formula for a salad that’s as nourishing as it is fast to make. This peppery arugula salad brings together crisp apple, toasted walnuts, and tangy goat cheese or gorgonzola for a dish that’s as easy to make as it is satisfying. A quick maple-Dijon vinaigrette ties it all together, adding just the right balance of sweetness and bite. Skip the heavy dressing and let fresh ingredients do the work.

A daily handful of walnuts is linked to better cognition, less oxidative stress, and a lower risk of age-related decline. Your heart and gut may benefit, too. Walnuts do more for your long-term health than almost anything else in your pantry. Not just another nut to overlook in your trail mix, they’re a stand out snack when it comes to [noo-tree-uhnt den-si-tee]nounA food’s concentration of beneficial nutrients per calorie.Learn More: Nutrient Density and the associated health benefits.

A nutrient found in common foods may strengthen your immune system and improve vaccine response. As our bodies age, our immune systems become less effective. It’s not just that fighting off infections gets harder; vaccines also produce a lower response in older adults, leaving them more susceptible to the diseases they should be resistant to. But scientists have discovered that a compound found in some common foods may help wake our immune systems back up.

Most workouts are designed for a man’s body. Here’s what actually works for women. Women are not small men, and their training shouldn’t look like a scaled-down version of a male protocol. The female body has its own hormonal architecture, its own relationship to muscle and bone, and its own set of signals for building strength, especially in midlife. Once you understand how those systems actually work, the path forward gets a lot clearer. First, every woman should be building muscle and endurance.

A simple dietary addition — one that most Americans skip — could singlehandedly slash your blood pressure. Want to decrease your risk of hypertension by 30% without medication? The answer could be simple: eat more legumes, such as beans, chickpeas, lentils, peas, and edamame.

Florence Comite, MD, has run a [lon-jev-i-tee]nounLiving a long life; influenced by genetics, environment, and lifestyle.Learn More practice since 2005. She’ll put decades of research to the test as a Founding Athlete at the Super Age Games.

Rebellion Body’s team is 44 members strong. At 75, one member says she’s learning new tricks to age better than ever. When Brittney Levine imagines stepping into the New York Armory Track at the Super Age Games, it’s all in slow motion. “I see the movie montage of us walking in, our matching shirts on,” she says. “It’s like tunnel vision. Cheering each other on.

Unpacking the cellular engine that turns food into fuel, why it fades with age, and what keeps it running. The first symptoms often appear sporadically before becoming your new normal. The favorite workou5t that once boosted both your energy and metabolism now leaves you wiped out until dinner. The 3pm crash that seems to be steadily creeping closer to the lunch hour. The way you can’t quite bounce back from a bad night’s sleep, a hard work week, or a minor cold as quickly as you once did.

4 min read Aug. 7, 2026 By Michele Ross Download PDF Your 30s and 40s are when you build the body you’ll live in decades from now. That applies to muscle, bone, metabolic health — and, increasingly, your brain. New research suggests your vitamin D status in midlife may influence how your brain ages decades later. The key finding?

Omega-3s and B12 get most of the attention in the brain health space, but experts say it’s time to stop overlooking an under-the-radar nutrient: choline. Scientists already knew that choline, an essential nutrient found in eggs, fish, meat, cruciferous veggies, and some beans, is important for metabolism and early brain development. Now, newer research is exploring a more specific link between choline levels and anxiety.