Aging Mothers-Adult Daughters: Dreams of Chocolate
Just about everyone dreams of eating chocolate. Well, not everyone. My husband is someone who really doesn’t care for it that much. But recent research brings some interesting news for the rest of us — a little indulgence may be OK.
According to an August 16, 2010 study, Chocolate Intake and Incidence of Heart Failure: a Population-Based, Prospective Study of Middle-Aged and Elderly Women (that would mean senior moms and adult daughters), moderate habitual chocolate consumption is “associated with a lower rate of HF [heart failure] hospitalization or death.” The study, led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (affiliated with Harvard Medical School) and published by Circulation: Heart Failure, examined the diets and heart failure outcomes of more than 31,000 women between the ages of 48 and 83 over nine years.
Becoming A Grown-up Child
One day in April 2007 my husband and I were the adult kids in our families — we are the only adult children
— and the next day we became what we laughingly call “real grown-ups,” helping first one, then two, and increasingly all three of our parents. It’s time to give back, and we do so willingly and happily. However the process is not easy, and it is not free from anxiety and tension. Check out the As Our Parents Age About page to learn more about the mission of this blog.
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