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Mar 27, 2023, 3:20:14 PM by [Kin Leung](https://blog.abclonal.com/blog/author/kin-leung)
## [Healthy Eating as a Way of Life](https://blog.abclonal.com/blog/healthy-eating-as-a-way-of-life)
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It has gotten harder as I've gotten older to keep the weight off, and I miss the days when I could eat all I could eat at buffets and not gain a single pound. I'm still not that big, but definitely have a bit of the #DadBod and my [HbA1C](https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/managing/managing-blood-sugar/a1c.html) count suggests that I'm bordering on prediabetic even as my cholesterol levels stay within established norms. It's a sobering reminder that as we age, the body simply can't be as efficient as it used to be, and even for those folks still far from "middle age," it makes sense to set up good healthy habits that will persist throughout however much time we have left on this blue marble flying through space. Being National Nutrition Month at the time of this writing, now is as good a time as any to reset reasonable dietary goals without having to go full cold turkey.
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Jul 18, 2022, 11:59:58 AM by [Kin Leung](https://blog.abclonal.com/blog/author/kin-leung)
## [What to Think About Zinc: An Essential Element for Healthy Living](https://blog.abclonal.com/blog/what-to-think-about-zinc-an-essential-element-for-healthy-living)
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Perhaps we only think of zinc as the [extra element in our coins](https://www.usmint.gov/learn/kids/coins-life/coin-composition) to keep manufacturing costs down, or as that random clip from the Simpsons about [a world without zinc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1iCZpFMYd0). Aside from thinking it is a wacky sounding word (I did look up the [etymology](https://www.etymonline.com/word/zinc) and it is rather appropriate!), we just don’t consider zinc as being all that important. Once the pandemic hit, though, I noted that Costco was marketing their zinc supplements a lot more, and after doing some extra research, I bought some to add to my diet.
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