Normally, September feels like a new beginning. After years of being trained to get back into a routine in September, this year does feel quite a bit different. The anxiety around what the future may hold can take a toll. Physically and mentally many of us have reached peak coping capacity. Even exercise which can be an effective coping mechanism …
Over 50? An orange a day keeps the doctor away
An orange a day could keep the doctor away in the most unusual way. For most people eating an orange would seem like a healthy snack and a good way to get a dose of Vitamin C. Both of those are true, but the benefits may also include keeping more of your muscle mass longer. Having more muscle mass is …
Good news to start your week
Three good news facts to start your week. 1. Chocolate is good for your heart. Eating chocolate once a week lowers your risk of heart disease by 8%. The polyphenols and flavonoids in cocoa seem to keep blood vessels healthy, reducing inflammation and improving cholesterol levels. 2. Whole carbohydrates improve type 1 diabetes. Plant-based diets filled with fruits, vegetables, grains …
3 Ways to Improve Longevity
Most people want to extend their lifespan, but shouldn’t we think about extending our healthspan first? Healthspan, according to Merriam-Webster, is the length of time that you are healthy—not just alive. Extending our healthspan means compressing our worst health into the shortest and latest possible time in our lifespan. Spending most of our time able to enjoy what we love and less …
A horrible warning.
Too much of a good thing is still too much. With the cold, wet weather and the fact that the gyms and the pools are closed, I had been running most days. At the beginning of this year I had a goal to do 2020 km of running or skiing for 2020. We had a great ski season, but I …
Habits: 3 Ways your eating habits change your future.
I was listening to a podcast about changing your habits and someone, sorry I can’t remember who, said, “Bad habits take from your future, good habits take from the present moment.” Brilliant. We aren’t great at ignoring the immediate rewards of a bad habit, so we often borrow from our future. Our good habits don’t often come with an immediate …
Plants & Protein
Anyone who eats an animal-free diet has heard the following words, “Where do you get your protein?” I’m not going to answer that now because I have done many times before, here and here and here. Where is not really the question, because it turns out that protein is in so many foods. In fact, The Harvard T.H.Chan School of …
Health is more than what you do
Personal health is on everyone’s mind right now. Not that long ago we didn’t think about infectious disease and many people didn’t think much about chronic disease either. I make a few assumptions about you when I write these blog posts. I assume that you are safe, that you have a home, money to buy food, that you are educated …
Range
There is now (almost) a complete range of products that satisfy anyone’s need for a burger. From Very Good Butcher, Beyond Meat to Memphis Meats, you soon will be able to choose from plant-based burger, a veggie burger that cooks and bleeds like meat, to a real meat burger with no factory farms or slaughterhouses. There is also a complete …
Vitamin K aka Kale
Vitamin K deficiency isn’t something we hear about. In fact, any news about Vitamin K is pretty rare. Vitamin K is actually two vitamins. K1 is important for blood clotting, and K2 is important for keeping our bones healthy, regulating cell growth, and preventing the calcification of our arteries, which is critical for preventing heart disease. In a study of …