Need to stock up? Whether you work from home, want to be prepared for emergencies, or need to self-isolate have these foods in your kitchen. Eat well to stay healthy. Dry Goods Grains: Whole grains like oats, brown rice, quinoa, wheat berries and spelt keep well. They are healthy, filling and are easy additions to most meals. Pasta: Whole wheat …
Boost Your Immunity
With the 24-hour updates on the latest outbreak of the coronavirus, you may feel like permanently wearing latex gloves, or trying not to touch anything at all. Keep washing your hands and remember these three things that can improve your immune system and your health. First, sleep. Get 7-9 hours of sleep. Research conducted in Germany has linked a good …
Are you fit enough?
Ok, I admit that I love to exercise and I know the people in the photo above do too. We understand the benefits that come from doing one workout. Never mind the ongoing returns from a minimal investment of an hour a day. While many people view exercise as “another thing to do” it is one thing where you get …
Our Protein Obsession is Killing Us
Where do you get your protein? Should I eat more protein? What about protein powders? Heard everywhere, daily. While collectively we are obsessed with protein it is not doing us any good. Let’s start with Keto The Keto diet, the latest incarnation of high protein, low carb nonsense that Dr. Atkins promoted, has been ranked one of the worst for …
Resolutions #notfail
It is the third week of January and most people who have made a resolution to change have given up. 65% of people say they make resolutions and the day that people tend to give up? January 17th. This is according to the popular fitness tracking app Strava. They reviewed 108 million users and found that January 17th is the …
Baseline
Start with a few simple baseline measures of your health and fitness to see your progress. These can keep you accountable and motivated to stick with your plan, because it all adds up and seeing your progress makes it easier to stick with your new habits!
Happy & Healthy 2020
Ready or not it is a new year and a new decade! As I mentioned at the end of last year it is time to make some changes and thanks to your feedback this what is coming for the new year. Survey says Thank you for taking the time to answer the survey, it is very helpful. In summary, you …
Belly Fat and Your Brain
Are you worried about your waist line? It seems like many people are thinking about theirs. Type “belly fat” into google and you get 130 million results indicating that you are not alone. Visceral fat, the kind you find around your organs, is active and can have a serious effect on our health. According to Harvard Health excess abdominal fat, …
7 Ways to Choose the Right Personal Trainer for You.
Seven tips for choosing the right personal trainer for you.
Moderation Doesn’t Work
It is the season of excess. Everywhere you go there are high calorie, high fat, sugary snacks. It is easy to stay up too late, skip workouts, and overindulge in just about everything, which brings me to the next instalment in The Top 12 Worst Things we are doing to our Health. Moderation. Moderation in all things is not particularly …