If you do, congratulations! You are a member of a very exclusive group. I spent last weekend at the (virtual) American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s (ACLM) annual conference and one of the speakers asked the following question, Why do we talk about chronic disease and not chronic health? Dr. David Katz, past President ACLM Good question Would it make a …
Old or young, eat well to live longer
There is a common misconception that when you are young you can get away with unhealthy habits and as you age you need to be more careful. While the consequences of your bad habits are not immediate, they still change your future health, regardless of your age. Younger adults may eat more fast food because it is cheap and easy, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Fitness vs Age? 5 tips to feel younger.
When it comes to ageing some of the expected decline may be due more to lifestyle habits and less to do with getting older. Here are 5 ways to feel younger for a longer time. Sleep. 7-9 hours a night is critical for keeping our brain functioning properly. If your brain isn’t functioning, nothing is going to work. Sleep cleans …
Never been a better time.
A friend sent me an email the other day. It said, “Shayla your work will be doubly important and challenging after this COVID thing is done with us.” I appreciated the feedback. It reminded me in a very real way how our health can change for better or worse based on what we do today. Right now I have many …