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 …
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 …
How to stay young. 2 types of fitness that prevent ageing.
Exploring the changes in fitness that come with ageing. Is it age or is it due to lack of activity? In this episode of Ageing Ungracefully my co-host, Paul Sullivan and I explore what fitness changes are inevitable and what can be slowed with lifestyle. When people talk about fitness what exactly do they mean? The two types of fitness …
Vegan, Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Oatmeal Cookies.
It’s National Chocolate Chip Day! I didn’t even know that was a day. What could be better for Chocolate Chip day than cookies? Here is a quick and easy cookie recipe that is great with chocolate chips. Ingredients: 1/2 cup Vegan Butter1 cup Natural Sugar1 cup Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter1 tsp Vanilla Extract1 1/2 cups Organic Flour1/2 cup Organic Oatmeal1 …
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 …
Exercise in the Time of Corona
How active are you right now? Have you been finding it easy to maintain most or a modified version of your regular routine? Maybe with a little more time you are working out more than ever? Or maybe you can’t seem to get up and get moving? If you are finding it hard to stay active, don’t feel bad. A …
The New Normal
When things get back to normal, you may be thinking that a lot lately. Normal may be a bit different, at least that is what I am hoping. Recently many smart people have advised taking some time to figure out what it is that you want to keep or discard during this unusual time. A bit of spring cleaning for …