When you go to the gym it is easy to try to do the exercises faster, but what you really want is effective technique. Get the most out of your time at the gym with good form. These are three exercises that are often done incorrectly and are also ones that can give you the biggest gains if you do …
Is it fun?
Number 8 on the list of The Top 12 Worst Thing we do to our Health Fun. We aren’t having enough fun. Are you doing the activities you think are fun? Do you get outside and go for a ride, run, hike, just for the joy of doing it? I do think that some people use exercise as an atonement …
You can’t hack it.
You can’t hack your fitness. You have to earn it. Google “hack your fitness” or “get fit fast” or any variation on that theme, and you will get millions of results. In the latest instalment of The Top 12 Worst Thing we do to our Health hacking your fitness is a popular one. With fitness, like many other things, you get …
3 food choices that change your brain.
There was a time when we considered our brain and our body as separate. We realize now that this is not true. What we think, what we do, and what we eat, has an effect on our whole system, brain, heart, guts, everything. There are many ways that our food choices affect our brain health, but here are three ways …
FAQ about Meal Plans
If you think that making a meal plan will be too difficult to follow, but it doesn’t need to be. Meal plans can make life easier, make prep more efficient and keep your good eating habits on track. Common questions about meal plans include:
We are #1
When it comes to packaged foods Canada has the highest salt content. The George Institute for Global Health analyzed more than 400,000 food and drink products around the world and rated them for calories, salt, sugar, saturated fats. As well as protein, calcium, and fibre. Processed foods are becoming the biggest selling food products around the world and are having …
FAQ’s About Plant-Based Diets
What is a plant-based diet? A plant-based diet or plant-forward diet means eating plant foods rather than animal-based foods. With the focus being on choosing fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, whole grains, and beans over other foods. You may or may not eliminate other foods from your diet, but it is primarily based on plants. What is a whole-food, plant-based diet? Often referred …
The F Word
It is not what you are thinking. I talked about fear recently, the other F Word and how it holds us back from living. I listed a variety of random things that I am afraid of and I have thought of a lot more since then, but what I am truly afraid of is the F word. It is happening to more …
Plant-Based Nutrition Plan
Back to school time feels like time to get back to a regular schedule. Even the man and I have a new fall plan and cleaning up our diet… in other words, no more lemon cupcakes for a little while ? Summer is full of time spent on patios and outdoor events, which it should be, but now it feels …
Fear Factor
It’s not what you are thinking. I went to this interesting documentary, Voices of Fear a few weeks ago and it got me thinking. What am I afraid of? Voices of Fear The documentary is about extreme athletes’ relationship with fear, and it is about Kristen Ulmer. Kristen was the first female, big mountain, extreme skier. She wrote a book …
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