Lifestyle, food and health articles
Different strokes for different folks was all I could think of when assigned this week’s topic. One of the joys of swimming are the different strokes one can employ to break up the monotony and to work different muscles. Just think of the possibilities: freestyle …
Upwards of 80 percent of American adults and adolescents do not engage in enough aerobic physical activity to meet minimum government recommended guidelines. Healthy habits, like any habit, begin at a young age. Children model the behavior of the adults in their lives and if …
As we all know, summer can be a relaxing and hectic season simultaneously. There are calm evenings spent on the back deck enjoying the company of friends and family while enjoying a well-earned beverage, while there are also days filled with travel, sight-seeing, planning, youth …
You are not walking enough…probably. You are also probably not walking fast or often enough. Research consistently reveals that most American adults do not get enough aerobic activity, which includes walking, and that same research reveals numerous health benefits that are derived from regular walking …
It’s summer, the season of sun, more daylight hours, vacations, cookouts and fireworks. It’s also the season of disrupted daily schedules, ignored diets, and excuses for overindulgence. However, with just a bit of forethought and determination it is possible to maintain and meet your fitness …
Last week I wrote about stress, its origins, and how our body negatively reacts to it, so it only seems logical to discuss how best to deal with stress in our increasingly stressful lives. Obviously, the best way to avoid stress is to eliminate its …
“Use it or lose it” is a popular maxim that can apply to a lot of things, especially things related to your body and aging such as various muscles, libido, and, in this case, mental acuity, cognitive ability, brain function or whatever they’re calling it …
Before I begin the list, let’s start with the definition of a “life hack.” Near as anyone can tell, the term was coined in 2004 at a tech conference (duh!) in San Diego in reference to things which solve problems in a programmer’s life, unrelated …
Or pop, or Coke, or whatever you call it where you live, it can only mean good things for your health if you can get off it. However, quitting soda, like so many other things, is easier said than done. Perhaps if you had the …
11 weeks, that’s all you have until Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer. Are you ready to expose more of your body to the public? If you’re like most, the answer to that question is a definitive “no!” Not to worry, avid reader, …