It’s the eternal question; why don’t we crave things like Brussels sprouts, parsnips and kale? I think it has something to do with the fact that they taste awful, but I’m no nutritionist. Our cravings are both generalized (sugar, salt) and specific (double chocolate chunk ice cream, those chips in the round tube, glazed donuts,…
Well, January and February 2021 are in the books…wait, what? When did that happen? It happened while you were bingeing on Netflix and ignoring that resolution you made back at the start of the year. But do not despair, good reader, there is no rule that states resolutions can only be made at the beginning…
Also known as an alligator pear (green, leathery and bumpy skin), the avocado, from a nutritional standpoint, us truly amazing. It is also quite versatile as it can be sliced, mashed, spread and, in oil form, used in cooking. They originated in South and Central America and their seeds were found buried with Incan mummies…
We’ve all been there before; you hit the snooze button one too many times, the dog needs fed and walked (and you’re out of poop bags), and you need to fix your face and dress the top half of your body for a Zoom meeting that starts in 20 minutes. Then your significant other reminds…
Yeah, I get it, jogging or walking numerous loops around a high school track sucks. Riding a stationary bike to nowhere is as boring as watching endless episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. You’d rather eat slugs than throw weights around or do push-ups, burpees and planks. However, there’s good news. Exercise, like most…
As all of my readers know, I am not a fan of the term “diet” to describe a plan to lose weight and/or improve health. Diets imply something that is temporary, that once the desired pounds are shed or cholesterol level achieved, you revert back to your “eat anything,” unhealthy self. You then put the…
Yes, while engaged in forest therapy you might hug a tree, but you will also participate in so much more. Forest Therapy has its origins in Japan, where it is referred to as shinrin yoku (translation: forest bathing), in the early 1980s. It was a response to all the stress related problems associated with its overworked…
The next big health, fitness and weight loss thing for 2021 is here and it’s called intermittent fasting. The simple definition of intermittent fasting is going a moderate amount of time without eating on a regular basis in order to coerce the body to burn stored fat more efficiently, and there is some evidence that it…
Resolutions, goals, plans, aspirations, intentions, aims, designs, whatever you call them, they should all have two things in common; they should be challenging and capable of being achieved. It does me no good to set the following resolutions: “I will get my basketball skills on the same level as LeBron James in 2021.” Or “I…
Needless to say (then why say it?), this winter is a bit different than any other. During the winter months we tend to become more sedentary and eat in a more unhealthy manner due to the holidays and being stuck inside. We also contract various illnesses, such as the common cold and flu, that we…