Lifestyle, food and health articles
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
If there was ever a time we needed a humorous distraction, this would be it. No matter if it is just you and the family this year (and I use the term “family” quite loosely. Your current family could include those in your care facility …
That’s an easy one, right? Just use less sugar in your recipe…next topic please. Wait, not so fast. Anyone who has ever baked before knows it’s not that simple. Sugar, of course, provides the flavor that makes sweets taste, well, sweet. What most non-bakers (like …