High Cholesterol could mean “heart attack”, but you can fight that with lifestyle changes!
Posted in Exercise, Fitness, Food, General, Health, NutritionDrs. prescribe statins for people to lower their cholesterol to reduce their risk for heart attack or stroke. While they can be effective, they also have the possibility of unwanted side effects. Among the list of side effects include muscle tiredness, weakness, or pain, digestive problems, mental fuzziness and possibly liver damage. I have had […]
Facts about the vitamins in your foods and what they do for your health.
Posted in Fitness, Food, General, Health, Nutrition, VitaminsIf we would take seriously that food is information to the body maybe we would work on sending better messages. I recently offered Part One of a class I called Vitamins A-Z about what your body needs. I will be sharing this class with you over my next several blogs. I started with the fact […]
Grab and Go Anti Inflammatory Foods
Posted in Fitness, Food, General, Health, Nutrition, VitaminsHello again, I hope you have been reading and taking notes from this series of “Grab and Go” foods. My goal is to help you see that making healthy food choices can be as fast and easy as grabbing packaged goods. It all starts with a change of information. I want to help, so take […]
Grab and Go Antioxidants
Posted in Exercise, Fitness, Food, General, Health, Nutrition, VitaminsYou have probably heard about antioxidants before, or maybe not? The prefix anti means against, and oxidation is what antioxidants are against. What is oxidation? I will explain it as best I can. Oxidation is a chemical reaction where electrons are transferred from one molecule to another, and that is as scientific as I’m going […]
Grab and Go a banana and some nuts
Posted in Fitness, Food, General, Health, Nutrition, VitaminsI’m all about making life simple when it comes to eating. That does not fit everyone’s style, but if that is you then you are going to like my grab and go series that I’m working on to give you ideas for quick meals or snacks when you are on the run. You have probably […]
Apples and Boron for Osteoporosis
Posted in Exercise, Fitness, Food, General, Health, NutritionOsteoporosis is a very real concern for many women especially past menopause. I know none of us want to end up with broken hips or any other broken bones for that matter. We need several things to have strong bones. From the nutritional perspective we need calcium and vitamin D. Most of us know where […]
Grab and Go: Starting with A is for Apple
Posted in Food, General, Health, Nutrition, VitaminsWe are so busy all the time, aren’t we! So many obligations and time constraints that we don’t often have the time to prepare our meals. I will be talking about things we can “Grab and Go” in my next several blogs. Today let’s talk apples. When I was young there was a saying, “an […]
New Year New You…again
Posted in Exercise, Fitness, General, Health, NutritionI have read that getting fit is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions, if not the most popular. I don’t know if it is still a “thing” to join a gym in January because you want to start the year off on the right foot, only to have those best intentions – for many solid reasons – fail. Is […]
Are you interested in learning what the nutrients in your food can do for you?
Posted in Food, General, Health, Nutrition, VitaminsHead, shoulders, knees and toes, eyes and ears and mouth and nose… as the song goes, but we are missing some important things, and that is the topic of my upcoming presentation on vitamins and minerals, starting with A-C. Are you aware that every function of the body is unique and requires fuel. Vitamins […]
Burgers and Fries
Posted in Food, General, Health, Nutrition, Vitamins
Most of us Americans grew up eating burgers and fries whether made at home or bought from a fast-food variety and many of us still love a good burger. In the ’80s much of the facts you heard about nutrition were that fat was bad and carbs were good because they had no fat! What! […]