Here are some helpful tips for feeling and looking your best in the New Year. Eat moderate portions. Don’t limit your food options, but be mindful of the amount and quality of your food. Ensure you’re eating a colorful diet and getting adequate protein to drive cell recovery. Slow down and chew your food well. This helps you enjoy your food and gives your body time to feel full, leading to eating less. Build your plate around plant-based foods; organic is great if it’s an option. Veggies … [Read more...] about Eating for a Healthier You in 2020
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Training for a Strong Heart, Body
Most everyone knows that there are many benefits to an individualized exercise program, but let’s elaborate on one crucial aspect of everyone’s ideal program: the heart. There is absolutely no excuse to neglect your heart muscle. It is our body’s most important muscle and functions much differently than any other type of muscle tissue. The heart’s efficiency can be characterized by the term cardiac output, which is measured by combining heart rate (HR) and stroke volume (SV). HR is the number … [Read more...] about Training for a Strong Heart, Body
Hydration and Exercise: How to Get the Right Mix
Hydration is essential to life itself! Our bodies especially need water, which carries nutrients to all cells and helps convert food into energy. Water protects and cushions vital organs, lubricates joints, regulates temperature and moistens the air we breathe. Indeed, water joins carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, minerals and fat as the necessary ingredients to live and thrive. In spite of this, clinical studies through the past 10 years have shown that nearly 75% of adults are measurably … [Read more...] about Hydration and Exercise: How to Get the Right Mix
What’s Good for the Heart is Good for the Brain
In honor of Active Aging Week 2019, we are thinking about all aspects of health and how tending to our physical needs can keep us going strong throughout our lives. One of the hardest-working muscles in your body – your heart – has a significant impact on the functionality of the body’s other organs. Your brain relies on your heart to deliver a continuous blood supply, so the healthier your heart, the lower your risk of developing dementia and heart disease. You can improve both your heart and … [Read more...] about What’s Good for the Heart is Good for the Brain
Redefining Wellness
Wellness is defined as “the quality or state of being healthy in body and mind, especially as the result of deliberate effort.” With fall just around the corner, the new season offers opportunities to redefine what wellness means to each of us and to set fresh goals. Aging well and living a full life that allows for balance, good health and happiness requires that we incorporate seven dimensions of wellness: Emotional: Being aware of and directing one’s feelings; coping with challenges and … [Read more...] about Redefining Wellness