Nutrition and Fitness For The Life You Live Now
Posted in Gluten-Free, nutrition, Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2011
Batman has Robin, Sherlock Holmes has Watson, Shrek has Donkey, Frodo has Samwise, but celiac disease isn’t as single minded. Sometimes, regardless of how much we wish celiac disease was a loner, there’s more than one sidekick to accompany it. And while a sidekick can be thought of as a good thing, some people who [...]
Posted in Gluten-Free, nutrition, Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2011
Carbs are very BFF. For those of you hoping that stands for Best Friend Forever, guess again. Carbs are Body Fat Friendly. And if we eat enough of them, they lead to the dreaded BFF…a Big Fat Fanny. Or as my geek friends and I used to tease, “Who you calling a fatty acid?” Carbs [...]
Posted in Gluten-Free, Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2011
Patient: I’m extremely tired all the time. Doctor: I can prescribe something for your depression. Patient: I’m not depressed. I’m exhausted. (…and potentially have sore muscles, achy joints, headaches, and a painful gut.) Doctor: Wanting to sleep a lot is a sign of depression. Patient: It’s also a sign of being sick. Doctor: I can’t [...]
Posted in Gluten-Free, nutrition, Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2011
When I started planning this series, I realized that some of what needs said isn’t going to be liked. Sometimes you’ll immediately identify with the things I talk about and think, Oh! Me too! But at other times you may actually think, No! I don’t want to hear that! There is no one right way [...]
Posted in Exercises, fitness, nutrition, Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2011
A lot of you made New Year resolutions recently and have been working toward them. Since this is about the time that many people start to get a little sloppy with the plans they made, I’m going to drop a little reminder about your most important ally. So who is your most important ally? I’ll [...]
Posted in Exercises, fitness, Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2010
This was originally posted in the RMAX Magazine – Volume 7, Issue 5. Hello Fellow RMAX’ers, While deciding the topic this issue, I did a search for “health” on the internet thinking that it might help me to know what’s on the minds of most folks. The results were interesting, but almost all of them [...]
Posted in Gluten-Free, nutrition on Sep 9th, 2010
You don’t crave green veggies but you don’t like the effects your actual cravings are having on your body. So what do you do about it? Give your body what it needs, and then give it what it wants. You thought I was going to tell you to never again eat any of the foods [...]
Posted in nutrition on Aug 27th, 2010
We’re continuing with our exploration of THIS post. Salt plays a role in lots of functions throughout the body—fluid balance, electric impulses (nerve and muscle function), and helps form the hydrochloric acid that helps you digest your food. Before the food that most people eat became so processed, salt carried other minerals with it. If [...]
Dominic in KC wants to know: I’ve always thought it was odd that we crave so many foods that are bad for us (salty, sweet & high fat) & we seem to naturally avoid the things that are good for us (at least in my family & most people I know). Why is that? I [...]
Posted in Gluten-Free, nutrition, Recipes, Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2010
We explored the importance of cooking in the last article and at least some of you expressed interest in learning more about spices and seasonings. I’m going to group the spices under general “types” of foods. While some types are left out, I did so only because I have less experience with them. As always, [...]
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