Peg’s Blog
Food & lifestyle ideas to keep you healthy
What Is Your Relationship with Food?
Sooner or later, but mostly in adolescence, you may have started comparing your body to others. You made those comparisons and for most of us who judged ourselves harshly, you came up short on the comparison end. This became reinforced by the media’s way of suggesting we’d be happier, more good looking and shapelier if we just counted our calories and looked like some celebrity or the prettiest or most handsome kid in the classroom.
Eat Food, Not Additives
With kids going back to school and parents needing to fill their lunch boxes, cross these items off your list and scroll to the bottom to find some healthy suggestions from me:
A Guide to Healthy Eating for Lifelong Wellness
Food Becomes You can help you with that goal of a living a long and healthy life. Think of developing a healthy way of eating early in life as your personal health retirement plan. The earlier you adapt healthy habits, the greater the chance you will avoid the diseases of aging. After all, these diseases are all preventable.
What I Like about Noosa Yoghurt
I’ve been looking for a yogurt that tastes good, doesn’t have unnecessary added ingredients and digests well. That combination is hard to come by. I decided to try Plain Noosa and am very happy with it. Here’s why:
Wellness and You: Summer Salad Inventory
What would it be like for you if you consistently enjoyed a generous serving of leafy greens along with a wide abundance of colorful vegetables on your salad plate most summer nights? Imagine the freshness, the variety of flavors, and the nourishing benefits that come with this healthy habit.
A Simple Quiz
Here's a quick and simple quiz designed to help you thoughtfully evaluate your current food habits and gain insight into how they may be affecting your overall energy levels throughout the day.
Free Report: Simple Steps for Eating Well
Successful longevity starts early in life. Seventy percent of your health outcomes are influenced by your lifestyle, and the daily food choices you make play a significant role in your ability to prevent disease and maintain a high quality of life.
On the Holiday Weekend Road Again....
With 4th of July weekend upon us, I've written up some tips for healthy snacking on the road. Even road stops have some things worth eating, but you’re best off packing your own.
Wellness and You: Learn How to Prevent Falls
Can you stand on 1 foot for 6 seconds? If so, you dramatically reduce the risk of falling.
More than 1 in 4 adults over the age f 65 fall each year. And if you fall, this in itself heightens the risk of future falls.
Ask Wellness and You: Should I Eat Carbs ?
Carbs in vegetables can be calculated in two ways: total carbs and net carbs. The total carb is the units of carbohydrates from any given vegetable; the net carbs are those same vegetables minus the amount of fiber in those vegetables.