Putting malnutrition in perspective Do you know the story about Captain Cook making his crew eat sauerkraut on voyages to prevent scurvy? It turns out the commonly told story might not be quite right. First, there was the ever present trouble of how illness was reported. Second, Captain Cook was apparently very good at advocating […]
How to Eat and Not Gain Weight Through the Holidays
[Week 4 of 12 Weeks to a Healthy New Year] How to think about eating How you eat will affect how you feel. This, in turn, will affect how you continue to eat. It will also affect how active you are. I have four basic rules for eating: Eat things that taste good. Eat things […]
12 Steps to Staying Fit Through the Holiday Season
Week 0 of 12 Weeks to a Healthy New Year Awareness is half the battle. Not just awareness that there is a problem, but also awareness of what is causing the problem. This time of year in the northern hemisphere, we face the triple threat: inclement weather lack of daylight hours feasting Not only that, […]
26 Attitudes and Actions to Help You Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
If you want to avoid weight gain over the holidays, you need three things: a philosophy a goal a plan It might sound highfalutin, as an old cowboy might say, to speak of a philosophy about holiday weight gain, but it really just means thinking about what is important to you and why. If you’ve […]