Tag: nutrition as medicine
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Podcast: Lunch Salads, Walking, and Vitamin D: You need them all
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. My favorite lunch is a salad, and not the same salad every day. I like to change things up. Restaurants know that a salad is not exciting so they spruce it up with high calorie toppers and dressings. Often, they have more calories than a sandwich and fries. But,…
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Blogpost: TGIF
Being tired is not a reason to cancel the morning walk according to my inner rules. But I really didn’t feel it this am. So I made a deal that I would only walk our 5 k challenge and then call it. Out the door we went. I was a little out of kilter from…
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Blogpost: Back Pain and Walking
Everyday. Everyday. Why not practice moving everyday? Your knees don’t wear out from walking. They wear out from muscle loss and imbalance that leads to wear and tear on the joints. Inflammation causes pain. Take inflammatory foods out of your diet and those bad knees will not hurt so much. Back pain is one of…
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Blogpost: Celery Fields Running
Our next race is in the mountains of Georgia. Up and down over 56 miles with somewhere around 16,000 feet of climbing and equal descending. So we decided to do our Sunday long run at a place called Celery Fields in Sarasota, Florida. It is a county owned park that began as flooding mitigation fields. …
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Blogpost: Saturday Long Run Musing
We are almost half way through the wellness practice 5k challenge and we are seeing some great results. People are starting to walk and people’s times are improving at the same effort. We are planning a celebration 5k on April 30, 2024 for all of the practice members that will share the practice motto of…
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Podcast: Why Gary Player is an Outlier
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. This is the weekend of the Masters Golf Tournament. To begin there was an honorary start with Tee shots by Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tom Watson. Gary is the oldest at 88. He was the most spry and energetic. As a student of the game of golf, I…
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Blogpost: Windy Walking
Three-o and I walked mostly today. Trying to avoid the trap of faster faster faster and take a step back. We watched a little white dog from a distance that was not too stressful and called it a success. Sophie took over at the 2.6 mile mark and we did run 30 second stretches just…
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Blogpost: Grateful to Be Able to Walk
I don’t have time to walk is like saying I don’t have time to breath. It is one of the biggest moments we celebrate with our children. If they can walk, it is going to be ok. Their brain body connection has grown to the point where they can stand, balance, and take their first…
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Blogpost: Walking to Fix Your Cholesterol
I read an article published by a Cardiologist this week that listed all of the combinations of medications to lower cholesterol and the percentages of reduction they achieved. There was not a a row for diet or exercise. He did not list the cost of those medications or the side effects. I have heard many…
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Blogpost: Running Challenge Update
April8 blogpost We are now into a week and weekend with our members daily 5k challenge. Some people run more and some are striving to get to 3.1 miles. Others are striving to keep their streak alive. The challenge is also to walk outside. We Floridians have an advantage, but around an hour outside is…