Peg’s Blog
Food & lifestyle ideas to keep you healthy
Eat this not that after age 60
Eat This, Not That after Age 60
The Best Foods for Muscle, Energy and Bone Health
After age 60, eating well is no longer simply about maintaining your weight. It is about preserving your strength, protecting your bones and having the energy to keep doing the things you love.
Your nutritional needs change as you grow older. In fact, the older you are, the more important it is to eat quality food. Unless you eat well you are at risk of muscle loss and higher risk of illness from lack of quality nutrients. The good news?
RFK Jr. MAHA Report - Right or Wrong - We Know America's Health is in Trouble
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr,, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, released his first comprehensive report in the state of children’s health in America .
Learn some simple steps to improve your health and that of your loved ones.
Who Is Your Nutrition Guru?
If you’re like most women, you may follow a celebrity doctor or nutritionist with a huge following who is telling you exactly what to eat, when to eat it, and which supplements you must take to avoid dementia, osteoporosis, depression, sleep disturbances and so on. I know someone better to rely on.
Walking through Fire : Daring to Take Action
We went outside where a few people were preparing the fire. Flames were shooting high in the air, snapping and crackling as we sat on the cold ground watching, mesmerized by the bright flames, feeling a sense of warmth and awe. Slowly the flames grew shorter and within an hour settled down into a huge bed of coals and embers. The people raked them into a big circle with metal rakes. I watched.
Would You Cut Your Own Hair?
Would you cut your own hair? There are other things in life that need experts to help you.
How Do You View Nutrition?
Multiple research studies show small steps tend to be the most effective and lasting way to change habits. This is especially true with making nutritional changes and weight loss.
Your Diet’s Effect on Your Mental Health
Mental health is directly connection with nutritional health.
How Will You Prepare for Winter?
Prepare your body for winter through a series of very logical steps you may not have thought of.
A Look at Preventing Dementia as You Grow Older
Whether you are 30 or 50 or 70 or 90, the lifestyle choices you make impact your overall health, and that includes your cognitive health.
Habits
If you stepped back and looked at how you spend your day, what would you see? Most of us see a fairly predictable routine, with a few unexpected but manageable events peeking into our routine on most days.
In essence, most of our lives are built around habits. Some are very conscious habits while others may be things we haven’t given much thought to but we do them every day nonetheless.
Learn how habits may be the biggest indicator of weight and lifelong health.