Blog Posts
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Demystifying Myths and Challenges in Healthy Eating
Ever tried to change your diet and given up? Find all the information out there is confusing and unless you’re eating some extreme diet you’re unhealthy? With all the diet quick-fixes and advertisements for specialty diets it easy to get frustrated and uncertain what to eat, but maybe, just maybe, a good diet doesn’t have…
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Is there strength in being vulnerable?
The other week I saw a cardiologist who specializes in the electrical pacing of the heart (this keeps the heart beating or if not working well, leads to irregular heartbeats and palpitations). I saw him as my palpitations with exercise had been re-emerging. This happened even though I was taking my beta blocker meant to…
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When Exercising, Motivation gets us Started, but Discipline Keeps us Going
It’s 6 am. You’re alarm goes off. It’s dark outside and you can hear the rain pelting against the window. Time for your exercise. How many times has this happened and you’ve laid in bed debating whether to get up and go for that run or bike ride? Or even whether to brave the short…
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Why is it so hard to exercise?
When it comes to exercise, we all know it’s good for us, and that we should do it, but many of us don’t. Some people desire to do more, but that’s about it. It’s recommended that all adults get at least 20-30 minutes per day of exercise. That’s really not that much yet globally 31%…
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How Active You are Now Can Effect Your Ability to Live Independently Later
Take a moment to think about your death. It’s one of the few things in life we know will happen. How do you picture it? Are you surrounded by family and friends? Are you at home? Are you asleep (this is what I hope for)? Few of us will picture ourselves in a hospital with…
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Unraveling Controversies in Nutrition
Trying to eat healthier? Are you conscious of your salt intake but can never get it low enough? What about fat? Is it now good to have? It seems that with nutrition, everything that was good is now bad and everything that was bad is now good. Or is it? For this podcast I’m joined…