Author name: Jill Strand

Ah, the holidays! Merriment, jingle-jingle, ho-ho-ho and a barrel of foods you shouldn’t eat but you give yourself temporary permission to be naughty. This is a challenge we all face, as work, shopping, planning, socially-distanced parties, family coming over, and stress can combine to make it hard to resist a few traditional treats, which lead […]

As we continue to face off against COVID-19, let’s focus on fortifying your body for battle by boosting your immune system. Today we focus on stress, water intake, and nutritional supplementation. Stress and Anxiety If you’re in a pressure cooker job with heaps of tension and drama in your personal life, how you respond to

Let’s focus on food to boost your immune system. What you eat can greatly improve your chances of successfully battling a coronavirus or other pathogen that dares cross your path! Here’s what the research shows…  • A varied diet of healthy, whole foods is the best source of nutrients. No individual food is the key.

As we continue to face off against COVID-19, let’s focus on fortifying your body for battle by boosting your immune system. For the next three issues, we’ll explore how exercise, nutrition, and managing stress combine to fight sickness. As you age, if you don’t exercise regularly (and eat right, and manage stress), your body’s immune

It might seem counterintuitive, but resistance training is the best way to lose weight and keep it off. ‘Lifting weights’ has a myriad of benefits you can’t afford to miss out on. Resistance increases muscular strength by making your muscles work against force. It can include free weights, machines, bands or your own body weight.

Keeping track of your fitness progress helps you adopt healthy habits. Tracking also allows you to see if what you are doing is working or changes need to be made. Here are some great ways to track your progress. Body Mass Index (BMI) A healthy BMI correlates with more energy, feeling good, and a decreased

As time marches in our lives, our natural gifts of movement have to be trained and retrained or they fade away. After so many years of being motivated mainly by how you look and the desire to lose weight, the challenge of replicating simple physical acts becomes a surprising focus. “Why aren’t we training to

Whatever your age or health status, one thing you have total control over is your diet and exercise. But common excuses like, “eating healthy is expensive” or “I just can’t eat veggies and protein all day long” or “I don’t have time for exercise”, can deter you from improving your diet and exercise routine.  Know

My health and fitness journey can be summarized in one word: restarting. On a Monday morning or the first of the month, I have fresh optimism. The benefits are almost immediate. Even 20 minutes of cardio increases my energy and uplifts my emotions. After a week or two, I build stamina and momentum. Then life