Americans are often chastised for what we eat. Now we’re getting a pat on the back. A new report finds seafood consumption is up by nearly a pound from the previous year, the biggest leap in 20 years.
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San Diego native Megan Olbur didn’t grow up eating much seafood beyond tuna sandwiches, fish sticks or the occasional salmon dinners her parents made. But in 2015, when Olbur became pregnant with a daughter of her own, she heeded the advice of her physician and deliberately began adding more seafood to her diet as a way to boost brain development and to ensure the health of her growing baby.
It turns out, she wasn’t alone in upping her fish fare.
According to the annual Fisheries of the United States Report released by NOAA last week, Americans increased…
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STOP IT!
Seriously Stop it already. Stop quitting. Stop telling yourself the story of why you can’t achieve your goals or why this is too hard, or why this isn’t for you. You know that voice that takes over when you start that new exercise program and it says, “This isn’t for me, (after the first week) I just need to walk a little more first or maybe start riding my bike.” The truth is we all know that won’t happen. Sure you will quit, because quitting is what you do, but that walking thing you are going to start doing instead, that isn’t going to happen, well at least not for long. You have made quitting your habit. As my 6 year old daughter says when she does something she is good at.. “This is my jam.” You have made quitting your jam and you are exceptional at it. You can be reading this and saying, this guy is an A—hole. That could be very true, but if it pisses you off then I encourage you to take a deeper look as to why. STOP creating that same pattern so your story can be, “I have tried EVERYTHING and NOTHING EVER worked!” Yep, keep quitting, keep making that story true so you can sit with it and be the victim of how workouts, coaches, t…
Source http://evolutiontucson.com/is-quitting-your-jam/
STOP IT!
Seriously Stop it already. Stop quitting. Stop telling yourself the story of why you can’t achieve your goals or why this is too hard, or why this isn’t for you. You know that voice that takes over when you start that new exercise program and it says, “This isn’t for me, (after the first week) I just need to walk a little more first or maybe start riding my bike.” The truth is we all know that won’t happen. Sure you will quit, because quitting is what you do, but that walking thing you are going to start doing instead, that isn’t going to happen, well at least not for long. You have made quitting your habit. As my 6 year old daughter says when she does something she is good at.. “This is my jam.” You have made quitting your jam and you are exceptional at it. You can be reading this and saying, this guy is an A—hole. That could be very true, but if it pisses you off then I encourage you to take a deeper look as to why. STOP creating that same pattern so your story can be, “I have tried EVERYTHING and NOTHING EVER worked!” Yep, keep quitting, keep making that story true so you can sit with it and be the victim of how workouts, coaches, t…
Source http://refineryfitnesspdx.com/lifestyle-changes-to-boost-immunity/
After last week’s post about how to boost immunity with food, I wanted to spend this week talking about lifestyle changes we can incorporate into our lives to help improve our immune systems. I am a big believer in trying to look at all the possible factors that contribute to our health. Below are some factors to keep in mind as our body is inundated with foreign invaders during this winter season.
- Get Your Sleep: Be sure to get between 7-8 hours of sleep a night. Decreased sleep has been shown to decrease production of flu fighting antibodies.
- Spend time with your loved ones: Make time for the people who matter in your life. The more isolated you are, the more stressed you are likely to be. Stressed people are more likely to get sick (see number 3). A recent study found that having at least 6 connections with other people raises your ability to fight an infection by 4 times.
- Decrease Stress: People who experience chronic stress have increased likelihood of acquiring illness and increased signs of inflammation in the body. Cortisol, the stress hormone, increases inflammation, increases weight gain (especially around the belly) and suppresses the immune system.
- Avoid sugar: Eating just 75-100 grams of sugar a day curbs immune system cells that attack bacteria. Consuming the equivalent of just two sodas reduced the ability of white blood cells to engulf bacteria by 50%, decreasing it ability to …
Source http://refineryfitnesspdx.com/lifestyle-changes-to-boost-immunity/
After last week’s post about how to boost immunity with food, I wanted to spend this week talking about lifestyle changes we can incorporate into our lives to help improve our immune systems. I am a big believer in trying to look at all the possible factors that contribute to our health. Below are some factors to keep in mind as our body is inundated with foreign invaders during this winter season.
- Get Your Sleep: Be sure to get between 7-8 hours of sleep a night. Decreased sleep has been shown to decrease production of flu fighting antibodies.
- Spend time with your loved ones: Make time for the people who matter in your life. The more isolated you are, the more stressed you are likely to be. Stressed people are more likely to get sick (see number 3). A recent study found that having at least 6 connections with other people raises your ability to fight an infection by 4 times.
- Decrease Stress: People who experience chronic stress have increased likelihood of acquiring illness and increased signs of inflammation in the body. Cortisol, the stress hormone, increases inflammation, increases weight gain (especially around the belly) and suppresses the immune system.
- Avoid sugar: Eating just 75-100 grams of sugar a day curbs immune system cells that attack bacteria. Consuming the equivalent of just two sodas reduced the ability of white blood cells to engulf bacteria by 50%, decreasing it ability to …
Source http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/10/weekend-reading-joy-santlofers-food-city/
Joy Santlofer. Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York. WW Norton, 2016 (publication date: November 1)
I wrote the Foreword to this book:
When Jonathan Santlofer asked me to write a few words of introduction to Food City, written by his late wife, Joy, I felt sad but honored. Joy, my friend and colleague at New York University, died unexpectedly in 2013, leaving this book—her life’s work—to be completed posthumously by grieving family and friends.
Food City is a tribute to the memory of a wonderful person, but it is also a very good book, standing easily on its own as a welcome contribution to food history and to the field of food studies. In her work at NYU, first as a master’s student and later on our faculty, Joy discovered evidence of New York City’s food manufacturing past and began writing about this largely unexplored topic. She published her discoveries as short pieces that formed the basis of this book and also of her work as editor of the journal of the Culinary Historians of New York.
For those of us who use food to explore the most pressing social, environment…
Source http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/10/weekend-reading-joy-santlofers-food-city/
Joy Santlofer. Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York. WW Norton, 2016 (publication date: November 1)
I wrote the Foreword to this book:
When Jonathan Santlofer asked me to write a few words of introduction to Food City, written by his late wife, Joy, I felt sad but honored. Joy, my friend and colleague at New York University, died unexpectedly in 2013, leaving this book—her life’s work—to be completed posthumously by grieving family and friends.
Food City is a tribute to the memory of a wonderful person, but it is also a very good book, standing easily on its own as a welcome contribution to food history and to the field of food studies. In her work at NYU, first as a master’s student and later on our faculty, Joy discovered evidence of New York City’s food manufacturing past and began writing about this largely unexplored topic. She published her discoveries as short pieces that formed the basis of this book and also of her work as editor of the journal of the Culinary Historians of New York.
For those of us who use food to explore the most pressing social, environment…
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