A recent article in The Times yesterday focused on the Cross Fit dating scene in New York City. Although I’m not a Cross Fit Athlete, as a triathlete I understand how much sport is such a core part of one’s life, it makes sense that one would date, and potentially end up with a […]
Read More ›Watch Out! Paleo could be dangerous, according to a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald. “The chief executive of the Dietitians Association of Australia, Claire Hewat, says there is no scientific evidence to support eating the Paleo way.” Hmm… is this any surprise, given how the ADA also regards this approach which opposes many […]
Read More ›Last night at a dinner party, I sat next to a gentleman who shared how he’d recently lost thirty pounds. Not atypical when someone finds out what I do for a living, asking my opinion on the manner in which the weight was shed as well as asking some questions about what one might […]
Read More ›Wow. Not necessarily the most profound word but it really sums up, in a nutshell, how I feel after just having completed the first component of my education as a yoga teacher, the 200 hour Teacher Training. Yoga is something I’ve practiced for a long time, not as a main component of my daily or […]
Read More ›“I had a Paleo breakfast this morning!”, exclaimed a friend I met for lunch the other day. She and I had been chatting about her nutrition habits when she asked whether I thought Paleo could help her low energy level without ‘causing her to lose weight’ since she’s already quite slim. When I assured her […]
Read More ›My favorite dish as a child was shrimp scampi. Whenever we’d go out to dinner, which wasn’t very often, it was my go-to choice, hands-down. Back then, of course, I ate it as it came- over linguine with the traditional garlic butter sauce but as I learned about cooking and Paleo it became very easy […]
Read More ›Being the dog-lover, and canine mom (can I still say that, even though both our kids, Graham and Daisy are no longer with us?) that I am often quite disheartened to learn what people are feeding their dogs. Not that surprising when the humans aren’t eating well themselves, but very much so when someone has […]
Read More ›With all the confusion that comes with the growing popularity, and subsequent permutations of Paleo, it’s important to find ways to determine what is, and is not, a healthy option for a True Paleo regime. One easy way to make this determination is to count the number of steps it took for the item to […]
Read More ›I felt so sad to hear a young man with whom I was having a conversation with about his fitness and nutrition regime. He had quite a good regime in place, no less. He seemed to really understand the concepts of how to eat properly throughout the day as well as what to eat around […]
Read More ›What a perfect combination: yoga + your sport. But even if you’re not someone who’d consider themselves an athlete, read on. Yoga is for all of us. Since I began the first part of my yoga teacher training, the 200-hour course, I’ve grown to love yoga in more ways that I ever could have […]
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