Mom was right. We need to eat our vegetables.
So, quit hiding your peas under your dinner plate and stop handing off your broccoli to the dog. Hes already smart enough.
Veggies such as broccoli are brain food, according to an article in Good Housekeeping magazine. I agree, but I still make lists when I head into town to run errands... and check the mirror first for errant green stuff in my teeth.
One item on my sticky note is a book I want to add to my library; a fellow breast cancer survivor loaned it to me recently. This international best-seller Anticancer: A New Way of Life, validates what Ive been trying to do since my run-in with breast cancer more than 6 years ago: Eat my veggies and a lot more.
David Servan-Schreiber, and M.D. and PhD, reminds readers that we all have cancer cells in our bodies, but not all of us will develop cancer. But the way we choose to eat and the way we choose to live can equip our bodies to PREVENT cancer, which he helps explain in this video interview.
Before he had brain cancer twice this young scientist and doctor never considered the connection between the way he fed his body and how he stressed his body, with its inability to fight-off the disease. His epiphany and journey to health is intriguing. In my opinion, the evidence and arguments for participating in our own health are convincing.
Dr. Servan-Schreiber believes and so do I that our body has a natural capacity to heal.
If youre BC before cancer you probably never spend time reading about how to prevent the disease. Why should you when theres so much else to whet your appetite for reading? Best-selling fiction and entertaining magazines are like an array of tasty desserts at a midnight buffet. Given the choice who would choose to read something that appears to be as boring as broccoli?
Seven years ago, I wish I would have. You still can.
Please do as Mama Lucy says: "Read the book and eat your broccoli. Itll be good for you."
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PULLMAN — Dogs are loyal, playful, loving and sometimes cute as a button.
It’s no wonder we love them (some of us more than others, to be sure).
Dogs were likely among of the first animals we humans domesticated. They’ve been sitting around our campfires for a very long time. We train our dogs to sit, shake and lie down. It also could be said dogs train us to dispense kibbles, rawhide treats and scratches behind the ears. What matters isn’t which side comes out ahead in the exchange, I like to think, but that both sides benefit from our association.
Now is the perfect time
to start healthier lifestyle
Now is the perfect time
to start healthier lifestyle
We don't know why millions of Americans continue to ignore sound advice on how to be healthier and live better.
But the nation's obesity epidemic is ample evidence that many of us continue to disregard our self-interests when it comes to eating.
Most recently, we point to a study that shows half of Americans drink a soda or sugary drink each day.
Fast focus: Individual responsibility
Fast focus: Individual responsibility
Sitting at my table, reading the Sunday paper dedicated to 9/11 memories ... suddenly there is a question totally unrelated. Should the government try to limit your sugar intake? Excuse me. Who is responsible for what I eat and drink? Certainly not the government. The obesity crisis in our nation boils down to each individual being a responsible human being. But we have raised a generation that has been taught it is always someone else's fault. If you have a health issue from eating too much sugar, then stop eating too much sugar.
-- Joy Bach, Kennewick
Brain chemicals hit below the belt
Brain chemicals hit below the belt
PULLMAN — If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to eat right and trim down, be forewarned that medical science shows your brain has it in for you and will actively promote your failure on two different fronts.
That’s not good news, of course, but you should know about it so you can strengthen your resolve as best you can.
Here’s the scoop. It’s relatively easy — particularly if you are significantly overweight — to lose a few pounds by reducing the number of calories you consume each day.
Brain chemicals hit below the belt
Brain chemicals hit below the belt
PULLMAN — If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to eat right and trim down, be forewarned that medical science shows your brain has it in for you and will actively promote your failure on two different fronts.
That’s not good news, of course, but you should know about it so you can strengthen your resolve as best you can.
Here’s the scoop. It’s relatively easy — particularly if you are significantly overweight — to lose a few pounds by reducing the number of calories you consume each day.
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