The Monday to Friday routine is usually well structured and helps to maintain a diet and exercise routine with ease. Then the weekend comes along and whatever structure we once had during the week gets tossed to the side. It happens to the best of us. There are the family dinners, meeting up with old […]
It has only been in recent years that the discussion of nutrition may play a part in mental health. There are countless accounts of individuals claiming that they tend to feel more energized, have better sleep and think clearer when consuming a balanced diet. Eating five servings of fruits and vegetables per day was associated with […]
As many of us have already noticed, muscle mass decreases as we progress through life. As early as the fourth decade of life, adults lose 3%-5% of muscle mass per decade. The rapid occurrence of the decline increases to 1%-2% per year after age 50. Having toned muscles is more than having the confidence of wearing […]
Where Did the Term Meatless Monday Derive From? Meatless Monday was launched in 2003 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The first non- U.S city to go meatless on Mondays was in Ghent, Belgium in 2009. Following that Sir Paul McCartney brought the idea to the UK. Since then, about 36 countries […]