This week, read about the importance of sleep, simplified nutrition advice, pumpkin-spice bread recipe, and more. More Organizations Recognizing the Importance of Sleep The quality and quantity of our sleep can profoundly affect our mental, physical, and emotional health. Unfortunately, many of us sacrifice the sleep we so desperately need to squeeze more into each […]
Category Archives: Recipes
Healthy Pumpkin Spice Bread
I love pumpkin bread. In the Fall, Starbuck’s features a pumpkin bread that is very popular, and quite tasty. But after checking out this nutrition info (over 400 calories and almost 10 teaspoons of sugar), I realized it was quite the indulgence, and figured I could create something equally delicious that was more nutritious. In this recipe, I’ve […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about how being active helps your body deal with simple carbs, the importance of physical activity for academic achievement, soup’s on, and more. Being Active Helps Your Body Deal with Simple Carbohydrates Gretchen Reynolds (New York Times) reported this week about a new study showing that walking 12,000 steps a day (about 6 […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about how your environment can influence physical activity levels, a comparison of protein bars vs whole foods, the training of Olympic and world champion endurance athletes, a great muesli recipe, and more. Being Close to Traffic-Free Routes Encourages Physical Activity If you build it, will they come? Many studies have suggested that […]