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The first thing you might have heard when you woke up this morning is the sound of your alarm clock buzzing in your ear. Everyday our lives revolve around sounds yet most of us pay little attention to them. Sound is such a powerful yet underrated sense – most things in our world rely much Continue reading The Power of Sound and its Affects on our Health Eating expired lunch meat is one thing, but what about consuming packaged food that has passed its “best before” date? With so many people tightening their household budgets, it comes as no surprise that people are loosening their standards on often arbitrary expiry dates. That funky-smelling bologna? Toss it. But that canned soup might Continue reading Eating Food Past the Expiration Date If you are anything like me, squeezing in a trip to the gym is difficult. I often feel guilty about not exercising enough. By the end of the day after working, caring for my baby, cooking, doing household chores, and running errands I’m exhausted. Well, we might actually be burning more calories during the day doing normal activities than we think! I found a nifty little exercise and activity calculator from ProHealth which tabulates the number of calories burned doing various activities and exercises. Here are ten common household activities along with the number of calories burned if you were to do the activity for one hour. Get up. Eat Breakfast. Change into work clothes. Take the bus to work. See the same people on the bus. Go to work. Take the bus home. See the same people on the bus again. Eat dinner. Wash dishes. Relax. Go to bed. Repeat four more times before the weekend. This routine is a reality for many people with a regular 9-5 job. Although there is comfort in consistency, too much of it can be soul-wrenching and dull. The image of Popeye with his can of spinach has undoubtedly influenced the public’s perception of the leafy green vegetable as a “miracle” veggie. Spinach is often heralded as a vegetable high in iron — but what’s the truth? Is it really as good for you as people claim? “He’s strong to the finich cause he eats his spinach, he’s Popeye the sailor man.” We’ve all heard the term before and probably know someone with the condition. But how much do you really know about diabetes? And why the heck should you even care? Diabetes affects more than 17 million Americans and 2 million Canadians today and the number is increasing. This condition has been linked to over 200,000 deaths a year in the US and can also lead to stroke, heart attacks and even blindness. Many people are borderline diabetics, or have what some experts call “pre-diabetes” due to a sedentary lifestyle and fatty diet. Luckily for the majority of people out there, diabetes can be prevented with [*cringe*] exercise and a healthy diet. So what’s a sugar-loving couch potato to do? Well first, get off your gluteus maximus and get the old blood circulating already. But before you purge your household of all things sweet and fattening (aka delicious), read on… As a child my parents enrolled me in swimming lessons. A natural swimmer I was not—the chlorine stung my eyes and my asthma made it difficult to hold my breath for long periods of time. Somehow the timing of my swimming lessons happened to coincide with a cold or flu of sorts; I failed each level numerous times. By the time I was around 11 or 12 years old, I was head and shoulders above the other students in the class, and the weakest swimmer to boot. It was humiliating. Needless to say, I convinced my parents to let me quit swimming lessons even though my swimming skills were fair at best. I could do a mean back float, tread water for about 10 seconds and swim about 2 meters. |
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