Yes, an online article from THE Mayo Clinic on going veggie.
Tofu fajitas???
Eat More Nuts
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Blogs/LifestyleMedicine/55500
I have to admit as a child I rarely ate nuts. The closest I got to a nut was peanut butter…on pancakes. I added more tree nuts to my diet when I drank beer in bars. The good bars always had good nuts. That’s where I discovered my love for cashews. I would pick all of the cashews out of a bowl of mixed nuts. Still do.
This Medpage article offers up a short summary of the clinical evidence for higher nut consumption. I eat a small handful of nuts daily.
Cashews and peanuts.
Happy Holidays 2015
I haven’t been a very good boy this year Santa. It seems every year is the same. I want to write more and dig some more recipes out of my brain but life gets in the way. This year was both good and bad for me. While I’d like to blame aging and memory loss, the truth behind the lack of words was something else. A child leaves the nest. My best friend died this year. Around the same time I was adjusting to additional hours needed for a second work project. I look back, especially at this online journal and can see when the writing stopped.
But as it always does we humans change and adapt. The words are flowing again. The recipes are popping up and asking “Did you write me down yet?” I’ve adjusted to my new normal and changed my shopping and cooking habits. There are more slimmed down recipes to serve two.
Santa, I will be a better person next year. I need to finish writing the book I promised the boys when they were in high school.
Teaching Students to Cook Now Makes Them Better Doctors Later
Lifestyle factors — including nutrition, physical activity and stress — are critical determinants of health and, when poorly managed, can cause a veritable pandemic of chronic disease and unsustainable health care costs. Yet despite overwhelming connections between lifestyle factors and disease, most medical schools lack a cohesive approach to helping students translate their basic science education into practical patient advice and care.
via Teaching Students to Cook Now Makes Them Better Doctors Later.
I’m not quite sure if I actually taught my offspring how to cook. But having a role model certainly helps. My father did all the cooking when I was a kid. One day I asked, “Why do you do all the cooking?” and his reply was,
“You’ve tasted your Mother’s cooking. Survival.”
I taught myself how to cook because I thought all Dads did the cooking. Don’t they?
Dean Ornish: Can Healthy Eating Reverse Some Cancers? : NPR
Dean Ornish: Can Healthy Eating Reverse Some Cancers? : NPR.
At the grocery store the other day I was asked if I was a vegetarian. I said no. When I thought about the correct answer, I really had no answer. There’s not really a good word to describe my eating habits. Most weeks two thirds of my meals are meatless. I avoid processed foods and fast food restaurants. I guess I try to eat less bad food and more good health enhancing foods like whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, less animal products, and more craft beer.
I stumbled upon this old TED talk this morning. If you are not familiar with the work of Dr. Dean Ornish, this short video is a great place to start.
A Longevity Diet? Learning From the Blue Zones | Senior Planet
Summary:
- high carbohydrate diet centered on whole grains
- beans
- eat less
- eat more earlier in the day, less at night
- drink alcohol
- socialize
In my 20’s I was vegetarian for about a year and a half. I managed to drive everyone around me crazy with my soapbox rants about how eating fast food burgers were the root cause of rain forest clearing for livestock grazing in Central America. I’ve mellowed with age and no longer rant endlessly about the health benefits of a plant based diet. I eat almost anything I want, just more of some things and a lot less of other things. On a weekly basis, approximately two thirds of my meals are meatless. Bean burritos are a staple, along with homemade bean soups and hummus. Plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, complex carbohydrates, some good craft beer. I eat differently than I did growing up. But I guess that’s obvious given my history of losing over 200 pounds.
Good article and audio. Check it out.
via A Longevity Diet? Learning From the Blue Zones | Senior Planet.
From Paleo To Plant-Based, New Report Ranks Top Diets Of 2015 : The Salt : NPR
For the fifth year in a row, the government-researched DASH diet (an acronym for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) ranked No. 1 overall diet. It’s similar to the Mediterranean diet: heavy on fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy, whole grains, poultry, fish and nuts.
via From Paleo To Plant-Based, New Report Ranks Top Diets Of 2015 : The Salt : NPR.
Rather than just another recipe for my first post of 2015 I have posted a link to a story on the best diet for optimal health. Eat well. Live well. Stay healthy.
What 200 Calories of Every Food Looks Like – The Atlantic
I know that Chipotle burritos are extremely caloric, but I’ve managed to convince myself that the burrito bowl—all the cheese, guac, and juicy beef, but without the tortilla wrapping—is practically a health food.
No need to work out today, I walked up the Metro escalator! And sure, eight drinks a week is technically “heavy drinking” for women, but I’m Russian.
via What 200 Calories of Every Food Looks Like – The Atlantic.
Go to the article for some sample pictures. If you dare.
The Dreadful Inconvenience of Salad – The Atlantic
The Dreadful Inconvenience of Salad – The Atlantic.
A start-up will contribute an interesting answer to the million-dollar food-policy question: If healthy food was as easy as junk food, would we eat more of it?
Salad from a vending machine.
Breakfast of Champions: Why New Jersey is Crazy for Pork Roll Serious Eats
Breakfast of Champions: Why New Jersey is Crazy for Pork Roll | Serious Eats.
The best article I’ve ever read about pork roll.
garyskitchen.net 