Have a wonderful holiday and a happy New Year! Going someplace warm might be nice..... I'll be in town and in the office if you need me.... (I'd rather not travel but just give travel advice....)
We indeed are learning from our parents' mistakes. Heart disease is on the decline because we are smoking less, have better control on our blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol and we are exercising more....
Big trouble for us husbands.....This study examines adult women’s sleep quality and sleep routines in relation to pet ownership and bed sharing...Wives sleep better with their dogs (but not their cats) than they do with us.....
"Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper." Front loading your calories jump starts your metabolism and helps prevent obesity....
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Brrrrr....Winter has come....but being cold doesn't really get you sick. You need to come in contact with a cold virus to get that sore throat and cough... However, winter is associated with getting a cold because:
1) Cold viruses are more prevalent during January, February and March.
2) People stay indoors and closer together during the winter months. Hence, it is easier to catch another person's cold.
3) That hot, dry house you cluster in to stay warm is a perfect environment for the cold virus to thrive. They don't live outside the human body nearly as long during those wonderful summer days.
4) Being cold is associated with a drop in your immune status. Hence you become more susceptible to get infected by a cold virus if you aren't toasty...
Bottom line.....Hang in there this winter.....Don't keep your house too dry and too hot(special message to my wife) and dress warmly....
To ease your guilt about over eating at Thanksgiving,
The key to weight loss is diet quality; not quantity. You need to have a diet with more vegetables, more whole foods, less added sugar and less refined grains. I favor a diet with NO SUGAR.... It is easier to keep track....
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How to stay healthy while traveling: Don't over eat; don't over drink alcohol; squeeze in some exercise; get enough sleep; drink plenty of (bottled) water.....and be careful of under-cooked food...
No big surprise here: Exercise is good for you... 30 minutes a day, with some of the exercise being vigorous, is all it takes....
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Get your flu shot! It protects you as well as those around you.
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