As we get older  maintaining our health becomes increasingly important and we really need to pay attention to our bodies.

I have talked about exercise a little but with exercise comes nutrition. There is a saying. "You can out exercise a bad diet" and it is absolutely true.  It is important to practice what is called clean eating.

Basically it means cooking and preparing your own food with fresh healthy ingredients. Avoiding processed foods at all costs.

Isn't that a lot of work you ask? Well yes. it can be and I am not a cook. So I eat a lot of salads which are quick and easy to prepare. I am not a vegan or a vegetarian but I  rarely eat meat or dairy for many reasons. Most of the meat we eat today is factory farmed... these animals are kept in inhumane conditions and they are given antibiotics and hormones for growth and to "prevent" disease and also the cattle used for meat and dairy production produce a huge amount of methane gas, a major contributor to climate change.  For me those are all good reasons to avoid meat and diary products. Protein can be found in many plants and eating meat is not a necessity.
 So if you can organic, eat fresh foods and stay away from junk food.

If that is too big a step at once, start small, meatless Monday is a good place to begin. Ditch the sodas, especially the diet soda. Instead of sugary snacks try a piece of fruit.

Let me know how you are doing?

Send me a note and I will send you some recipes.