Pull Your Weeds, Not Your Back, When Gardening

As autumn approaches, many people will spend more time outside enjoying cooler weather and preparing for the fall. Gardening can provide a great workout, but with all the bending, twisting, reaching and pulling, your body may not be ready for exercise of the garden variety. “A warm-up and cool-down period is as important in gardening [...]

Be Colorful…Reap the Rewards!

Be COLORFUL! Is it true that it’s important to eat different colored fruits and vegetables?? ABSOLUTELY! The different colors in our food represent the different nutrients that they contain. Foods rich in the color red often have the nutrient lycopene. They help fight heart disease and some cancers. Foods rich in green have many, many [...]

Sitting Posture

Some pointers for hours spent in the office chair: Sit up straight (seat back 10-15 degrees to seat pan) Sit back in chair Seat pan must be wide and long enough, with front drop-off to prevent compressing the back of the thigh Adjust chair for comfortable firm support (especially for the low back- best support [...]