What we've learned about retiring early, health, technology, RVing and an active lifestyle.
Nothing changes without controversy. After the Canada Food Guide was changed several weeks ago, parties on both sides are discussing the pro and cons of the new guide lines. To me this discussion, illustrates the problem with the old guide. That it was influenced by special interest groups. I am not a scientist. My interest … Read more
Netflix has several videos on the state of our health and food supply. This is a review of a film originally released in 2011 called Forks over Knives. The title hints at its better to use your fork to improve your health than a surgery to correct a problem. I like to educate myself about health … Read more
The most balanced, least sensationalist Netflix Health show I’ve found is “In Defence of Food” by Professor of Journalism, University of California, Michael Pollan. That’s not to say there are not frightening claims made, there are but they are not sensationalized like in most other Netflix videos. I’m going to list my takeaways here to … Read more
If you are concerned about your health, what is a healthy diet or wondering if diets are healthy you should watch this webinar. Let Food by Thy Medicine Just in case, the webinar isn’t available I’ve attached my notes and screen shots from the video. This information is from a U of C webinar called Let … Read more
There are lot’s of lifestyle reasons why we eat after 6 PM. BUT, This can lead to: trouble sleeping as your stomach doesn’t have time to process It’s not fashionable. i.e. Only old people eat earlier. 🙂 It leads to emotional eating based upon being too tired to take the time to prepare healthy, whole … Read more
Where do I start? It can be a daunting decision that can freeze you into inaction. The most important thing is to start. It’s never too late. I have to say sooner is better. It was a decision that was forced upon me in my 40’s. I can confirm it is never too late. What … Read more
A Scottish Doctor, Margaret McCartney recently had an article in the Globe and Mail entitled “Don’t Fall Prey to the Cult of Wellness”. It was written a little light heartedly but contained many statements that I agree with. Here is the article. There are a lot of ideas that aren’t based on scientific evidence. I … Read more
For the last couple of years, Della and I have been pretty good about eating cleanly This Christmas season though, I sampled the odd chocolate or treat. That started something. Cravings started that were tough to ignore, especially at night. I know now that the microbiome has a lot of influence on me. Once those … Read more
We just returned from hosting at the Williams Lake Stampede Campground. We began early April and just returned October 12th. We’ve been super busy since getting back with repairing windows, hot water heaters, volunteering with CHAPS and Helping Hands, visiting, exercising, and updating this site from WordPress to a hosted site. There are lots of … Read more
A don’t miss event for us every year has become Banff Beavertail. It is Banff, my favorite place in the world. We had beautiful warm, sunny weather for our weekend stay. The Rimrock Hotel, half way up a mountain, just beside the Hot Springs pool and Gondola treated us like royalty. Mark Hair and Yvonne … Read more