Heart and Stroke Foundation Canada is promoting June as Stroke Awareness Month
and….how does that affects all? here some numbers:
Have you decided to prevent it for you and your loved ones yet?
https://www.heartandstroke.ca/16andunder
Since we are still in Vision Health Month, we cannot avoid to mention Bell peppers.
A green bell pepper is just an unripe yellow pepper, which is just an unripe red pepper (though some varieties ripen to yellow, not red).
Whatever to color they have they all have many nutrients that are good for you, Vitamin C, B6, Capsaicin, and certain enzymes. One of those, lutein, protect the eyes from cataracts and macular degeneration later in life.
Now, How do I eat them?
Ideally raw, you keep lutein and all the vitamins undamaged. If you rather cook them try to chose a light sautee in a pan, until they are somewhat crispy still.
To find a list of worth trying recipes click here and enjoy! at least, ideally, twice a week.
Even though we are at the very end of the month I thought it would be worth to be aware of May being National Vision Health Month.
When we talk about Vision Health we are not talking about eyes only. We are referring to the health of our body’s vision system; the eyes are one part of this system. For vision, other factors are also involved. For example, the brain processes light received by the eye into images we can understand. However, problems with vision often arise from eye related health conditions which can sometimes be avoided.
By the age of 3 every child should at least have had one eye exam. Later one, the recommendation is to do it yearly. In early ages it is important to detect any problem/s related to vision as it can interfere in their early development and school work. As we age there are other issues that may come up and they all have ways to be corrected if we know we have them and we can prevent them
Sun damage is linked to the two most common vision health conditions in Canada: age related macular degeneration and cataracts. People can protect their eyes from harmful UVA & UVB rays by wearing sunglasses when appropriate.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can also promote vision health. Healthy lifestyle practices include quitting smoking, exercising regularly and maintaining a healthy diet.
For all those out there that love to run this feels like the perfect time to do it. Perfect temperature and sunny. Running fairly long distances can play tricks on your mind. After a few miles the mind/body fight starts: “cannot keep going”, “legs hurt”, “there is a big hill coming up, better stop” and countless of other negative thoughts may come up.
There is a different strategy worth trying: Running Meditation. You can read a full article on this here.
Meditation is not sitting still, it is all about being aware. You can bring that awareness to your running. Whether you decide to listen to the stomp of your feet on the ground, your heavy breathing rhythm it is all about being aware. At the beginning it can be hard to maintain this awareness for long period of time, I would suggest start for 2-3 mins at a time, until it becomes a habit, an awareness that starts immediately after a few steps, after a negative thought
We commonly come across people wondering about Cholesterol, those who try to avoid it by all means, those who don’t however everybody wants to know where comes from, why we need some. We are going to talk about meals, foods that contain cholesterol later one, but….what is really cholesterol?
This short video about what really is cholesterol will answer that question.
