This article was originally published in the Massachusetts Senior Games Program 2024 Yearbook. Traveling can be exciting, educational, exhausting and energizing! And, the food you enjoy while traveling can be delicious and memorable. However, culinary excursions while traveling can be a hazard to your health. This quick guide can be helpful and refer to it […]
This article was originally published in the Massachusetts Senior Games Program Book 2022. You’ve practiced hard and psyched yourself up for the big event, preparing for a super performance. You’re ready… except there’s just one thing lacking proper nutrition that will keep you going throughout the competition! The first and most important thing to remember […]
This article was originally published in the Massachusetts Senior Games Program Book 2020. Every tissue and organ in your body operates according to biological rhythms. The circadian “body”‘ clock is the 24-hour cycle that regulates many physiological processes including sleeping, eating, and body temperature. Many factors affect this internal body clock including light and time […]
This article was originally published in the Massachusetts Senior Games Program Book 2019. Forcing yourself to run, hating every minute of it, being embarrassingly slow, risking injury, or chronically blowing off the activity: Everything you want to avoid when you practice your favorite sport. The optimal time to take a run depends on your specific […]
This article was originally published in the Massachusetts Senior Games Summer Edition 2018-2019. You can accelerate your healing process with food and beverage. Food provides the necessary nutrients to help your body’s one trillion cells recover. No matter what kind of injury or illness you are facing, what and how you eat and drink […]
In a recent article in The Guardian, Mindy Grossman, Weight Watchers’ new boss, says, “I’ve been 35lbs heavier than I am now and 25lbs thinner than I am now, and both of those times were probably the most miserable times of my life. I’m happier now, because it is about being healthy, not weighing […]
This article was originally published in the Massachusetts Senior Games Summer Edition 2017-2018. The information in this article is to provide athletes and coaches with an overview of the latest guidelines in sports nutrition. While there is no such thing as a magic diet or food, there are many ways in which eating and drinking […]
With a chronic disease and obesity crisis raging through the country, leading to unsustainable healthcare costs, the traditional medical establishment and more governments have shifted the focus to prevention and wellness since the 1990s. Employee wellness programs have long been billed as something of a magic bullet—a low-cost means to a happier, healthier, more […]
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This article was originally published in the MassMEP Newsletter of December 2016. The negative impact of addictions, such as alcoholism or drug abuse, has increased in the workplace with issues ranging from lost productivity, absenteeism, injuries, fatalities, theft, and low employee morale, to an increase in health care, legal liabilities, and workers’ compensation costs. […]