OK - this blog is supposed to be about nutrition but, in the end it is about health and I found this podcast from NPR's Fresh Air very interesting and practical. It is about SLEEP!
This is a layman's look at staying healthy as a full time truck driver. The focus is on nutrition - how to get the best nutrition in the food you eat, and the best way to fill the gaps with supplements.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Simple, not necessarily easy!
Staying healthy is not a complicated endeavor. It revolves around three basic things: 1. exercise/movement; 2. diet or what we eat; and 3. rest and play. This blog will focus primarily on #2 but these three concepts are hard to separate so there will be some 'spillage'.
It's not complicated, but it is also not easy in our current culture. In my health talks I used to talk about building healthier 'ruts'. Translate that 'patterns' or 'habits'. Our brain pushes as much as possible to automatic pilot. Those patterns/habits that form aren't necessarily healthy or good for us. Without intentionality we can end up doing things that just aren't good for us.
Changing habits is hard work. But the rewards are great. When our habits are healthier (be sure to think of it as a journey and not an "I have to fix everything all at once" approach) we don't have to work as hard to maintain it.
It's not complicated, but it is also not easy in our current culture. In my health talks I used to talk about building healthier 'ruts'. Translate that 'patterns' or 'habits'. Our brain pushes as much as possible to automatic pilot. Those patterns/habits that form aren't necessarily healthy or good for us. Without intentionality we can end up doing things that just aren't good for us.
Changing habits is hard work. But the rewards are great. When our habits are healthier (be sure to think of it as a journey and not an "I have to fix everything all at once" approach) we don't have to work as hard to maintain it.
An Introduction
With a wife who is a 25 year survivor of three rounds of cancer and also advanced chronic heart failure due to the classic cancer treatments of chemo and radiation, we are highly interested in health. We always have been, but Beck's health history motivates an additional level of concern.
I've recently joined the ranks of over-the-road truckers. I've always driven high miles for my other jobs but never an 18 wheeler. One thing became clear very quickly: truckers face serious challenges to staying healthy. Lots of sitting and limited access to healthy food present major challenges to avoiding the long list of chronic diseases that are advancing widely in our country.
This blog will be my attempt to continue the health education I was doing in my former job, but focus it specifically on the trucker - I'm one of them now and experience first-hand the challenges. I'll suggest my own healthy alternatives and invite others to comment on their experiences as well.
I've recently joined the ranks of over-the-road truckers. I've always driven high miles for my other jobs but never an 18 wheeler. One thing became clear very quickly: truckers face serious challenges to staying healthy. Lots of sitting and limited access to healthy food present major challenges to avoiding the long list of chronic diseases that are advancing widely in our country.
This blog will be my attempt to continue the health education I was doing in my former job, but focus it specifically on the trucker - I'm one of them now and experience first-hand the challenges. I'll suggest my own healthy alternatives and invite others to comment on their experiences as well.
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