Mary Ireland provides more evidence for the importance of starting an exercise program now. Also included is a yummy butternut squash soup recipe.

Mary Ireland makes a case for why you should exercise for the next four weeks and includes Dr. Grandma’s yummy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup recipe.

Starchy foods are much more interesting than I thought! When I was younger, I thought of starchy foods as the “whites” – white flour, white rice, white bread, white pasta and potatoes. Definitely those are starchy foods that need to be avoided (see It’s Time to Give Up White Bread and Pasta, Really) but there […]

I find it interesting that the phrase “eating high off the hog” is also used to describe someone living extravagantly or beyond one’s means. I think as far as eating red meat is concerned, this interpretation could mean living beyond our nutritional and our ecological means.

I have to say, I love coffee. In my past efforts to be more healthy, I have decreased my coffee consumption – to the point where I would have only one cup a few times a week. However, this never last very long. I do love the taste of coffee — but what I am […]

A study by America On the Move concluded that Americans average 5117 steps per day – a shortfall of 4883 from the recommended 10,000 steps per day recommended for fitness. The American participants were well below the Japanese (7,168), Switzerland (9,695) and Australia (9,695).

Mary Ireland tells about her childhood without grandparents and discusses research on how the effect of activity, particularly resistance training, and diet helps protect and improve bone mass.

Mary Ireland talks about how exercise has influenced her life and exciting new research on the beneficial effects of exercise on the brain.