My grandma lived to the ripe age of 80yrs, and up until her demises she walked every day for up to one hour. Sleet, rain or shine; you see my grandma wasn't always a walker, she is from a culture where food is the center of everything that she did. She liked to feed people, she ate with abundant not worrying about high blood pressure, cholesterol or diabetes. Like many people of her generation before science became such an integral part of our every day lives. Grandma migrated to the USA in her late sixties, but it wasn't until a decade later when an abnormality was discovered in her heart that she realized that she had to make some lifestyle changes. She started her walking regiment and revising her food choices. I do believe that my grandma turnabout contribute to her living a better quality of life. My sisters and I walked in June to raise money for the American Heart Association and that day, I took the pledge of living a healthier life.
Being healthy is not just about what you put in your mouth, or even how many miles you log in your odometer. It is about a mind set, making the right choice even when it is the hard one.
To borrow a page from +Dr. Oz , practice the 80/20 rules. Moderation not deprivation is the new norm.
Dominique Dijon
dominiquecdijon@dominicsdreams.com
dominique@kitchenstalk.com
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