Like all joints in our body, our hips are designed for lots and lots of regular movement.  Historically, all this movement was a requirement to survive. We often had to walk long distances, squat, crawl, run, leap, climb… all simply to survive.

And then in the past 200 years we have innovated such an abundance of amazing machines to help make our lives easier and safer, we’ve almost entirely removed the need to move!

Healthy TV Episode 088

I want to be honest with you… Even as a former vegetarian, I sometimes find it difficult to get enough veggies on my plate.

So if you find it tough, I get it. In this week’s episode, I share why eating vegetables with every meal is not just important…

Have you seen these headlines?

Meat-heavy, low-carb diets can ‘shorten lifespan’: study – CTV

Low-carb diets can shorten life expectancy: study – CBC

Low-carb diet linked to early death, medical study suggests – USA TODAY

Low carb diets shorten your life unless you are mostly vegetarian, study suggests – The Independent

This comes at a time when everyone and their dog is raving about the benefits of the ketogenic diet (low carb/high-fat), and its’ ancestral relative – the Paleo diet, both which are top trending diets of 2018.

And for good reason…

Recently, a mother of two boys asked me “I know it’s important that my kids get outdoors but I can’t find a way to motivate them… What can I do?”

It turns out she had recently read my article about Vitamin N (if you haven’t checked it out, it’s probably a good idea to give it a read first…) and she was really concerned about her 11 and 13-year-old sons, who typically preferred to stay indoors playing more sedentary games and usually put up a fight when presented with outdoor options… Especially in the heat of the summer.

If you’re a parent of ‘tweens (that’s 8-12) maybe you can relate too. This seems to be a fairly common concern when their interest in nature and the outside world gets replaced with iPhone’s and Xbox’s.

Incidentally, did you know that research demonstrates the majority of a child’s lifelong health habits are formed by the age of 12?