FOOD &
FITNESS
Creamy Zucchini Soup
Yogurt gives this zucchini soup a creamy texture and adds protein. Smooth and silky — the perfect way to use up summer zucchini from the farmers market or your garden. …
Summer Squash Sauté
Try this dish over pasta, or serve with grilled chicken, lean beef or salmon. This recipe takes about 10 minutes to cook, once you’ve cut all your vegetables. …
Picnic Potato Salad
Try the perfect addition to your next picnic: a delicious and healthy potato salad. This refreshing salad is a delightful medley of flavors, combining the earthy taste of red potatoes, the zing of red onions, crisp green beans, tangy sun-dried tomatoes, and the aromatic touch …
Fresh Tomato Salsa
This fresh salsa recipe is simple to make from scratch and tastes great. It gets even better if you have time to let the flavors meld. Perfect with your favorite chips at any get-together! …
Summer Squash Sauté
Try this dish over pasta, or serve with grilled chicken, lean beef or salmon. This recipe takes about 10 minutes to cook, once you’ve cut all your vegetables. …
Picnic Potato Salad
Try the perfect addition to your next picnic: a delicious and healthy potato salad. This refreshing salad is a delightful medley of flavors, combining the earthy taste of red potatoes, the zing of red onions, crisp green beans, tangy sun-dried tomatoes, and the aromatic touch …
Fresh Tomato Salsa
This fresh salsa recipe is simple to make from scratch and tastes great. It gets even better if you have time to let the flavors meld. Perfect with your favorite chips at any get-together! …
Ginger Grilled Pork
Spice up your dinner with our zesty Ginger Grilled Pork, a delightful blend of tender, succulent pork and invigorating flavors that'll leave you craving more. …
Your Holiday Survival Guide for Diabetes
‘Tis the season for family, friends and food! It can be difficult not going overboard in the upcoming months, but here are a few tips for your ultimate holiday survival guide if you have diabetes or not. …
Intermittent Fasting — Does It Deliver on Its Promise?
Of all the most recent diet trends, intermittent fasting may be one of the hottest. But does it deliver on its promise? Let’s take a look. …
Add Variety When Eating Your Veggies
As a child, you may have been scolded for not eating your veggies. As an adult, you may have never truly outgrown that finicky eating. If you’re like most Americans, you don’t eat enough vegetables on a daily basis. Your diet may also be lacking …
Spaghetti Squash Taco Boat
Could this be an alternative to Taco Tuesday? Give our taco boat a try while spaghetti squash is in season. If this recipe isn't for you, check out others at https://www.simplywellblog.org/food-and-fitness/recipes/. …
How To Stay Motivated To Exercise Through a Pandemic Winter
In "normal" years, winter is a challenging time to stay motivated to exercise. Add a pandemic to that, and it's no wonder many people are struggling to do what they know they should for their health. …
3 Ways to Get More Out of Your Walks
As cooler weather sets in here in the Northeast, the idea of strolling around your neighborhood becomes more appealing and certainly less sweaty. While you walk, try these three ideas to help your community, mind and body. Try Plogging How can walking be great for …
3 Benefits of Stretching That You Didn’t Know
When you think of stretching exercises, what do you imagine? If the thought of stretching sounds boring, a waste of time, or something you just are not flexible enough to do, you’re mistaken. Let’s take a new look at stretching and three benefits you may …
Fitting in Exercise With a Growing Family
Kayla Scally, one of our nurse practitioners in the Weight Center, recently had her second child. With a growing family, she has found creative and fun ways to keep herself, and her whole family, moving. What did you do for exercise before becoming a mom? …
Working Out: Are Energy Gels Better than Sports Drinks?
Water and sports drinks have been the go-to drinks for workouts. But, are there other options now? With innovations of glycogen products, athletes do have more options. …
Who Is at Risk for ACL Injuries?
Athletes cower at the mention of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Depending on how badly it’s torn, the injury can put an athlete out for an entire season, even Tom Brady had to sit out a season because of his ACL injury. Your ACL is …
Can You Work Out Too Much?
We’ve all heard the saying “no pain, no gain” when it comes to exercising, but how do you know when it’s become too much pain? Before muscles can strengthen themselves, the muscles first must be stressed. As muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage and even bone are …
CT Scan vs. MRI – What’s Best for a Sports-related Concussion?
A hockey check, a bicycle accident, a fall from a tree. All are potential causes of a concussion or traumatic brain injury. Concussions, and especially sports-related concussions, can vary in the extent of the injury and the severity of the symptoms. Common mental or physical …
