There are five primary areas of practice to the Writer Wellness plan. Every other week I will post an idea for relaxation (Monday Meditation,) creative play (Tuesday Tickle,) fitness and exercise (Wednesday Workout,) journaling and misc. (Thursday Thought,) and nutrition (Friday Feast.)
It’s definitely a derogatory slur to call someone a fathead. Let me clarify. I’m not calling you a fathead. I’m simply bringing a scientific fact to your attention: excess abdominal fat does more damage than forcing you to let out your belt another notch. Besides being dead weight it releases toxic chemicals and inflammatory molecules that can literally seep into your brain and contribute to sluggishness when you’re trying to think. And excess body weight in middle age adults has been found by a Kaiser Permanente study to increase your chances of developing dementia as you age. Yikes. Plenty of reason to reduce body fat by choosing healthier, brain-friendly food options before the goo gets trapped in your gray matter.
In a nutshell, the study discovered patients in their seventies who did not have a weight problem in their forties were less likely to have developed dementia.
“People who were obese in mid-life were 74 percent more likely to have dementia, while overweight people were 35 percent more likely to have dementia, compared to those with normal weight, said lead investigator Rachel A. Whitmer, PhD, a research scientist with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, California.”
Don’t think of healthy food options as cutting out your favorite foods. Think of it as replacing something high in fat that will more than likely come back to bite you later on in life only you won’t remember eating the fat or anything else if the menu continues to include high fat foods over low fat. Here are some suggestions.
In place of: Eat instead:
corn chips non-wheat crackers
cookies oat granola bar
red meat burger turkey burger
Do a little bit of research. Read food labels and try to cut down on the fat intake and you’ll remember doing it later in life!
Writer Wellness, A Writer’s Path to Health and Creativity
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Saw your link through Kristen Lamb’s blog. I think you both make good points about relating lifestyle choices to the health of our work. It makes sense to me, and I’m adding healthy diet to my weekly resolutions to see how it impacts my writing. Thank you for your week of posts, I’ll be needing some good advice. I am eager to hear more.