Welcome to the Live Well Furman blog! This blog is designed to help support healthy behaviors in the Furman community and beyond. Be sure to sign up for our email subscription to have the latest campus wellness offerings, wellness news briefs, healthy meal ideas, and exercise tips delivered straight to your inbox each week!…Continue Reading Welcome!
FUEL 2014 has begun and participants are beginning to transform their plates. They strive to fill half of their plates with vegetables and/or fruits, one quarter with whole grains or potatoes and one quarter with a source of lean protein. Sarah Worth and Bill Price forwarded this picture of their family dinner….Continue Reading Example FUEL plates
No time to peel, chop, and cook vegetables tonight? Try some of these easy vegetable side dishes. Parmesan Broccoli Steam or microwave a bag of frozen broccoli. Sprinkle with a little bit of Parmesan cheese. Pesto Green Beans with Walnuts Steam or microwave a bag of frozen green beans. Toss with 1-2 tablespoons of…Continue Reading Easy Vegetable Sides
Forget the “clean your plate” mentality. Honoring hunger cues is a vital component of a healthy weight management program. Babies at birth are usually very efficient at honoring their hunger cues as any young mother can attest. What does a baby do when he is hungry? He cries. What does he do when he is…Continue Reading Honoring Hunger Cues
A “Whole Grain” contain three distinct parts: 1) The Bran: a fiber-rich outer covering 2) The Germ: the vitamin and mineral rich powerhouse that the grain sprouts out of 3) The Endosperm: the inner portion of the grain Whole grains contain the bran, germ, and endosperm and are nutrient-rich. Refined grains only contain the…Continue Reading Finding Whole Grains
Grains seem to be under attack lately. Diet books and headlines claim that they cause weight gain, inflammation, and virtually every chronic disease known today. And while individuals with celiac disease or gluten intolerance desperately try to find gluten-free alternatives, everyone else seems to be jumping on the “gluten-free” bandwagon. One recent study suggested that the prevalence…Continue Reading Grains Under Fire
Blue packets, pink packets, yellow, white, and brown… what is the best sweetener and why? In 1879, a German student accidentally discovered a sweet chemical while working in a laboratory in Johns Hopkins University. This was the discovery of the first artificial sweetener which came to be known as saccharin. Over the years, other…Continue Reading The Search for the Perfect Sweetener
FUEL 2014 began this week! We are excited to be working with forty new Furman faculty, staff, and spouses. One of the first questions that I received was: “Do any restaurants in town serve FUEL meals?” Hmmmm… a FUEL restaurant?! I like the sound of that! Any entrepreneur’s out there interested? Eating…Continue Reading FUEL Meal Ideas When Dining Out
The beginning of each new semester attracts swarms of new exercisers to the Physical Activities Center (PAC). And one of the most popular areas always seems to be the abdominal section. Sadly, many exercisers are not making their abdominal exercises as safe or effective as they could be. So let’s take…Continue Reading PERFECTING THE ABDOMINAL CRUNCH
Did you know that 1 out of 3 cancers may be preventable through healthier lifestyle choices? World Cancer Day is February 4, 2014. This is an opportunity to increase awareness about the importance of healthier behaviors and early detection. As a young adult, I thought that I was invincible. I believed that cancer…Continue Reading Did you know that 1 out of 3 cancers may be preventable?