The Balanced Life

I t’s sort of like reaching puberty for cyclists — those days when you knew your life was in for a shake-up.

O nce we reach 18 years old, and can do all those things that become much less exciting once they’re legal, few of us strive to purposely look older than we are.

W e all get the relationship between healthy foods, including vegetables, and our quality of life. Weight, energy, illness and mood are all known to be affected by what we eat and drink.

C heck this out!” That was the full content of a March 16th email from a cycling friend, other than a link that included the words, “event” and “beach race.

T his book is dedicated to Harriet Tubman, a conductor in the Underground Railroad and a woman of enormous courage.” When a guide book on bicycling in Niagara begins with this dedication, you suspect it might be special.

O ur family’s plant-based diet is having positive impacts.

A rriving home from Myrtle Beach and receiving Niagara Region Health Promoter Jackie Gervais’ weekly Active Transportation Updates email on the same day is a lot to process. Never were two worlds farther apart.

H ave two years of Covid restrictions changed our relationship with the outdoors in a meaningful way? If the pace of membership applications at the Peninsula Paddlers Kayaking Club, a Niagara club dedicated to local day paddles and extended kayak tri

H ey, I learned something new yesterday: giving blood also has health benefits for the giver.” The comment was meant to suggest a topic for this column, and I was immediately intrigued.

M y peers and I are at a time in our lives when an ever-increasing number of friends are being debilitated by failing health and disease.