Author Archives: Doug Kuiper
Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
Once again, research has demonstrated the profound connection between health in mind and body. King’s College of London researchers analyzed data from 6,500 youth who were measured for self-esteem, emotional health and Body Mass Index at the age of 10 and again at the age of 30. The follow up showed a strong link between [...]
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Support DKWIO Through NYM Events
With the arrival of National Yoga Month, you’ll find a wide variety of events available to build the health of your body, mind and spirit. Two Detroit-area events offer you a direct opportunity to do so while supporting DKWIO programming at the same time. On September 19 and 26, benefit yoga classes will take place [...]
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Back to School FItness
It’s difficult to believe, but summer is ending, and school is approaching—or beginning—for many kids. As summer activities end and new routines start, it’s easy to let your kids slip out of a healthy, physical lifestyle. Here’s a great resource for keeping kids active: http://kaboom.org. KaBOOM is a broadly supported, Washington, D.C.-based organization that helps [...]
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Get a Virtual Trainer
If you don’t have the time, money or inclination for a personal trainer, why not try Shape’s virtual personal trainer? While it does require a brief sign up (you can say no to the e-newsletters), this e-trainer offers personalized workouts, tracking mechanisms and more. You can get a free routine that includes an exercise schedule, [...]
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Protect Your Kids From Head Injury
As kids head back to school, sports activities become more frequent, including those with risks for head injury. While relatively rare, these injuries can cause much more than temporary damage if not treated properly. “When in doubt, sit them out,” says Dr. Robert Cantu, a leading expert on youth head injuries. While football is the [...]
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Stir Fry Right
Stay or get fit by stir frying your meats and vegetables. It’s an easy, nutritious meal, and you can keep it low on calories. Use a little bit of oil to start the process, but then follow up using water or even a bit of wine. A good chicken stock also offers a healthy alternative [...]
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Livestrong; Live Well With Stress
Lance Armstrong’s Live Strong Foundation does great work, emphasizing the power of body, mind and spirit working in harmony to create a healthy life. The organization’s web site is a treasure of useful information, with a strong emphasis on real-world actions you can take to improve life for yourself and your family. With what feels [...]
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Boost Your Cardio
Cardiovascular exercise and its calorie-burning benefits are key to health. Yet the same old cardio routine can become painfully boring. Good news: Self has three excellent tips for boosting your cardio routine. Start by varying intensity during your workout. If you’re a runner, spend some time sprinting during your workout, for example. Next, vary your [...]
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Healthy Food Awards
A major factor in your family’s health is the quality of the food in your home. The better the food you have on hand, the more likely you and your kids will make healthy choices when hunger or cravings strike. To help you fill the pantry with a good variety of options, Self has published [...]
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Reduce Your Alzheimer’s Risk Today
It may sound hard to believe, but you can take two simple steps today to reduce your risk for Alzheimer’s by 60 percent. A recent Columbia University Study confirms that healthy diet and modest exercise can help keep you and your family Alzheimer’s free. What’s more, the study validated that these benefits are independent, compounding [...]
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Try a Half
If you live in the Midwest and are a runner, the Detroit Free Press / Flagstar Marathon is becoming an absolute must-run. The race offers a great field,a scenic route that goes into Canada and back again, and the opportunity to enjoy downtown Detroit before and after the race. But what if you’re not a [...]
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Body and Mind for the Young
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has built a great, interactive Body and Mind web site. Full of interactive tools, this site offers adults a great forum for talking to our ever-more technology oriented kids about healthy living. One particularly great tool allows kids to build a fitness calendar by day, activity [...]
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Yoga at Work
Face it, even the most disciplined of us don’t practice yoga or exercise every day. Great news: Women’s Health Magazine has put together a number of practical tips for relieving the stress that work places on your neck, shoulders, eyes, back and more. These simple exercises can help bring the practice of yoga into your [...]
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Sleep Right
Are you having trouble sleeping? A host of Americans do, and certain pieces of good advice are common: exercise; avoid caffeine before bed; and follow a nighttime routine. Here’s one you may not have considered. Room temperature can dramatically impact our ability to sleep well. It turns out that temperatures between 60 and 68 degrees [...]
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Beach Workout
So you—or you and the kids—are taking advantage of summer and going to the beach tomorrow. Of course, you know this is a great opportunity for improving fitness for both you and your young ones. Following all rules of water safety, you can use a trip to the beach as a great opportunity to show [...]
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Get Moving to Fight Depression
According to National Institute of Mental Health, more than six percent of women and three percent of men and suffer from major depression at any given time. About four percent of adolescents and five percent of adults are impacted. Postpartum depression impacts 10 to 15 percent of new moms. There are, of course, wide varieties [...]
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Summer Yoga Camps?
Parents send kids to camps of every stripe. From nature camps to science camps, we expose our kids to new experiences, new friends and new skills. While such camps are great, it’s important to remember that we can also bring our kids healthy experiences outside of the norm. Many areas offer yoga camps that can [...]
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Get the Right Bike for You
In honor of the Tour de France, Fitness Magazine presents a great article on finding the right bike for you. From the weekend cruiser, to road bikes, to the trailblazer, this interactive slideshow covers the right vehicle for helping you lose extra calories. Better yet, the slideshow offers tips on equipment, technique and more. Get [...]
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Mirror, Mirror
DKWIO friends Lululemon bring us a great blog posting on self-image. In a great lesson for us and our kids, author Lauren points out that who we see in the mirror is much more about how we feel about ourselves than anything else. Her solution? Anytime she or a co-worker complain about a body part, [...]
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The Many Faces of Yoga