25 Quotes by Lona Sandon

Teenagers should be encouraged to be physically active and eat a balanced diet. This means finding out what activities your teenager likes to do, and making those opportunities available.

Protein may help you with concentration. If you have lots of things to concentrate on, you may want to make sure you include protein in your lunch.

Some fats are good for us, omega-3 being one of them. It's vital for health.

This book is a real timesaver. It helps you make comparisons without spending hours scanning food labels.

As we age, we lose the ability to convert vitamin D into its usable form, so elderly people are at greater risk.

A supplement of the active form of vitamin D would be the next option for those who just will not make even small changes, and likely to be a must in people over 50.

For example, they've been looking at grapes for years, so it's not that surprising, but I'm concerned that the extract alone is not the best choice. There are so many components in the grape that act together synergistically to give you the biggest bang for your buck, that if you take one out you may not be getting the full benefit for your health.

The obesity epidemic in the U.S. can be largely explained by our inactive, over-indulgent lifestyle behaviors. It is possible that viruses may play a role in setting us up for becoming overweight, similar to how our genes may be programmed to lead to obesity under the right circumstances.

That step counter makes you so much more aware of how inactive you really are. But, it's a lot easier to add a few hundred steps than to stop eating your favorite foods. This book focuses on small changes which equal big rewards down the road.