Rainbow
This yellow fruit is synonymous with getting your potassium (K).
What is the banana?
4 glasses a day, not 8, is all most of us need.
What is water?
True or False? Centenarians in the Blue Zones have plants as the primary component of their diet.
What is true?
Local produce, it's own tractor trailer, and Berkshire family owned, this grocery store in Pittsfield and Great Barrington sets the bar with the highest quality produce and meats.
What is 'Guido's'?
Regular movement and activity while you age is critical to maintaining this dynamic tissue.
What is skeletal muscle?
Although plentiful in Canada, the state of Maine is known for it's acidic soil and this berry full of antioxidants.
What are blueberries?
Kombucha is the new trend of these foods, but high fiber diets, think beans, have always been the best way to promote the bacteria in your gut.
What are probiotics?
A product of grapes, Mediterranean lifestyles include this drink, in moderation, regularly.
What is wine?
In Lee, this dairy farm full of Jersey cows, produces milk with more protein and calcium than most other cows.
What is High Lawn Farm?
Often a primary protein source for the Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarian as it is very lean, complete and can be cholesterol free without the middle.
What are eggs (whites)?
This green superfood leaf is so popular it even has it's own t shirt.
What is kale?
This MACROnutrient is plentiful in meats and dairy. Buying it in powders or some special formulated bar is not really enhancing our health, it is often just candy in disguise.
What is protein?
Although eaten by people in the Blue Zones, it is only eaten in small amounts and is not the primary source of their calories.
What is meat?
Right on the border with NY, this Hancock farm taps 100s of acres (in both NY and MA) to collect maple sap. They also put on a very tasty breakfast each weekend.
What is Ioka Farm?
Per gram, which contains more calories.... Fats or Carbohydrates?
What are Fats?
Although this berry's color is not a part of the rainbow it is a blockbuster of antioxidants.
What are blackberries?
Walking 1 mile in 20 minutes or running 1 mile in 10 minutes burn approximately _________ calories.
What is 100 kcals?
Low rates of these diseases is one of the reasons why people eating a Mediterranean diet tend to live longer than other populations. Name one.
What is heart disease?
What is diabetes?
What is cancer?
On May 18th, 2023 a late spring freeze in the Berkshires, with overnight temperatures in the 20s F, caused enough damage that it led to a significant reduction in this fall crop.
What are apples?
Muscles are characterized in 2 categories:
Slow Twitch and Fast Twitch.
Which type gets bigger (hypertrophy) when you use it during strength training?
What is 'Fast Twitch'? Type II muscle fiber
A magnificent source of lycopene (a wondrous anti oxidant that is associated with lower rates of prostate cancer, colon cancer, and more) and a prolific producer in your backyard garden.
What are tomatoes?
Yes, some vitamins are tied to stronger bones, clotting and vision but these 4 vitamins can actually be overconsumed and become high enough in the body to become toxic. Name one.
What are Vitamin A, D, E, K?
Fat Soluble vitamins (stored in fat)
What is California? (Loma Linda)
A block of cheese, weighing over a 1/2 ton, was gifted to Thomas Jefferson after winning the Presidency from John Leland from this town.
What is Cheshire, MA?
This naturally occuring compound, if consumed in a supplement over enough weeks, builds up in the muscle and can help with short bursts of energy output during muscle training.
What is creatine?