From food and healthy recipes to fitness exercises and research studies, the AHWC blog offers expert health and wellness advice.
While foods fuel movement and recovery, water is the cornerstone on which all nutrition, movement, and recovery depend. The human body is 72 percent water and every system within it requires adequate hydration to operate optimally. Water enables the body to absorb nutrients and transport them wherever they need to go. It aids in digestion,…
This March, we’re all about nutrition and we love a good, healthy recipe. This Sweet Pea Ricotta Bruschetta is the perfect, fresh Spring snack that is beautifully green! Ingredients 1 small lemon, zested and juiced 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen shelled peas 1 T granulated sugar ¼ cup vegetable oil Small handful mint leaves…
Have you ever woken up one day and asked yourself “Am I living my best life? Am I Living it to my fullest potential?” That is what happened to me and I decided to start by joining the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. When I walked through those doors for the first time 6 years ago…
Did you know that we host interns interested in learning more about all things fitness? Meet one of our interns, Mary Young, and find out some of her favorite parts about working at the CU Anschutz Health and Wellness Center! Next time you’re here, be sure to say hello! What is your role as an Anschutz…
Nutrition as fuel requires mindful eating The Western diet is often structured around scheduled meal times, celebrations, moods and activities instead of eating mindfully to fuel our bodies. We eat to begin and end our days, snacks between meals and for special occasions. The entire Thanksgiving holiday has even become a day of feasting that…
Oven roasted shrimp accompany this vibrant sprouted mung bean salad for a light, healthy and delicious meal. Oven Roasted Shrimp Ingredients 1 lb. shelled and deveined jumbo shrimp (36) 1-2 clove garlic, minced 2 t olive oil ½ t salt ¼ t pepper 1 lemon, juiced and zested 2 teaspoons chopped parsley, optional Preparation 1.…
Meet CU Anschutz Health and Wellness Center’s newest Yoga instructor, Gordon Carpenter, and learn more about his journey to and the practice of Universal Yoga. Join Gordon every Monday at 12 pm beginning this month and experience Universal Yoga for yourself! Welcome to Colorado and to the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center! How did you…
Read the first half of this article: Shopping with Intention You have bags of groceries after returning from the store and start to think of what meals you can make from this purchase. Perhaps there is a recipe book you refer to, or if you are a week planner, maybe a meal plan has been…
You likely are both, though maybe you haven’t thought about the community on the inside of your GI lately: How can you when you are taking on the universe? Whether you like it or not, you are a walking, breathing, eating, diverse carrier of microorganisms with more than 3 MILLION microbial genes in our GI…
March is all about moving smarter, not harder, and one of the best ways to move smarter is to take care of your body with regular massage treatments. Think you’re too busy? Try sports massage! Despite its “athletic” sounding name, you don’t have to be Tom Brady to enjoy the benefits of sports massage—not even…
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