Healthy Resolutions Include Daily Reading for a Healthy Mind

Healthy Resolutions Include Daily Reading for a Healthy Mind

Apr 22, 2022 | healthy eating

Healthy Resolutions Include Daily Reading for a Healthy Mind

Scientific studies have found many benefits of reading for older adults. These include everything from reducing stress and enhancing sleep to improving memory circuits, sharpening decision-making, and possibly even delaying the onset of dementia, according to an article published in Aging & Health from July 2021. The article said that there are five mental benefits from reading that preserve mental faculties and enable people to live independently for a longer length of time. The five benefits are as follows.
  1. Enhancing Memory
  2. Sharpening Decision Making
  3. Delaying the Onset of Alzheimer’s and Dementia
  4. Reducing Stress and Anxiety
  5. Sleeping Better

It is no secret that one of the top habits listed for leaders and successful people is reading.  Many retired executives continue this healthy habit and continue to open a whole new world. Many of our award recipients profiled at our previous luncheons are still working in fields that require staying current in their fields, reflecting supporting this article.

Protect Your Memory

Protect Your Memory

Mar 14, 2022 | Blood Pressure, seniors

Protect Your Memory

According to the article, “Good Ear Care May Be Good for Your Brain” from Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation (alzinfo.org). Scientists are increasingly recognizing the importance of good hearing for brain health. Poor hearing has more of an impact than smoking, high blood pressure, and lack of exercise in terms of modifiable risk factors for developing dementia. One such investigation found that preventing or treating hearing loss in middle age has the potential to cut the likelihood of developing dementia by 10% years down the road.

 

Hearing loss has also, according to this article, contributed to social isolation which is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and forms of dementia. Studies have found that even the mildest loss of hearing can take a toll on the brain. So, let’s commit to cleaning those ears!!!

Source: Good Ear Care May Be Good for Your Brain | Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation
(alzinfo.org)

Shake Open Plate and Eat Your Salad in a Jar

Shake Open Plate and Eat Your Salad in a Jar

Mar 7, 2022 | Fresh Foods, healthy eating, suggestions

Shake Open Plate and Eat Your Salad in a Jar

Salad jars are cute, practical, and nice to look at, so let’s create some together. Stack your ingredients from the wettest to the driest so that your salad will be fresh and crisp. You should be able to keep it fresh for up to 5 days after making and refrigerating. Simply shake, open, plate, and eat this lunch remix. Acknowledgment goes to Amanda Meixner, author and blogger for the images and recipes used in this article. The recipes for the salad jars pictured below are found on her website https://meowmeix.com/author/meixneram/
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1.  Greek salad jar: balsamic, chickpeas, bell peppers, onion, olives, chicken, feta + kale⁠⁠
  1. Tex Mex salad jar: balsamic, tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, corn, ground turkey + mixed greens⁠⁠
    3. BLT Remix salad jar: 1-2 tbsp @primalkitchenfoodspaleo ranch, tomatoes, cucumbers, 2 eggs, 2 pieces nitrate-free bacon, mixed greens⁠⁠
    4. Veggie goddess: 1 tbsp balsamic, tomatoes, cucumbers, quinoa, beans, onion + mixed greens
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Which one will you make? Share your creations or your salad jar recipes here. I look forward to using produce from the farm to create these yummy delights. Photo edited from Amanda Meixner’s image courtesy of the @MeowMeix Instagram post.

We celebrate this man of wonder, George Washington Carver

We celebrate this man of wonder, George Washington Carver

Feb 21, 2022 | Food Programs, Fresh Foods, Gardening, healthy eating

We celebrate this man of wonder, George Washington Carver

Gregory’s Outreach Services would like to salute George Washington Carver, a chemist who revolutionized farming as we know it today. He taught farmers and sharecroppers how to grow their own food and fight for a more equitable agricultural system. He inspired future generations of organizations like Gregory’s Fresh Market to occupy positions within the national food justice movement for more than a century. He also gave new insights and uses for simple things crops produced like peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. He came up with 300 uses for the peanut alone, no wonder he was nicknamed the “Crop Doctor”.

He was born the year before slavery ended in 1864. He pursued an education after leaving home at eleven and would eventually earn a master’s degree in agricultural science from Iowa State University. He would go on to teach and continue research at Tuskegee University for decades. He is an International Treasure, and he is Black History. 

George Washington Carver taught farmers how to diversify their crops while improving their soil through plant rotation which ultimately helped southern farmers improve their finances and diets.

George Washington Carver

We celebrate this man of wonder who continues to inspire me in my own farming endeavors in providing fruits and vegetables for more than 15,000 seniors and veterans through Gregory’s Fresh Market and programs like “Veggie for Veterans.” When we are not delivering produce, we can be found harvesting vegetables at our local farm, which supplements our produce for seniors. Thank you, George Washington Carver.

10 Facts About George Washington Carver (mebondbooks.com).