FIT Talk With Tania
Hot flashes are not cool
Something memorable or defining comes with every decade. Hitting double digits for the first time, independence and adventure in that second decade, settling...
Heart healthy supplements
Valentine's Day, the largest chocolate and flower day of the year happens tomorrow. You're welcome to all the gents reading this, you've still got...
Stress: we're in this together
As some of the craziness from last year continues into 2021, it's not likely much of a stretch to say the one thing we've all experienced in one way or...
New year, new you
Resolve to make health a priority We made it. In spite of what 2020 threw at us, turkey and trimmings were gobbled, holiday treats were enjoyed, hugs happened...
The 12 pounds of Christmas
The Twelve Pounds of Christmas, sung as The Twelve Days of Christmas Oh, the first pound of Christmas was easy to ignore….. (And) It all started with a...
Christmas cookies essential
It hardly looks like winter as I watch the squirrels run back and forth between the houses here on my street, let alone less than three weeks until Christmas....
Life years lost
Another COVID casualty: The other health crisis/pandemic I think we can all agree that 2020 hasn't been the healthiest year on record. But not necessarily...
Win the food fight
Fall, clear through until spring, is a season of food. Thanksgiving in October – and again in November for all our Snowbirds – followed by Christmas...
Aloe vera a miracle plant?
The first time I ever heard anything about aloe vera I was about 10 or 12 years old. A friend of my sister who lived at the end of our street was riding her...
Thankful for health
Tania Gustafson's parents live a healthy life. I am blessed to say that I have many things to be thankful for. God, family, and health are always at the...
You can reverse disease
Health questions, or questionable health? If you’re wondering, "Is there something I can do to reverse/reduce disease and improve my immune...
Stop counting calories!
One of the most common ways people use to try to lose weight is counting calories. We've been led to believe that by simply taking in fewer calories than we...
Answers to your questions
It’s always the right time to look at ways to improve health and immune function. The way 2020 has been going, health is something everyone should be...
That 4-letter C word
Count carbs or make carbs count There's that four-letter “C” word again. That's right, carb. It seems like no matter who you talk to,...
Your body type, your results
We're all different. “Of course, we are,” you say. “Everyone knows that.” While that may be true, when it comes to weight loss and...
Fat does not make you fat
During the last 40-plus years, fat became, and has remained, a controversial food. Back in the 1980s, we were told by the government saturated fat caused heart...
Good lifestyle choices can lower risk of type 2 diabetes
The term ‘lifestyle disease’ encompasses many of the diseases we have in our society today, including diabetes. The good news is, they can be...
Cereal not the best breakfast
I remember as a kid my mom saying things like, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day...” and “You've got to get something...
Like stubbing your toe
“Not only is diet a four-letter word, die-ting can cause damage that lasts for years" The best diet to lose weight is not a diet. If you've been...
Don't miss the gift
Over the last six to eight weeks, we've have had a number of things taken away due to COVID-19. Where we go, how we shop, who can work, how many people we...