Posted by kathryn in All In A Day's Work and Seasonal Health

I’ve been at the ABC today, talking to staff about Keeping Well Over Winter. It’s bucketing down with rain and cold, so it’s a timely subject. I’ve done a few of these sessions with the ABC in the past couple of years and they’re always a lot of fun. Plus I always really enjoy the Q and A at the end, good questions, ranging over a wide variety of health topics – it keeps me on my toes!

During winter our health does tend to suffer. The combination of cold weather, shorter days and the fact that everyone around us is battling colds and viruses, means that we’re less active, not eating as well, feeling lethargic and generally not as well as we are in summer.

If you do want to avoid those winter colds then it is worthwhile being a bit mindful of your health. Through eating a bit better, moving a bit more, as well as managing stress levels, I firmly believe it’s possible for most people to get through winter with their health intact.

I’ve started a new category called “Seasonal Health”/blog/category/Seasonal+Health (see the sidebar) and I’m going to be regularly posting practical tips, strategies and suggestions for keeping well. I’ll be doing these at least every other day, so come back and take a look regularly. Of course I’d love feedback – what was useful, what was too hard, how have you found your health since making these changes?

Today’s tip . . . it’s to try and have three different sorts of vegetables:/blog/2007/01/07/what-actually-is-five-serves with your dinner tonight. A stirfry with carrot, broccoli and spinach; an omelette with steamed cauliflower, green beans and zucchini; pasta with tomato sauce and add a handful of baby spinach and some mushrooms. Go on, you can do it.

21 June, 2006