by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Nov 5, 2019 | Nutrition
“Steaks for breakfast, steaks for lunch, steaks for brunch—grass fed, massaged beef, all day long.” Conor McGregor was reveling in his meat eating persona. As the Game Changers tells us, he was hyping up a stereotype about manly men eating meat because he was about to...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Sep 6, 2017 | Environment, Nutrition, Social Good
“Who can tell me the difference between a farm and a zoo?” The question was directed at a Kindergarten class in New York City in preparation for a visit to an upstate farm. Zadie raised her hand immediately. She had been on a farm in Brooklyn lots of...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Mar 4, 2017 | Nutrition
One of the best ways to improve your diet is to eat more home cooked meals. Even when you select the healthy option at a restaurant, you usually won’t beat what you can do at home. Restaurant Food Tastes Better For A Reason Restaurants very often use more salt,...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Feb 7, 2017 | Social Good
Individual health is part of an amazingly interconnected system of personal, environmental, and social conditions. We sat down with Merijn Everaarts and Amer Jandali to talk about Dopper, a company that is working to strengthen each pillar of that system through...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Feb 7, 2017 | Environment, Nutrition
Seafood is a high quality protein source with a variety of healthy fats, making it an excellent addition to your diet. However, there is a growing concern that plastic pollution in the world’s oceans may be making its way up the foodchain and ultimately into...