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Food for Life
A healthy microbiome builds a strong immune system that could help defeat COVID-19

"As a Latina scientist investigating interactions between diet, microbiome and immunity, I must stress the importance of better policies to improve access to healthy foods, which lead to a healthier microbiome. . . While a good-quality diet might not prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, it can treat the underlying conditions related to [...]

Susan Troyer2021-04-07T22:29:27-05:00March 29th, 2021|Categories: Food For Life|Tags: Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Bacteria, Coronavirus, COVID, Cytokine storm, Diet, Heat, Immune response, Microbes, Microbiome, Probiotic, Viruses|0 Comments

Food For Life
Great Time To Try Starting a Vegetable Garden – 6th in a Series

Today there is yet another resurgence in backyard and small-plot food growing, canning, bottling and preserving. Growing your own food at home may not solve all of your family’s food needs, but the practice of picking, preserving and cooking one’s own food brings a sense of control and calm. Author: Rachel Goldlust, PhD [...]

Susan Troyer2021-04-06T22:23:45-05:00March 22nd, 2021|Categories: Food For Life|Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gardening, Great time to try, Growing vegetables, Growing your own food, Urban gardening, Vegetables|Comments Off

Mindful Presence
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates the pressures faced by female care partners

Validation, appreciation, and respite - all would go a long way in supporting the 24/7 female care partner. Take a moment, check in on the care partners in your life and offer your support and aid. July 29, 2020 1.23pm EDT Author: Victoria Atabakhsh, PhD Student in Aging, Health, [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-10T11:47:03-05:00March 15th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Caregivers, Coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19|0 Comments

Creating Community
5 strategies for cultivating hope this year

"As a research scientist whose work focuses on positive psychology among people facing challenges, I am deeply aware that if ever there were a time for a conversation about hope, it is now." - Author: Jacqueline S. Mattis, PhD, Dean of Faculty, Rutgers University - Newark The raging coronavirus [...]

Susan Troyer2021-01-09T00:03:02-06:00January 8th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Goals, Hope, optimism, Psychology, Religion and Society, US Capitol attack, US Capitol incursion|0 Comments

Food For Life
Great time to try pickling – 4th in a series

Are you a care partner at home during the pandemic - with no respite and no relief in sight? This just might be a great time to try something new in which you could involve elder loved ones. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to [...]

Mindful Presence
Great time to try: learning to draw – 3rd in a series

Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home. What can take you somewhere untouched by the clanging outside world? What can help you synthesise your thoughts [...]

Creating Community
New Year’s resolution tips for 2021: Focus on getting to the end of COVID-19

"The future has become less predictable, which also means that setting long-term goals is much more difficult. It’s hard to imagine an ideal self without knowing what that self will be experiencing." - Katherine Arbuthnott, Professor of Psychology, University of Regina Welcoming the new year may feel a bit [...]

Susan Troyer2020-12-31T09:37:06-06:00December 31st, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: challenges of 2020, Coronavirus, COVID-19 2021, Goals, Longterm goals, Mental health, New Year’s resolutions, Pandemic, Pandemic lessons, Pandemic problems, personal vulnerabilities, physical and mental health, resolutions for 2021, The importance of long-term aspirations, Thinking beyond day-to-day activities, Uncertainty about the future|0 Comments

Creating Community
How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities to today’s pandemic

"Humans, Boccaccio seems to be saying, can think of themselves as upstanding and moral – but unawares, they may show indifference to others. We see this in the 10 storytellers themselves: They make a pact to live virtuously in their well-appointed retreats. Yet while they pamper themselves, they indulge in [...]

Susan Troyer2020-12-27T10:17:26-06:00December 27th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Black Death, Cities, Coronavirus, Inequality, Italy, Literature, Plague, Poor, Wealth|0 Comments

A Sense of Place
Great time to try: cleaning the house (while fitting in a workout) – 1st in a series

"Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home." - Author: Adele Wessell, Southern Cross University The washing, drying, ironing, airing, pushing baby in his pram – [...]

Susan Troyer2020-12-13T09:40:50-06:00December 3rd, 2020|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Fitness, Gender Gap, Great time to try, Housework, Keep fit|0 Comments

Food for Life
5 ways eating in a pandemic is improving your relationship with food – and why you should stick with them

"People have come home to roost around food in these unprecedented times, discovering new habits and insights about what it means to truly nourish themselves." - Author, Stephanie Meyers, Boston University It’s 5 p.m. on who can tell which day, and instead of rushing from work to kids’ activities, [...]

Susan Troyer2020-11-26T11:36:11-06:00November 24th, 2020|Categories: Food For Life|Tags: Cooking, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Family, Family meals, Farmers markets, Food, Health, Local food systems, Psychology, Vegetables, Vegetarian|0 Comments