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The views expressed in this blog/editorial represent the personal views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views or position of Therapeutic Associates Downtown Portland Physical Therapy Written from The Green Man in Asheville, NC and also Folly Beach, SC When it comes to sustainability and health, there are so freakin’ many topics to broach! Many have to do with our physical bodies or how our treatment of the world can and does affect us. But this blog began around the idea of thought: what is sustainable healthy thought? Many things came to mind: positive thought (of course), no long term ... read more »

We don’t all want to be healthy, but most would definitely choose to be happy! It is, of course, our inalienable right to pursue it to all ends of the earth…or at least to those fake lines in the dust we call borders. One of the best ways to assist your happy-level is to maintain good health. It’s hard to be happy when you’re in pain or have a stomach ache or feel tired all the time. It’s difficult to be happy when your plans of fun and productivity in this world seem thwarted by your body. It’s difficult to live ... read more »

Does eating organic really matter? This is a question that should always be asked to the world at large, in an emphatic and thespian style…but not for jest. This is a question whose answer has everything and nothing to do with how these foods will affect your health. In some ways, this question is asking you to pick a way of growing things that benefits your health and does not harm the earth…instead of picking a method that creates massive amounts of soil erosion, pollutes our water with nitrogen creating hypoxic dead zones, increases antibiotic resistance, treats animals inhumanely (is that any oxymoron?), ... read more »

Green things CAN taste yummy! It has been brought to my attention, after traveling through Utah, Colorado, and Kansas, that although many people have the intention to be healthier and eat more fruits and vegetables, they just don’t know what to do with them! “I would eat more vegetables if they actually tasted good,” has become a commonly heard phrase. It seems we were all taught to cook macaroni, spaghetti, and other noodles, a rite of passage in independent eating (whether you’re 8 or newly in college). Also, most humans over the age of 6 can quite adequately create a sandwich of sorts, ... read more »

From: Salt Lake City, UT There had to come a day when I would begin to address the concept of food. Begin, I say, because bookshelves have been published on this topic…and there’s no way TAI will lend me THAT much website space! So this rant will only be the beginning. Gosh golly, where does a gal start?  Eureka, I’ve got it! “You are what you eat.” It’s an age old saying that originated in 1826 when Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote “Dis-moi ce que tu manges, jet e dirai ce que tu es.” (Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what ... read more »