My Healthy Manual Discussion Group Recap #1

Last night (Tuesday, February 13, 2024) was our first discussion group meeting for My Healthy Manual. Each person received their own “Manual” to take notes in. This type of group is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. It’s focus is to gather a group of women to come together with lots of different ideas, perspectives, and knowledge who want to empower themselves to learn about longevity tactics and science based research regarding what we consume, in not only foods, but other aspects of living, to set ourselves up for a quality of live as we move into the next phase of our own lives. I explained that when John and I started back in 2020 we really went full in and now that we have learned a lot (still tons more to learn and retain better, at least for me), we understand the “why” behind foods and the benefits they can have. Now that we understand better, we know that we can stray off the beaten path every so often and the body can take that on a lot better than it could before to clear out the “not so good” stuff a lot quicker to maintain more of an overall healthy body. It’s difficult to talk about food because we have a relationship with it. We love to eat and it tastes good and the marketing of our food continues to get better and better, but look around, we are still seeing more and more disease effecting our society. Where can we make a difference in our own lives.

The group is designed so that if people can make it one month and not the next, that’s okay. These Blog posts will serve as a recap and notes of topics covered for anyone to stay in touch.

Attendance: Brenda, Kim, Janette, Sheila, and myself. We were missing several who wanted to come but had other commitments. We shared snacks and wine and watched a short video on the Blue Zones and then had a discussion and brainstormed topics that we’d like to learn more about at future meetings.

Snacks and Wine:
Siete Grain Free Tortilla Chips (Dip Chip) Made with Avocado Oil. (Kim)
Various Dips for the chips (Kim)
Sweet Pepper Poppers stuffed with Mango Salsa – Very good. + Wine (Janette)
White Wine (Shiela) – saved for next meeting
White Wine (Janette) – saved for next meeting|
Cannonau di Sardegna from Italy Red Wine (Gina) – This wine has the most powerful antioxidants and the people of Sardinia drink a glass everyday during daily social time with their friends.
Mini Pea Pot Pies – Veggie with Jasmine Rice (Gina) U-Relish + added broccoli and cauliflower and salt to taste. I got this package of mix at the Carmel/Broad Ripple Farmer’s Market.

We had introductions and then watched a short video on the Blue Zones and then went back to the table and had a great discussion. Shiela works with in elderly care and she recognized a lot of similarities and differences that Dan Buettner touched on in the video.

After our discussion, we brainstormed topics that we felt like we wanted to learn more about or struggle with and we organized them into categories.

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Research Homework Assignments – During the discussion, a few things came up that we needed for research on so those were assigned out those who either brought up the topic or someone who knew something already they could expand upon and show the evidence. They have to come back with at least three different sources regarding their topic.

Brenda: Bread and some sort of preservative derived from human hair supposedly!!! 🤮 She read it somewhere?
Janette: Why Cheese is so addictive. She explained that because of a chemical called casein, which is found in dairy products and can trigger the brain’s opioid receptors, the same type of effect that produce dopamine in your brain. She will have more to follow up on this next time.

Next meeting Tuesday, March 12th.

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