Nourish & Flourish: exercise and kale chips

Common types of exercise

If it’s time for you to get moving to improve your health but you’re not sure where to go, an article at Healthline.com can help.

Healthline lists basic types of exercise as:

Aerobic

This type involves continuous movement, and could include swimming, running, and dancing.

Strength

You’re working your muscles with these types of exercise. Examples include resistance training, plyometrics, weightlifting, and sprinting.

Calisthenics

Typically there’s no need for gym equipment with these movements, and you’ll use large muscle groups. Examples of exercises include lunges, situps, pushups, and pullups.

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) or Tabata

This type of exercise involves short bursts of high-intensity movements followed by low-intensity exercises or rest. For example, 20 seconds of jumping jacks followed by 10 seconds or rest, then 20 seconds of push-ups followed by 10 seconds of rest, etc.

Boot camps

Healthline calls these “timed-based, high-intensity circuits that combine aerobic and resistance exercises.”

The article says these and other activities can be done individually or combined. “The important thing is to do what works best for you and to have fun with it.”

'Superfood' kale has several nutritional benefits

The leafy vegetable kale, considered to be a "superfood" in some quarters, has several nutritional benefits, according to Verywell Fit.

For instance, the easily-grown cruciferous vegetable is a good source of fiber and provides Vitamins A, K, and C. It also offers potassium and calcium.

Recipe

Easy and Tasty Kale Chips

by Cortney Campbell of AntiCancerMom.com

I know that many of you may already be making kale chips, but this is the recipe that I have found easiest and most delicious. In fact, one time my daughter ate that entire tray you see her holding …by HERSELF. I actually had to bribe her with the kale chips to take bites of the other part of her dinner.

They are crunchy, have a tiny buttery factor from the olive oil, and are topped off with salty deliciousness. And this is without mentioning their amazing cancer-fighting abilities.

Ingredients

1 head organic green kale
Olive oil to taste
Sea salt or Herbamare

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Wash kale and dry (or sometimes as long as it’s organic I just tear it without washing. Sorry if this grosses you out … but you bake it, anyway!) Note: It is important not to use soaking wet kale.
3. Tear kale into potato chip-sized pieces, avoiding the large stems.
4. Lay casually on a baking pan.
5. Drizzle with olive oil. (Having an oil/salad dressing dispenser with nozzle helps a lot in dispersing the oil evenly.)
6. Sprinkle with sea salt or Herbamare.
7. Bake for about 10 minutes.
8. Remove chips from oven and move kale chips around with tongs.
9. Bake another 8-10 minutes depending on your oven until all chips are crunchy but not burned.

(Here's a video of Cortney making this recipe.)

(Reprinted by permission.)

The information provided in these articles is for educational purposes and is not meant as medical advice. They contain the opinions of the writers. The information is not meant to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health professional.