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Here you’ll find helpful, healthful nutritional tips and recipes to help you achieve optimal health and well-being. As someone who has lived with a spinal cord injury for 25 years, I fully understand the unique challenges you face in trying to stay healthy while living a full and active life. One of the keys to this delicate balance is proper nutrition. After sustaining spinal damage your metabolism is significantly altered and this can contribute to the development of a host of other secondary health complications, which can negatively impact your independence. Incorporating whole foods into your diet is an important way to help maintain your health, improve daily functioning, reduce the secondary complications that come with living with a spinal cord injury, minimize illness, and maximize your potential.

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Eat Your Way to a Healthy Heart

It’s a hard fact to swallow, but the reality is people with spinal cord injuries face a host of secondary health complications – cardiovascular disease (CVD) being the most serious. CVD is the leading cause of death for people with spinal cord injuries. It is well documented that people who have sustained SCI’s tend to have reduced HDL (good cholesterol) levels and increased LDL (bad cholesterol) and triglyceride levels, all of which contribute to an increased risk of heart

Spring Refresh: Easy Detox

Spring is a time of re-newel, re-growth and rejuvenation! This season often motivates us to Spring clean our home, tidy up closets and re-plant the garden, so why not also apply this same revitalizing energy to your body! One of the best ways you can do this is to cleanse your liver. With over 500 crucial jobs, your liver is one of your hardest working organs. In addition to its vital role of detoxifying harmful substances, your liver’s other main roles include, filtering you

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