by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 28, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, Fitness & Nutrition, Food
Time, money, and wits are your resources. Better meals are your goal. These back-pocket tips can power up your culinary game to make you a faster, smarter cook. Cookies at the ready Make cookie dough, scoop into balls and freeze in a single layer on a parchment-lined...
by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 27, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, Fitness & Nutrition, Food, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Parenting
Eighteen months ago, Alex Levy, then 19, fell while rock-climbing, injuring his foot. He was midway through freshman year at college in California. Levy loved to hike, cycle and run. He played Ultimate Frisbee on a school team. The foot injury didn’t only snap...
by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 27, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, Fitness & Nutrition, Food, Lifestyle, Los Angeles Times
A couple of pounds here, a few more there. Weight gain for Matt Baretich, a biomedical engineer in Loveland, Colo., was insidious but steady. By his early 60s, he weighed 300 pounds. “As I approached that number, I was aghast and began to stagger back from the...
by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 27, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, Fitness & Nutrition, Food, Lifestyle, Los Angeles Times, Parenting
As fast as a Pop-Tart? More filling than an energy bar? Definitely cheaper than the drive-thru. This back-to-school season, discover make-ahead, packable breakfasts. “I don’t remember the last time I ate breakfast sitting at a table,” says Kelsey...
by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 27, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, Fitness & Nutrition, Food, Lifestyle, Los Angeles Times, Mental Health
We know how to lose weight: reduce calories and increase movement. Yet we don’t do it. Or if we do, we gain it back. What’s missing is your answer to why you want to lose, says Dr. Holly Wyatt, associate professor of medicine at the University of...
by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Nov 22, 2018 | Fitness & Nutrition, Publications, Wall Street Journal
Research shows that building strength before a knee replacement leads to better outcomes. For the burgeoning numbers of Americans facing a knee replacement, what they do before surgery may be just as important as what they do after. Emerging science shows that...
