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For wellness coach Gary Drisdelle, you aren’t just what you eat. You’re also what you do, how you sleep and how you de-stress.

The continuing list can be daunting. Add worrying about the health of the planet into the mix and you’ve got a recipe for, well, pretty much the opposite of wellness.

And Drisdelle knows it. That’s how the Thornhill resident came to write and publish the book Healthyism – Healthy I, Healthy World!.

Its central message is that, instead of fretting about the big picture, people can improve the wellbeing of the world by becoming personally healthy.

“If you don’t have health, you’re not going to give everything else the best it can possibly have,” he says.

While he now works only with clients privately, Drisdelle operated wellness clinics for 15 years. His experiences led him to conclude that enhanced physical health improves mental health, putting one in a better state to care for others.

While the body is forgiving when people are in their teens and 20s, Drisdelle says eventually unhealthy habits snowball and it starts to break down rapidly. So the best thing is to start by making the decision one wants to be healthier sooner rather than later, and find a compelling rea-son to stick to it.

And he quotes the old cliché: one step at a time. That makes things simpler, but there is no easy way, he admits. “It’s easy as brushing your teeth,” he said. “It took your parents a long

time to teach you to brush your teeth.” Drisdelle suggests avoiding eating too many grains, looking for foods

that are as whole and unprocessed as possible, and exercising the whole body regularly.

You don’t have to be a health freak to follow those guidelines, he says. When feeling good, people can afford to stick to them 80 percent of the time, staying 100 percent on track only when they need to recover from stress or illness.

That’s a policy that Drisdelle and his wife, a registered dietitian, and their three kids strive to follow themselves.

“We do try to walk the talk,” he said. The 50-year-old Drisdelle says he was not health-conscious until later

in life. “I was basically going around like everyone else, without any con-

cern,” he said.Originally from New Brunswick, Drisdelle has lived in Thornhill

since 1997. Although he doesn’t have a degree in the medical field, he says he’s studied massage therapy, martial arts and personal training, and been to literally hundreds of conferences on health and rehabilitation.

He originally planned to complete Healthyism in three months, but it ended up taking three years. However, he says he enjoyed doing some-thing new.

“I like the challenge of new things.”That’s why, he says, he’s also learned to fly planes as a hobby pilot,

to scuba dive in the Red Sea and the Caribbean, and to speak French and Spanish.

He says the experience of writing the book helped consolidate his own

Book doeswell well

Thornhill writer out to change worldone health-conscious body at a time

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Canadian research shows nutrition to be key to school performance

arents have an important role to play in their children’s education. Going back to school is always an adjustment for kids after summer break, but making sure they eat well will help boost their energy and their brain power.

Canadian research shows that a child’s behaviour, learning capacity, cognitive performance and school attendance are affected by nutrition.

“It is important for parents to provide children with healthy foods to keep them alert throughout the day,” says registered dietitian Cara Rosenbloom. “Healthy food consumption directly relates to bet-ter learning.”

It is easy to incorporate foods into your child’s diet that are great for brain development and knowledge retention.

Begin with breakfast, including Neil-son Dairy Oh! milk, which contains DHA, an Omega-3 fatty acid that sup-

ports the normal physical development of the brain, eyes and nerves.

Ditch the sugary snack bars and pack blueberries for recess snack instead. Blue-berries may help improve learning capac-ity and memory—they also provide a natural car-bohydrate boost to help maintain energy.

Lunches, including whole grains, are always a great option. Whole grains contain fibre and protein, which provide a steady stream of energy and help boost alertness.

Include Dairy Oh! white or chocolate milk as a snack. A 2010 study showed that children who drank milk about four times per week had better memory and longer attention spans than

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Dinner is just as impor-tant as any meal when fueling working minds. Protein from chicken, fish or milk helps keep the brain active—perfect for focusing on homework.

Serving up healthy foods that contain complex carbohy-drates, protein and Omega-3 fats may improve a child’s concentration, memory and attentiveness.

Kids will also learn good eating habits by example, so remember to integrate these foods into your own diet to demonstrate the importance of healthy eating.

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