How To Have A Vibrant Summer.

Three ways to enhance your summer

Don’t you love this time of the year? Summer welcomes outdoor activities, being with friends, holidays and, of course, Christmas. Are we for it with what we’ve been through the last few months? I think we are.

Here in the Southern Hemisphere, we celebrate the festive season in, quite often, sweltering heat, and those of us lucky enough will enjoy beach life with cool water and white (or black) sand.

With a bit of good management, those of us in the older generation should have weathered the winter months in good health, especially if having followed a beautiful whole-food vegan diet.

But good health is more than food. Yes, studies have proved time and time again that the whole food plant-based diet is optimum, but there are a couple of other things that need to be factored in: exercise and community.

The longevity secrets of The Blue Zones (five specific areas around the world where people live long and healthy lives) all have these three things in common. Food, exercise and community.

Food: Let’s start with the best! As we come into the celebration months and tables ladened with delectable delights, food has to be the top priority. What we put into our bodies does determine how well we feel.