Changing negative eating behaviors and incorporating healthy lifestyle changes, can be a psychological challenge for many. The right background information and useful tips & tricks is then key. Let yourself be informed and motivated by the AM Lifestyle Medicine team!
April 8, 2019 – Dutch rehabilitation doctor and author and nutritionist with spinal cord injury publish first ever evidence-based, whole food plant based nutrition guide for wheelchair users. What exactly happens in your body when you are wheelchair dependent? Why do you have an increased risk of obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, […]
Wietse Vendrig (54) is paraplegic (D6 D7) since 2006, which is accompanied by severe nerve pain. After Annemarie’s book The Sitting Chef was published, she started with small changes in diet. In 2017 she switched completely to the whole foods plant based Sit Smart lifestyle. With incredible results. “Sit Smart eating completely changed my life. […]
Anne Lotte Molenaar (32) was born with Spina Bifida, and leads a predominantly wheelchair-bound, sedentary, existence ever since with all the health hazards that come with it. She gained a lot of weight, was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), had (like so many wheelchair users) IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and chronic bowel problems. And […]
Our society is in the throes of a virtual epidemic of depression. The numbers are quite staggering. And also more and more young people are consulting a psychiatrist or psychologist. Have we lost our way? No, we just don’t make the connection between nutrition and depression. While we easily understand the connection between nutritional deficiencies […]
Many people know that they should drink a lot of water. Water is the most essential component of our diets – after all, we can’t survive more than a few days without it. But, even though most of us know they should drink enough daily, many of us aren’t getting enough. Lack of water causes stress in the […]
On april 21st our AM Lifestyle Medicine Center-founder and ambassador: sedentary lifestyle expert and nutritionist Annemarie de Vries-Postma (a.k.a. ‘The Sitting Chef’) , was in Dublin in Ireland to speak at the My Life: Well Being Conference 2018. This was the first ever patient centered conference for people living with spinal cord injuries in Ireland; an […]