PNB dancers must stay in magnificent shape—at-home workouts most certainly can help. Read about creative workups and rituals dancers are creating—at home.
Category: Finding Balance blog
FoodWISE and fats and gatherings—bad news on fat-free diets and people-rich gatherings
Gigi reads FoodWISE, on the value of fats, and of isolation, as here: infection spread in Europe
Tough time in the arts studios
As, described here: empty classrooms, studios, stages. (Christopher Gregory for The Washington Post)
Bravo Pacific Northwest Ballet!
A bold move on the part of Pacific Northwest Ballet, but one that is sure to please! Applause, please: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/dance/how-pacific-northwest-ballet-plans-to-pull-off-an-all-digital-season/
FoodWISE, egg yolks, science, and faculty layoffs
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on faulty science and faculty layoffs, as here: faculty layoffs Image: Earlier vlog
FoodWISE and successful “diets”
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, continuing on with her section, “Believing Diets.” Provocative article from the Seattle Times: people living longer?
FoodWISE and yo-yo dieting
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, what happens when we “yo-yo” diet? Lose and regain the same 10# or 25# or 125#? Our bodies are complex, sophisticated and, at times, unpredictable. Read about all that in The Atlantic tonight: the pandemic’s central mystery.
FoodWISE and eating fat to lose fat?
Eat fat to lose fat? Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on the body’s daily nutrient requirements and how it very cleverly adjusts when we practice caloric restriction (via ketosis and more). And, two articles tonight, what’s a clean wine after what’s a clean wine after all? AND food security issues, again. Image, my preferred…
FoodWISE, making obesity a disease, and Donald Byrd a household name
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, critically looking at how we demonize and pathologize “obesity,” in the words ofJulie Guthman, and highlights a critically important artist—Donald Byrd. You can see some of his work here: Donald Byrd and Donald Byrd/on-view/. Donald-Byrd-Headshot-by-Gabriel-Bienczycki
FoodWISE and perfectionist ideals
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE (https://youtu.be/kHy1Sng9YQ4), on diets and perfectionist ideals—both, unachievable. Her call to “do the right thing” extends to her reading of an article on Italy: Key is quick and decisive responses, re: lockdown and preventing new clusters of infection—although, clearly, “complacency remains the jet fuel of the pandemic.”