Winter Health Advice

Do you set yourself any personal goals for your health during the winter, and if you do so, what are they? And how do you go about reaching them? No, just the same thing I try to do all year round, just to stay on track with my eating habits. Okay, if you could give someone advice about staying healthy in the winter, what would you tell them based on your own experience? Do not eat fried food. Stay away from sugars. It's horrible. The starches, all of it, just stay away from it in the wintertime. You will regret it. You'll be 25 pounds heavier by the time spring comes. Very, very important piece of advice indeed. Thank you very much. And the last question to conclude our wonderful and very, very insightful conversation. Thanks to you. The last question is what could healthcare providers do differently to better support people during the winter in terms of preparation, communication, what types of care? The biggest thing is that I find is people in low income areas have the worst eating habits because they only buy what they can afford. and that's usually processed food and, you know, and they, I think it's more important for them to be, for them to have, and especially they don't usually have the resources. They usually don't. And if some of them do, it's a handful they do. They need those resources more than anybody. They need to have someone reach out to, and I understand, you know, crime is horrible in Maryland, in Baltimore City, in Baltimore County, and it doesn't matter, it's horrible. But if people work together to help each other and help motivate each other, things will get better. Go into these communities, stop being afraid to walk down the street, stop clutching yourself tight when somebody, when someone of color walks past you, reach out your hand and, you know something, hi how are you? I make a habit of making my life feel better by making someone else's life feel better. Every day I make a habit of engaging and it's hard for me but every time I go out I make sure I speak, I greet people, I tell them to have a blessed day, what you I talk to people, and if I can do that, so can they. Thank you very much, Dana. What a nice way to conclude this conversation. Let me thank you again.