Articles & Recipes
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Q&A: Healthy Alcohol Consumption
I hear mixed messages about alcohol consumption. Can you please distill the current research?
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Top Rated Health Retreat in US & Canada by Travel + Leisure
While Mountain Trek is a unique retreat, we’re in no denial wellness travel is booming. We see our competitors. We read their reviews. But with more and more resorts and hotels, of all shapes and sizes, joining our movement to rejuvenate both the body and soul, we stand even prouder to announce the following results…
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Energizing Morning Smoothie Recipe
Smoothies are a great way to increase your consumption of fruits, vegetables and fiber. If made with specific macronutrients, they can provide a nutritional balance of fats, protein, complex carbohydrates, helping to keep your blood sugar balanced, and your energy stable. This recipe is also packed with fiber, thanks to the beans, and iron that…
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Q&A With Kirk: How Mountain Trek Evolved to Offer Flow Hiking
In this Q&A article series, Mountain Trek’s program creator and director, Kirkland Shave, answers health and hiking-related questions from previous retreat guests. Q: A friend of mine returned from Mountain Trek this fall and said you are no longer Nordic Fitness Trekking. I’m wondering why that changed and what is Flow Hiking? A: After 20+…
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Pumpkin Turkey Chili
One of Mountain Trek’s most popular recipes. This chili is packed with protein and perfectly hearty, plus it’s a dinner (or lunch!) everyone can agree on. This recipe is also packed with fiber, thanks to the beans, and iron that helps boost energy levels.
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How Hiking Helps Your Mental Health
The next time someone tells you to “take a hike”, thank them for the suggestion and action their words as quickly as possible. Physically speaking, we should hike as it is an excellent form of exercise with many well-known benefits: improved cardiovascular health, strength, and stability, to name just a few. What this polite individual…
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Essential Guide To Work-Life Balance
If you could gain two extra hours every day, how would you spend this newly-found bonus time? Would you commit to a morning meditation practice? Would you pursue a creative passion project? Or would you focus on developing and maintaining deeper connections and relationships with those you love? There are many permutations, but it would…
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Deserving Fund Spotlight: Laurinda Cummings
Laurinda is the first recipient of the Deserving Fund. Her role as sole caretaker of her parents, now in their high 80’s, stuck out to us, as we know how stressful, emotional, and draining this show of support can be, and how, as with the case with Laurinda, it’s easy to turn to negative and…
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How To Build Healthy Habits in 6 Steps
Sustainable, balanced health doesn’t come by yo-yo-ing between the latest diets and health fads. It is found by integrating specific actions that over time habituate into a naturally healthy lifestyle. Lifestyle Habits are like a heavy flywheel Lifestyles take a lot of energy to get going, but once moving, they are hard to stop. This…
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Butternut Squash Beef Chili
Soups and stews are an easily digestible meal to enjoy for lunch or dinner. Packing a thermos of chili to take to work is a great way to ensure you’re getting adequate protein and fiber to keep you fueled in your day. The squash adds a nice creamy component to the dish, and incorporates more…