8 Tips to Improve your Digestive Health
Your lifestyle and food choices have a strong effect on how your body digests what you eat. You have to eat in order to live but when digestive issues arise such as bloating, constipation, gas, and pain, what normally should be a pleasurable occurrence can take a turn for the worse in a stressed-out stomach…
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10 tips for breaking through a weight loss plateau
You go on a weight loss diet, you’re working out and all that efforts has been paying off in just what you wanted – losing weight. But then, your body suddenly puts the on brakes with the peeling of pounds coming to a screeching halt. What happened and how can you pick up momentum again…
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8 easy nutrition resolutions for the New Year
It’s the annual time of year for making a New Year’s Resolution. According to the most popular Google searches for self-improvement, the top New Year’s resolution for 2017 was to get healthy which had 62,776,640 searches, a 13.77 percent increase over the previous year. One of the very best ways to “get healthy” is to…
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Give gifts of health this holiday
The holidays are here and if you haven’t found that perfect gift for that special someone, here are some great ideas. You won’t find socks or underwear or ties on this holiday list. This list is meant to show you care about their health especially for someone who could use a bit of nudging towards…
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How to lose weight for good without going to extremes
There are all kinds of crazy weight loss diets out there many people flock to. From high-protein to low-carb to ketogenic, the weight loss industry is a steady business. But if these “diets” all claim to be the best for taking the weight off for good, then why has the number of people overweight to…
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The healthiest foods on your Thanksgiving table
Thanksgiving is almost here and that means one thing – food and lots of it. In fact, according to different sources, it is estimated that the average number of calories a person consumes on turkey day is at least 2,400 up to 4,500. That is a rather wide range but nonetheless, most of us will…
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Embrace the bountiful foods of fall
We often think of fall as the time of year for variety of produce to wane. The growing season is winding down, the weather is turning colder, and many farmers’ markets are closed until next spring. Yet, a walk through the grocery store this time of year has a nice surprise. There is actually a…
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How to handle Halloween candy craziness
Halloween is a tricky annual celebration for health-conscious parents. Since getting candy is the focus and there is no “health food” category for this treat, the thought of candy overload makes Halloween can be an especially scary day. It’s one thing to decide what costume they will dress up in but then there is the…
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Positive practical advice parents need to fight childhood obesity
We all want what is best for our children and one of the ways we show this is through how we feed them. Food is intricately linked with love and if that’s the case with American parents, we love our kids a lot. The notion that “food is love” and a way to show our…
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Eggs are no longer a nutritional no-no
In case you’re confused whether eggs are good for us or not, the good news is they’re back and lucky for us they are considered to be a healthy option. It wasn’t that long ago when eggs didn’t have the best dietary reputation thanks to its high cholesterol content. How many of us in the…
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