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Nuts to be Nuts About
Eating nuts is an easy way to pack protein, vitamins and minerals into your diet. Whether you’re following a paleo diet, counting points or counting calories, nuts are generally on the “approved” list. Products made from them, such as almond milk or cashew cream, are...
Improve Your Seasonal Allergy Symptoms with Smart Food Choices
Did you know that the foods you eat can affect your seasonal allergies? If you’ve ever wondered why your allergy medication didn’t completely relieve your symptoms, it could be because the foods you eat are making them worse. While some foods worsen allergies, others...
Are High Intensity Interval Training Workouts Right for You?
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) workouts are the latest workout trend for good reason. These quick workouts improve your heart health, help you burn more calories and can be done using the exercise of your choice. An All-Out Effort High intensity interval...
Fish, Fruit & Fitness: Healthy Sugars and Fats for Your Diet Plan
Cutting out sugars and fats may seem like the easiest way to keep your New Year’s resolution to shed those unwanted pounds, but eliminating these substances entirely isn’t good for your health. Instead, focus on choosing healthy sugars and fats that will help you...
Why You Should Care About Managing Your Stress Levels
If you’re one of the 1 in 5 Americans who experience extreme stress, you could also be one of the millions who experience depression or anxiety disorders. Stress and depression appear to be a Catch-22: people who are stressed often engage in unhealthy behaviors, such...
Understanding Your Cholesterol: What’s Fact and What’s Fiction?
Bad cholesterol is a sneaky risk factor (sometimes invisible to the naked eye) that everyone should be aware of. It doesn’t discriminate and can be found in people of all shapes and sizes, ages, races and genders. Like many health topics, understanding cholesterol is...
Tips to End Insomnia and Improve Your Health
Sleep brings about unconscious bliss, helps the body regenerate and allows the brain to process and retain memories from the day. Yet, a recent study found that 1 in 3 Americans aren’t getting the recommended 7 hours of sleep per night. The technical name for this...
Mindfulness Meditation Will Help You Conquer Stress
There are two types of stress: there’s the good kind, which motivates you and can help you stay focused in an emergency. The “fight or flight” response is considered good stress because it launches your body into survival mode when you need it. Then there’s the bad...
Pregnancy and Postpartum Fitness: Fitness for New Moms
Too often, new mothers forget to take care of their most valuable asset – themselves. Exercise frequently falls to the bottom of the to-do list, but postpartum fitness routines that work offer several key benefits that make it well worth the effort. Why Exercise?...