10 Tips to Improve Your Heart Health
February not only belongs to the warm and charming Valentine’s Day but also American Heart Month. Unfortunately, heart disease is an all-too-familiar group of heart-related illnesses including coronary heart disease that claims the lives of approximately 600,000 people each year according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. But this is only a daunting [...]
The Secret To Eating Less And Getting Lean
Did your mother ever tell you to stop inhaling and chew your food? It turns out, she’s right. A study in 2011 looked at the chewing differences between lean and obese men. 14 obese subjects and 16 lean subjects were given a 2200 calorie meal in two different sessions and the effects were then studied. [...]
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The New Benefit of Exercise
We’ve all heard about how good exercise is for us. Not only does it keep us looking good, it also keeps our heart healthy and can help prevent against certain diseases. Now, there’s even more reason to work out. A new study in Cell Metabolism recently reported that exercise alters DNA within skeletal muscle. These alterations [...]
5 Reasons You Should Stop Drinking Soda Today!
Soda can be an addicting habit. You can find it almost everywhere, and drinking it can become second nature. You may have been thinking about quitting, but just haven’t found the motivation. Here are 5 reasons you should finally kick your soda habit. 1. Soda drinkers are more likely to be overweight; in a Danish [...]
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5 Tips to Decrease Holiday Stress
As the song says, it’s the most wonderful time of the year – and the busiest! The kids are excited about the holidays, moms and dads are planning and preparing our most special dishes for visiting relatives and holiday parties, and we’re all running around trying to get the shopping done and the house decorated. [...]
12 Healthy Gift Ideas
The joy of the holiday season can be met with stress for many people who feel the pressure of buying the perfect holiday gifts for loved ones. It can be especially difficult buying for the person who seems like they already have everything. This year give the gift of health with one or more of [...]
Go Meatless on Monday!
Improve Your Health . . . It Only Takes 1 Day a Week! What do the following people and places have in common: Sir Paul McCartney; Israel’s top restaurants; Kim O’Donnel of the Washington Post; Ghent, Belgium; and Michael Pollan? They’re all going meatless on Mondays! Meatless Monday is a non-profit initiative, in association with [...]
