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10 Ways To Add Extra Fruits And Vegetables To Your Family’s Diet
We all know by now that we should be eating a bare minimum of five servings of fruits and vegetables each day, and the more the better! But knowing and doing are two different things, aren’t they? Sometimes it just seems easier to reach for pre-packaged snacks and...
Stick to an Exercise Plan Despite Your Busy Schedule
Whether our goal is to lose weight, gain muscle, stick to a new eating plan, be heart healthy, or simply maintain our current level of fitness, we all face one common obstacle – TIME. For most of us, the number one challenge in the quest to stay in shape or lose...
The Building Blocks of Good Nutrition
Whether you are at your ideal weight or striving to reach your weight goal, is it simply a matter of burning more calories than you take in? The answer, I suggest, is no! Of course, calories in versus calories out is a part of the equation. But overall body health...
Daily Bowel Movements are Essential
There are many concepts to explore and learn about when it comes to nutrition. But one of the basic principles is “What goes in must come out.” Your body is like a complex machine. It extracts what it needs from the foods you eat, and it gets rid of the rest through...
Tips for Building Healthy Eating Habits
(1) More home-cooked food; less eating out. (2) More fresh fruit as snacks. (3) More fresh vegetables as snacks and with meals. (4) Brown rice instead of white rice. (5) More whole grain pastas and breads. (4) More beans as sides or in stews. (5) Avoid dairy. (6) More...
Dance Your Way to Weight Loss
Tired of the high gym memberships, with the constant travel to and from the gym, and the packing and unpacking of your gym bag? Or maybe you haven’t been exercising lately and you’ve got some extra pounds you want to lose. Either way, dancing could be the answer to...
Eating To Live
Eating is an essential part of life, and we cannot sustain life for long without eating. So, it is important that we take the time to learn how to eat well, because eating well will help us to live the best life possible. Our views on what we should eat and the eating...
First Steps Toward Healthy Eating
If you’re not currently eating healthy, it can be difficult to know where to start. But healthy eating and exercise are the building blocks for maintaining good health and building up your body’s immunity against disease. As anyone who has ever struggled with healthy...
5 Small Steps to Improve Your Health
If you’re like most of us, you have made at least one large, sweeping health-related goal that would change your entire life for the better if only you could stick with it. I mean, a large goal, such as: “I’m going to lose 50 pounds by summer”; or “I’m going to start...
Foods That Help Reduce Stress
When we’re stressed out, we tend to turn to foods that are our traditional “comfort” foods. Foods like macaroni and cheese, fried foods, and large meals that include seconds. “Comfort foods” also include the chocolate, chips, ice cream, fast food, and other sweet or...