Easy Ways to Get Your Water

Easy Ways to Get Your Water

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

You know you’re supposed to drink those eight glasses a day, but water can be so…boring. But take heart – there are lots of ways to incorporate water into your daily diet without having to tote around a gallon jug of H2O. When you wake up in the morning, the…

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Oprah’s Weight-Loss Secret

Oprah’s Weight-Loss Secret

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

It’s tea time. Green tea, to be more specific. Oprah swears by it, and so do plenty of other dieters. Although it’s only in the last decade that green tea has been making headlines, green tea has actually been a popular staple in a Chinese medicine for almost 4,000 years….

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Healthy Foods Can Make You Fat

Healthy Foods Can Make You Fat

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

It is possible to have too much of a good thing. While pretzels, nuts, granola bars, rice cakes and other snacks may be smart snacks, it’s important to enjoy them in moderation. Even healthy foods can take a toll on your waistline. After all, those calories add up. A chocolate…

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Diet-Friendly Dining Techniques

Diet-Friendly Dining Techniques

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

The hustle and bustle of the holidays can be a killer on your diet, especially when you’re trying to squeeze meal time in between shopping, decorating, gift wrapping, parties and more. It’s important to remember to make mealtime count. That means giving all your attention to consuming your meal. By…

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This Workout Is Tutu Good

This Workout Is Tutu Good

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Ballet has come a long way since the days of boring barre routines, drill-sergeant teachers and recitals. It’s worth revisiting those moves you might’ve done at the dance studio so many years ago. Ballet is enjoying a renaissance among those who admire and desire the long, lean lines and tight…

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Injury-Free Exercises

Injury-Free Exercises

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Your time is precious, and it’s hard enough to fit in a workout during your busy day. So when you do work out, you want to make your routine as efficient and injury-free as possible. You know that cardio and strength training are integral to success, but do you know…

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Too Much Binge Eating

Too Much Binge Eating

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

The most common eating disorder may not be what you think it is. More people have a problem with binge eating than any other eating disorder, including anorexia and bulimia, although it’s not as recognized. The disorder isn’t characterized by being able to eat a lot, having a healthy appetite…

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Calcium Check: Are You Getting It?

Calcium Check: Are You Getting It?

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Make sure you’re getting enough calcium. Of all the minerals the body absorbs, you’re most likely to come up short in your supply of calcium. Unfortunately, this mineral is essential as far as strengthening bones, helping muscles contract and regulating contractions of the heart. Most surprisingly, calcium plays a role…

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Get More Bang for Your Fitness Buck

Get More Bang for Your Fitness Buck

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

When it comes to exercising, doing more with less effort is the way to go, whether you’re trying to save time, energy, money or all of the above. You probably already know that you can break up those 30 minutes of exercise that experts recommend you get daily – 10…

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Should You Go Gluten-Free?

Should You Go Gluten-Free?

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

For many people who suffer from celiac disease or wheat allergies, eating a sandwich or drinking a beer can be uncomfortable at best and nearly fatal at worst. Products that contain gluten, a thickening additive that is also present in wheat, barley, rye and oats, can pose problems such as…

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