Eat Healthy, Live Longer

Eat Healthy, Live Longer

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

by Shauna Zamarripa You are what you eat. Eating over-processed, over-packaged and preservative-laden foods has been linked to premature aging and certain diseases. Poor eating habits have been attributed to cancer, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke. With all of this information at our fingertips, how do we stave…

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Make Good Health a Family Affair

Make Good Health a Family Affair

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

With the growing problem of obesity in the United States, striving for good health might best be done by making exercise and diet a family affair. Mayo Clinic staff reports suggest treatment and prevention of childhood (and adult) obesity begins at home. Eating too much and not getting enough exercise…

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What Should Your Heart Rate Be?

What Should Your Heart Rate Be?

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

You’re ready to jump into that heart-pumping activity and intensive cardiovascular exercise session, but are you doing more harm than good? Most people don’t realize how important it is to keep your heart rate at a certain level while exercising, and you need to maintain a specific heart rate when…

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Beans Good For More than Your Heart

Beans Good For More than Your Heart

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

There’s an old saying that beans are good for your heart…but that’s just the beginning. Research shows that beans are chock full of goodness. In addition to reducing the risk of heart disease, beans also beat certain types of cancer. This high-protein, low-fat staple is loaded with nutrients including calcium,…

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Total Health Makeover Plan

Total Health Makeover Plan

Diet Reviews / Other

The principles of the Total Health Makeover are simple enough. Read nutrition labels — Bypass any products with chemicals, additives and preservatives. Reduce intake of red meat — Cut out beef, pork, lamb and venison, and replace it with chicken, turkey and fish. Reduce dairy intake — Say farewell to…

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The Best Late-Night Bites

The Best Late-Night Bites

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

There’s a hypothetical witching hour for dieters – sometime in the evening is when most “experts” say you shouldn’t put anything else in your mouth until morning. But if you’re famished after dinner, should you really starve yourself? Nope. In fact, the right midnight snack can keep you from overeating…

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When Is a Fitness Gadget a Gimmick?

When Is a Fitness Gadget a Gimmick?

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

When you see those get-fit-quick fitness products advertised on TV, what’s your first reaction? The irresistible temptation is hard to resist when big results, like a “six-pack in 30 days!” are promised. When the ads are just so believable – and when famous faces hawk them – it’s tough not…

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Shape Your Self

Shape Your Self

Diet Reviews / Other

Martina is drawing upon both her own personal experience and experimentation to create six steps to fitness. As she approaches 50, the tennis superstar is in the best shape of ever. The Shape Your Self program is online and features a 4-week workout, 28-day diet plan, 56 exercises, 8 vital…

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Various Types of Depression and Its Symptoms

Various Types of Depression and Its Symptoms

Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body

By Peter sams The American Heritage Dictionary describes depression as being “a psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, anhedonia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death.” Depression is the common cold of mental disorders – ” most people will…

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