Health & Nutrition Articles
Drink Smart
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July is a great time to revisit your New Year’s Resolutions for being more physically active and eating better. An important part of both of these is to pay attention to what you drink. It’s important to stay hydrated while being active during the hot summer months, especially if you are outside for long periods of time and are
Families Eating Smart and Moving More
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Reading food labels, benefited mothers in Halifax County. This changed them and their families eating habits. They said that they never read food labels before, they just ate not thinking about healthy food choices or their health. One doctor is saying to one mom that she needs to loose weight, to prevent high blood pressure. After attending lessons
Revisit Your Resolution
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Six months have passed since you made your New Year’s Resolutions. If you resolved to be more physically active, now is a great time to revisit that decision, or give it a little push. With longer days and warmer weather, the opportunities for outdoor fun are endless. Take advantage of this time to try some new activities or just
Exercise, diet work wonders in battle against osteoporosis
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The other day I was watching the news and one story in particular caught my attention and I felt the need to share it. There had been a new study on how to prevent/decline the onset of osteoporosis. Of course, most of you know that osteoporosis is condition where bones become weak and can break from even a minor fall and is caused by low bone mass and structural
Deceptive diet ads lure a lot of people
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The lure of Hollywood is misleading. Who knows how many people have been made to believe that they aren’t thin enough, rich enough, smart enough, or good-looking enough? Hollywood does another grave disservice to the public with promises of weight loss in a pill or great abs in 5 minutes a day. Products use slogans like, Lose weight without dieting or exercise! Eat your way to a trimmer you!, or Block fat before your
Plan ahead for Fourth that's safe, healthy adn memorable
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Tomorrow millions of Americans will fire up the grill to entertain family and friends. It’s the one time of year that you look forward to the nostalgia of the good ole’ days with lots of classic American dishes like grilled chicken, ribs, hot dogs, burgers, potato salad, and Mom’s apple pie. Nothing rounds out a summer day quite like a meal cooked on a backyard grill. So, what’s on your menu? Have you been serving
Awaken to joys of exercise
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Its 4:00 a.m. the alarm sounds and I think to myself, “is it time to get up already?” I gently push the snooze button for another 10 minutes. Now, I admit it’s not easy getting out of bed at that time to head for the gym, but it works for me. Most people think I love to exercise since I do this on a consistent basis. Let me set the record straight, I enjoy working
Plan ahead for Fourth that's safe, healthy adn memorable
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Tomorrow millions of Americans will fire up the grill to entertain family and friends. It’s the one time of year that you look forward to the nostalgia of the good ole’ days with lots of classic American dishes like grilled chicken, ribs, hot dogs, burgers, potato salad, and Mom’s apple pie. Nothing rounds out a summer day quite like a meal cooked on a backyard grill. So, what’s on your menu? Have you been serving
Deceptive diet ads lure a lot of people
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The lure of Hollywood is misleading. Who knows how many people have been made to believe that they aren’t thin enough, rich enough, smart enough, or good-looking enough? Hollywood does another grave disservice to the public with promises of weight loss in a pill or great abs in 5 minutes a day. Products use slogans like, Lose weight without dieting or exercise! Eat your way to a trimmer you!, or Block fat before your
Awaken to joys of exercise
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Its 4:00 a.m. the alarm sounds and I think to myself, “is it time to get up already?” I gently push the snooze button for another 10 minutes. Now, I admit it’s not easy getting out of bed at that time to head for the gym, but it works for me. Most people think I love to exercise since I do this on a consistent basis. Let me set the record straight, I enjoy working