Blog Category - General Health Page 2

Oct

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Your Morning Routine: How to Start Your Day Off Right

People say your morning routine sets the tone for your entire day. If that is, indeed, true (and based on our experience, it is), that first hour after waking up is crucial time that's often spent pretty poorly. What you do first thing in the morning matters. There’s...

Oct

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New Year’s Resolution: Tips to Make It Last

Ahh, the New Year is quickly approaching and you know what that means - it's time for a New Year resolution! A lot of people poke fun at the New Year’s Resolution because many tend to throw in the towel on their resolutions before January even ends. Well, if tha...

Oct

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Five More Common Food Myths

Last month, we addressed some common food myths that have gained traction in the mainstream despite evidence to the contrary. We want to you to be fully informed and armed with all the right information, so we're going to expand on the previous post with some more...

Oct

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Common Food Myths – and the Real Truth

There are some common food myths so ingrained in our culture that lots of people - including physicians and health care professionals – accepts them as fact even though there is no evidence to support them. We're not sure where or why these myths started, b...

Oct

Intermittent Fasting: The Basics and Benefits

If you're immersed into the weight loss/health world (and if you’re reading this, chances are that you are), you’ve probably heard a little bit (or a lot) about a movement that’s been making its rounds: intermittent fasting. While it’s typically done...

Oct

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Childhood Obesity: Is Technology to Blame?

Our last post during National Childhood Obesity Month is all about technology and how that contributes to a more sedentary lifestyle than children in the past were used to. If you read our earlier posts, you know that the World Health Organization has declared childhood obesity a...

Oct

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Childhood Obesity: An American Epidemic

September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. So, we're here to call attention to a problem that’s increasing at an alarming rate in America. It’s so alarming, in fact, that the World Health Organization describes childhood obesity as one of the most serious p...

Oct

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Beyond Green: Other Weight Loss Tea That Can Help You Shed Pounds

You've probably heard by now that green tea - which is one of the most popular teas in the world – can help promote weight loss and reduce belly bloat. This is largely due to one of the main antioxidants in green tea called EGCG, or epigallocatechin gallate. EGC...

Oct

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Heart Health: How Stress Affects Your Heart

February is American Heart Month. Although you should be living in a way that contributes to heart health all year long, this month is a time to really spread the word. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. It's estima...

Oct

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Need Help Losing Weight? There’s an App for That.

Has anyone ever told you that you should write down everything you eat? Did you listen? If not, you should. Food journaling is not just a futile recommendation; studies have shown that people who keep a regular food journal are more successful at meeting their weight loss goals t...

Oct

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Sugar: Nutrition’s Bad Guy

You've probably heard this before, but just in case you haven’t: added sugar is not good for you. Fat gets the flak for many health problems, like obesity and heart troubles, but it’s really sugar that’s largely to blame. And with candy covering the shelve...

Oct

Ditch the Candy: Tips for Getting Through Halloween

Halloween is quickly approaching and we're not sure what’s scarier: the ghosts and goblins running through the streets or the sheer amount of Halloween candy overcrowding the shelves. Everywhere you look there are bags and bags of chocolates, chewy candies, and sour c...

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