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3 Simple Steps to a Happy and Healthy Summer
There is never a need to crash diet, exercise until your muscles ache, or be stressed about those few extra pounds during bikini season. The trick to losing weight and feeling great is about committing yourself to a healthy lifestyle. It’s simple! Throw away the Doritos and dip (it’s easier to do than it sounds, [...]
Living a Mediterranean Lifestyle
We’ve all heard of the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet (weight loss and decreased chance of diabetes, heart attack, and stroke), but the Mediterranean diet is more than a diet, it’s a lifestyle. Not only is it about exchanging processed foods, unhealthy fats, and red meats for all natural, healthier choices, but it’s [...]
Spice Up Your Life
Many cultures believe that when you eat an abundance of spicy food, you are heating up your insides, creating a faster metabolism needed for weight loss. Many chefs, artists, and even psychologists believe that when you add color and texture to a meal, you will create something more appetizing, resulting in satisfaction rather than [...]
Spring Cleaning
It’s March—the month where the weather begins to change. We notice buds beginning to bloom, sporadic days of beautiful weather, and of course we can finally push our clocks forward for longer days. Our bodies are noticing these changes too, and for our bodies, spring means detox. And thus, we start to notice all [...]
Go Olives!
It seems like people can’t talk enough about the health benefits of extra virgin olive oil, but what about the olives? It seems like olives have always taken a back seat as a garnish, lost in a salad, or as a meager part of your antipasta, but it’s about time to start giving them the [...]
Going Down the Trail
Admit it. You’ve done the following a million times: You’re about to delve into a snack, but first you flip it around to check the Nutrition Facts. But, no matter what it says, you eat it anyway because IT’S THERE. Don’t get me wrong, it’s always a good idea to check those facts because [...]
Constipation Is Not Sexy
Every slender woman you see (no matter her age) has three things going for her. The first is genetics, and ladies we all know there is nothing we can do to change that. The second is a fast metabolism. We can help to speed up our metabolism with exercise, but mostly that’s also linked to [...]
Green Tea Has Magic Powers
When you think of witches around the cauldron mixing up a smoking green concoction, did you ever wonder what life altering elixir they were brewing? The answer is green tea. Well, maybe that wasn’t always the case, but it should have been. A recent study conducted by the Journal of Nutrition took two groups [...]
Getting Past Your Hump Day
Wednesday—right smack dab in the middle of the five-day work work—is known as Hump Day. It’s the day in which the weekend starts to come into view—as long as you get over the hump. It holds promise that Friday and our weekend will soon be near. When we begin eating healthy, trying to change our [...]
What’s Your Number?
We all learned about it in our middle school science class, but who knew back then the number on your p H balance would turn out to be something you should actually be aware of as a healthy adult? For those of you were like me—too busy passing notes to the cute 6th grade boy [...]
