The Best Leafy Greens to Eat

The Best Leafy Greens to Eat

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

You hear it all the time – eat your veggies. And leafy greens seem to give the best bang for your nutrition buck. But before you start scarfing up everything green, you should know the variances in nutrition from broccoli to Bibb lettuce. Unfortunately, the number-one green is dead last…

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Eating Healthy, American Style

Eating Healthy, American Style

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

American restaurants are notorious for providing their patrons with unhealthy food. This statement is true, as we are viewed to be the fattest nation in the world, but it doesn’t apply to eating “American.” Yes, fast food joints are associated with America, and with good reason, but those are shoddy…

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How to Bounce Back from a Binge

How to Bounce Back from a Binge

Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body

You were doing so well on your diet! Now you’re covered with cookie crumbs, and the remains of a container of Ben & Jerry’s are melting on the coffee table. You’ve had another eating binge, you feel awful, and you’re ready to give up. But you can bounce back. Many…

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Feeding Your Feelings? Bypass Binges

Feeding Your Feelings? Bypass Binges

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Emotional eating can wreak havoc on even the most determined dieter. It’s a way to suppress or soothe negative feelings like boredom, grief, fear and anger. Triggers may include unemployment, financial stressors, relationship strain, health problems or simply fatigue. Our first reaction when anxiety rears its ugly head is to…

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5 Ways to Add Fitness to Your Life

5 Ways to Add Fitness to Your Life

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

These days, it’s hard to turn on the television for more than fifteen minutes without seeing at least one commercial talking about weight loss. However, when you get right down to it, more than weight loss is important, the key is making lifestyle changes – eating more nutritious foods and…

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5 Things Wrecking Your Sex Life

5 Things Wrecking Your Sex Life

Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body

Is your hot and steamy love life feeling more lukewarm these days? You might think you’re doing everything right, but there are sneaky sensual snafus that could be destroying your sex life. While most of them are easily fixed or avoided, you need to identify where you went (or are…

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Healthy Lunch Strategies

Healthy Lunch Strategies

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

by Rita Chaney For many of us who work and want to watch our weight and eat healthy, lunch can be the most difficult meal of the day. We’re “stuck” away from home with very little time to make decisions about where to go for lunch and what to eat…

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