Are You Getting Enough Potassium?

Are You Getting Enough Potassium?

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Potassium is an important mineral whose importance is often overlooked. However, it plays a huge role in optimal functioning of the heart, metabolism, muscles and the nervous system. Potassium also plays a role in maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance in body cells. Getting too little potassium is rare when one…

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A Step in the Light Direction

A Step in the Light Direction

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

You walk all day long. Wouldn’t it be nice to find out exactly how many calories you’re burning? You can with the purchase of a pedometer. Pedometers monitor every step you take and can cost as little as $5. It’s a more economic option for those who don’t want to…

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Winsor Pilates

Winsor Pilates

Diet Reviews / Other

Pilates is an exercise routine based on stretching and breathing that centers on the strengthening of the abdominal core. What sets Winsor Pilates apart from different workouts is that it incorporates Winsor’s technique of dynamic sequencing, a combination of moves done in a specific order and rhythm to achieve maximum…

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Get Back to Family Dinner

Get Back to Family Dinner

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

by Dr. Lynne Kenney Families today are busy. With after-school sports and other activities driving of our lives, a sit-down dinner often falls off the “to-do list.” But a family dinner is more than just eating vegetables; research shows that sitting down to dinner is an important protective factor in…

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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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All Vitamin Supplements Are Not Created Equal

All Vitamin Supplements Are Not Created Equal

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

While getting all your essential nutrients from natural foods is ideal, it may not be practical in today’s society, and many people turn to vitamins to supplement their diets. Make no mistake about it, however, vitamin supplements are big business, and not all manufacturers have your best interests at heart….

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The Rosedale Diet

The Rosedale Diet

Diet Reviews / Low Calorie

The Rosedale Diet reaches to the heart of good health by controlling leptin, the hormone which tells the brain when to eat, how much to eat and when to stop. Ironically, leptin is produced by fat cells. The goal is to keep leptin levels low enough to inform the body…

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The Ultimate New York Body Plan

The Ultimate New York Body Plan

Diet Reviews / Low Fat

To put it bluntly, if you’re looking for a diet on which you’re going to be handled with kid gloves, this isn’t it. The Ultimate New York Body Plan is basically boot camp for dieters. The diet is based on 1,200 calories and Kirsch’s “ABCDEF’s” rules ban alcohol, bread, starchy…

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