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Very Veggie
The Vegetable Group includes any vegetable or 100% vegetable juice whether fresh, frozen, canned or dried. Foods in this group provide important nutrients such as potassium, folate, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E and fiber and may help reduce the risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. Beans are also included in [...]
Soup and Sandwich Selections
Eating the nutrient rich way means getting the most vitamins, minerals and other nutrients – but not too many calories – from the foods you choose. Below is an assortment of quick, easy and tasty tips to boost the nutrient richness of a typical soup-and-sandwich meal. Prepare condensed tomato soup with fat free milk instead [...]
Free Manual: Walking Your Way to Fitness
Walking Your Way to Fitness To improve your health, all you need to do is walk. Walking is a great way to accustom your body to exercise. Thirty minutes of brisk walking has been proved to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by as much as 40-percent. Cardiovascular disease is the number-one killer of both [...]
Top Five Jogging Strollers
In the past, parents who wanted to walk or run with their children in strollers found it impossible. Now parents can buy strollers that specifically accommodate their fitness needs while also considering the comfort and safety of their children. Today, there are jogging strollers that have features for the runner or walker on various surfaces. [...]
Focus on Fruit
Fruit servings include any fruit or 100% fruit juice. Fruits may be fresh, frozen, canned or dried. Foods in this group provide important nutrients such as potassium, folate, vitamin C and fiber and may help reduce the risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. For maximum nutrient richness and great taste, pick [...]
How To Tell When Foods Goes Bad
For fun – but not off the mark, either! ICE CREAM – If you can’t tell the difference between your ice cubes and your ice cream, it’s time to throw BOTH out. FROZEN FOODS – Frozen foods that have become an integral part of the defrosting problem in your freezer compartment will probably be spoiled [...]
Get Moving! Moves to Lose
Get Moving! Do you procrastinate – or start an exercise program and quit after a few months? You’re not alone. Try these tips and see if they help you stick to a regime: Do what you enjoy. If you’re not keen on the gym, go skiing, sledding, or just get out and walk! Reward yourself. [...]
Chocolate: Can It Make You Thin?
No need to feel guilty when you indulge in some Easter chocolate this coming Sunday! Scientists have apparently discovered that those who eat the most chocolate are actually the thinnest people in our society. A study was published in the journal of the Archives of Internal Medicine and outlined a study carried out by the [...]
Exercise and Hyponatremia
Over-hydrating (drinking too much) can lead to a condition called hyponatremia, which is serious and sometimes deadly. Hyponatremia is a metabolic condition in which there is not enough sodium (salt) in the body fluids outside the cells. Exercise-related hyponatremia is thought to be caused by ingesting too much liquid, both before and during exercise. Sodium [...]
Sinus Drops for Spring Sniffles and Sneezes
Spring brings with it high pollen count in the air from which many of us suffer spring sniffles and sneezes. According to several news sources, allergy suffers are being hit harder and earlier than usual this year, especially on the East coast. For those of you that have to deal with hay fever, you are [...]
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