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Running on Empty? Here’s How to Fill Up Your Energy Tank!
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Can you imagine what you could do with a little more energy? Perhaps you could get a little more work done, spend some more time playing with your kids, power your way through a workout at the gym, or perhaps just do something fun. Sounds appealing, doesn’t it? Well, the sad fact is that although […]
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The Immune System - Defending Your Good Health
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You can spend thousands of dollars on sophisticated alarm systems to protect your family against burglars, smoke, and carbon monoxide, but are you really safe? You may not have considered some unseen security threats. There are millions of them - bacteria, viruses, allergens, toxins, and parasites - they’re all around you, and they’d love nothing […]
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Turn On Your Body’s Antioxidant Power!
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Everyone’s talking about the age-defying benefits of antioxidants, but do you know what antioxidants are - and how they actually work?
The U.S. Government’s Medline Plus database defines antioxidants as substances that help to protect your cells against the effects of free radicals. Free radicals are molecules produced when your body breaks down food or by […]
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Anxious About Anxiety?
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Anxious About Anxiety?
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Here’s help on how to stay calm!Fear and anxiety are an unavoidable part of life. You may feel anxious before a dental appointment, or when you’re walking alone down a dark street. This kind of anxiety is useful - it can make you more alert or careful. It usually ends soon […]
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Finding The Competitive Edge
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Winning athletes will tell you that nothing beats the exhilaration of competition, and that’s just as true for weekend golfers as it is for elite Olympians. Even a workout in the gym is an athletic contest: after all, you can only make gains by bettering your own personal best.
We’re all looking for a competitive edge, […]
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Don’t Distress Over Stress!
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“Stress is life. Life is stress,” says Dr. Esther Sternberg, Director of the Integrative Neural Immune Program at the U.S. Government’s National Institute of Mental Health. You can’t avoid stress, but although you might think of it only in negative terms, a little bit of stress can actually add excitement to your life and it’s […]
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I Don’t Like Swallowing Pills!
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It all started for me as a child, when I awoke one morning with a sore throat. In an effort not to wake my sister, who was home from college one weekend, I simply helped myself to a couple of Bufferin (a popular pain reliever at the time), popped them in my mouth, and swallowed. […]
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Eat Protective Foods!
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According to the Cancer Research Foundation of America, 35 percent of all cancers may be linked to diet. Are you doing all that you can to eat healthy?Studies have shown that a diet low in fat and high in fruits, vegetables and fiber may protect you from many forms of cancer. But no one fruit […]
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Beware of Copy-Cats!
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Companies do a great job in advertising these days. They spend millions of dollars on television, newspaper and magazine ads trying to convince you that their product is better. And the more we hear it on TV, the more we are likely to blindly believe whatever it is that the company is endorsing. Remember, these […]
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Is Stress the #1 Reason for YOUR Doctors’ Visit?
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Balancing work and family - with time for myself is extremely important for my health and well-being.
This past weekend, we were enjoying time together at a neighbor’s birthday party for their child. We were all soaking up the first signs of spring warmth as we caught up with the neighbors. While watching the kids trying […]
