Tackling Anxiety

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While fall signifies the start of a new season and fresh start, it’s also can also be a hectic time of year for some. With kids going back to school, workloads building up and the holidays fast approaching it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, and even easier to let anxiety take over. To get the most [...]

Weight Loss

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Losing weight is not easy. You will never hear me say that it is. It takes dedication, motivation and hard work. But by making a few easy changes you can get the ball rolling on weight loss. Try following these steps … You may find it’s a little easier than you think! Change one: what [...]

Water & Weight Loss

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Water leading to weight loss is an often debated topic, but most experts agree that water is an essential part of a healthy diet and a contributing factor in weight loss. Water aids the body in several ways, one of the most important is in the functioning of the liver. One of the livers main [...]

Accessorizing Youʼre Wardrobe This Fall, Post Fashion Week

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It’s now been a little over a week since New York’s Fall Fashion Week swept into the city and overtook with it’s glitzy industry parties, frenzied fashion editors and hopelessly lithe models (appearing seemingly everywhere). It was a bewildering, yet glamourous whirlwind of a week and for better or worse, it’s all over now. The [...]

Apple Recipes

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Apple and Dried Cherry Chutney 1 ½ tablespoons canola oil 1 ½ cups chopped red onion 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1/3 cup dried cherries 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup water 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and finely chopped 1 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolved in [...]

Apples

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Click here for Apple Recipes An apple a day really may keep the doctor away! Research shows that the combination of phytochemicals in apples plays an important role in antioxidant and anti-cancer activity.  This complex mix of phytonutrients works synergistically to: Promote Heart Health The mix of soluble and insoluble fiber in apples work together [...]

Food and Mood: Be Happy. Eat Breakfast

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What are you having for Breakfast? IN YOUR FACE Making smart, delicious and nutritious breakfast choices can make the difference between feeling blue and blah or bright, energized and strong all day long! You can start your day on a happier path by simply eating a nutritious breakfast. Breakfast really is the most important meal [...]

Snow Day Workout! Stuck Home With The Kids?

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Climb the stairs. Not the walls. Don’t  let four walls keep you from getting your daily dose of exercise. Get your shoes on, turn up the tunes and head for the stairs! (bring the kids along). We have the perfect high energy 30 minute workout for you! The best part is; you can sweat your [...]

Healthy Hair!

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Long or short, hair always looks best when it’s healthy. And when our hair is looking its best, we feel our best. Here are some tips to get your hair and yourself in tip-top shape. Unfortunately, there is no cure for split ends except to cut them off. There is no serum, spray or gel [...]

Keep your kids healthy and energized this fall with our list of kid friendly snacks!

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Celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins, or low-fat cream cheese. Any fruit. Bananas, grapes and apples are the easiest and least messy to eat. Try serving apples with low-fat cheese or peanut butter. Any vegetables. Baby carrots come in small, portable snack size packets and snap peas are fun if you can get your [...]