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You’re in search of a svelte hot bod with only 3 months before your special event! Whether it’s your daughter’s wedding, your son’s bar mitzvah or the party of a good friend, every woman wants to be a stunning starlet. Most celebrities workout year-round but often amp up their workout routines in the weeks before [...]
Losing those last irritating 5 pounds can be the hardest part of your weight-loss journey. Kick things up a notch without depriving yourself. These 10 easy rules will help you finally hit your goal weight and allow you to maintain your healthy new physique. 1. Practice Portion Control Over the years, portions have become supersized. [...]
A good friend in her late 30s was recently telling me about her struggle to lose the five pounds she’d put on last winter. It wasn’t unusual for her to gain a little weight during the holidays, she said, but in years past, it would melt off by spring. This year was different. She was [...]
“Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states.” Carole Welch (This post was written a year and a half ago, at a time when I was feeling low and unsure of myself. But there was a sense that my spirit was rising again, following a long period of what felt [...]
A new study published June 26 in the Journal of American Medical Association challenges the notion that “a calorie is a calorie.” The study, led by Cara Ebbeling, PhD, associate director and David Ludwig, MD, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children’s Hospital, finds diets that reduce the surge in blood [...]
When ticking off the benefits of physical activity, few of us would include intracellular housecleaning. But a new study suggests that the ability of exercise to speed the removal of garbage from inside our body’s cells may be one of its most valuable, if least visible, effects. In the new research, which was published last [...]
Maintaining a strong, healthy body throughout life may seem like the battle of the ages. That’s why we’ve broken down our health tips by age to help you look and feel your best at every stage of life. Because, after all, staying in fighting shape is one of your best defenses against cancer and other [...]
Remember when I won a metabolic test at my first wine tasting? When I won this prize, I had no idea what a metabolic test even was. Now I’ve experienced one! For most twenty somethings that read my blog, you’ve probably never heard of this mysterious metabolic test either. It sounds like a science experiment, [...]
These delicious and nutritious breakfast or anytime cookies have been so popular that we decided to post the recipe again. Â This time with a little extra love and tweaking! These cookies have a rather crumbly texture so we gave you the option to add an extra 1/4 cup of oil along with 1 cup of [...]
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