Sometimes it seems like the only way to lose weight is by adopting a super-strict diet or spending every waking moment at the gym. Luckily, that’s not the case. “Healthy, sustainable weight loss is best achieved through small changes to your existing lifestyle,” Ashvini Mashru, R.D., author of Small Steps to Slim and owner of Wellness Nutrition Concepts LLC, tells […]
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Many people still don’t have a solid understanding of whether the natural sugars in fruit are really any different or better for us than the sugar you’d find in a cookie. Let’s clear up some of the confusion. When we say natural sugars, we are talking about sugars that are found in nature, in whole
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It all depends on what you’ve saved and how well you wish to live. In other words, how much do you need to retire comfortably? By now, you’ve likely heard the conventional wisdom: that you should aim to have a nest egg of $1 million to $1.5 million. Or that your savings should amount to
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An expanding waistline is sometimes considered the price of getting older. For women, this can be especially true after menopause, when body fat tends to shift to the abdomen. Yet an increase in belly fat does more than make it hard to zip up your jeans. Research shows that belly fat also carries serious health
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What are the best exercises for me? How will I find the time? If you’re not an athlete or serious exerciser — and you just want to work out for your health or to fit in your clothes better — the gym scene can be intimidating and overwhelming. Just having to walk by treadmills, stationary
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Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern where you cycle between periods of eating and fasting. It does not say anything about which foods to eat, but rather when you should eat them. There are several different intermittent fasting methods, all of which split the day or week into eating periods and fasting periods. Most people already “fast” every day,
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By Gita Bhattarai, RN, MSN. In our life time, there may be times so many negativity seems to surround you, suffocating every dreams and destroying each of your hope. When that happens, many go through their day being saturated with negativity and accepting it as a way of life. While you can’t always control what
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Bloating is that awful puffy, poochy feeling you can get when you eat too fast, eat too much or if you eat foods high in fiber that can cause gas to build up in your digestive tract. Usually bloating isn’t serious, but it can make you uncomfortable (and unhappy when you can’t zip up your jeans). It’s
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