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Why Gardening Is Good for Your Health
Gillian Aldrich started growing vegetables in her backyard three years ago, and she’s now working on planting a bed of hydrangeas, butterfly bushes, rose campion, and—her favorite—pale-pink hardy geraniums along one side of her property. As she digs in the garden, her 8-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son often play around her, sometimes taking a break [...]
How to Eat Your Vitamins
Pills might seem like an easy fix, but food provides an abundance of nutrients, as well as fiber, that pills lack, says Mary Ryan, a registered dietitian in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. These nutrients are what keep your body functioning at its best―building strong bones; improving brainpower, mood, and memory; and possibly helping the immune system [...]
Top 20 Artery-Cleansing Foods
AVOCADOS WHOLE GRAINS OLIVE OIL NUTS FOODS FORTIFIED BY PLANT STEROLS SALMON (OR OTHER FATTY FISH) ASPARAGUS POMEGRANATE BROCCOLI TURMERIC PERSIMMONS ORANGE JUICE SPIRULINA CINNAMON CRANBERRIES COFFEE CHEESE GREEN TEA WATERMELON SPINACH
Fight Breast Cancer Caused by Birth Control
When it comes to smart dietary habits that can guard us against breast cancer, it can be difficult to sift through all the research out there. To eat soy or not to eat soy, to steer clear of dairy, to drink red wine, white wine, orno wine?! Ahhh! Overwhelming, right? But there’s one rule that never seems to change and [...]
Should I Cut Back on Coffee?
• For most of us, java isn’t harmful. It’s true that caffeine may raise blood pressure, so if you have hypertension, it’s smart to switch to decaf. Caffeine can also interfere with sleep; if you suspect it’s causing you to toss and turn, cut back. Otherwise, there is no health reason to stop drinking it. • It [...]
Drew Bees Workout Plan
hen I started training Drew Brees in 2004, I put him through a workout unlike any he’d done before. I used new exercises and equipment that made him stronger and leaner and improved his athleticism. Now I’m going to share that better-body blueprint with you. Use this routine to unlock your potential, speed up fat [...]
Cardio Exercises That You Can Perform At Home
Cardio exercises are those that are specifically designed to increase a person’s heart rate and keep it elevated for certain duration of time. This type of exercise routine is also known as an ‘aerobic exercise’. Some of the most popular forms of cardio exercises include brisk walking, swimming, jogging and running where a ‘no break’ [...]
Calcium: The key to strong bones and lifelong bone health
Calcium can seem confusing. How much should you get? Where should you get it? And what’s the deal with vitamin D, magnesium, and vitamin K? But once you understand the basics, it’s not that hard to include it in your diet and get the calcium you need. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the [...]
Making sense of dietary fat
A walk down the grocery aisle will confirm our obsession with low-fat foods. We’re bombarded with supposedly guilt-free options: baked potato chips, fat-free ice cream, low-fat candies, cookies, and cakes. But while our low-fat options have exploded, so have obesity rates. Clearly, low-fat foods and diets haven’t delivered on their trim, healthy promises. Despite what [...]
What are dietary supplements?
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) defines a dietary supplement as a product that: supplements the food you eat; contains one or more dietary ingredient (including vitamins; minerals; herbs or other botanicals; amino acids, and other substances); comes in pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid form; and is labeled as a dietary supplement. There [...]
