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Watch out for These Side Effects If You Practice Intermittent Fasting
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Intermittent fasting has numerous potential health benefits, including weight loss and improved cardiovascular health. Still, it’s not the best diet option for everyone and of those who practice it, many are unaware of the side-effects.Intermittent fasting, which entails restricting calories by eating in short time-restricted windows, fasting for 24 hours once or twice a week or severely reducing intake... 4/3/2020 7:00:00 AM
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Is Your Child Sleeping Enough?
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Sleep is vital to every person’s health and wellbeing, but it’s especially important for children, whose brains and bodies are still developing. According to a Healthline report, an estimated 52% of the U.S. population aged 6 to 17 isn’t getting the recommended amount of sleep each night. Is your child or grandchild getting enough? Here’s how to tell and what to do about it if they aren’t.Research... 3/30/2020 7:00:00 AM
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The Latest in Food Label Tricky Tactics
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Many seemingly healthy foods, such as granola, veggie chips, protein shakes, yogurt, sports drinks and trail mix, aren’t as healthy as many might think. Food labels can trick consumers into thinking they’re choosing a nutritious, wholesome product when it’s actually loaded with sugar, sodium, fat, preservatives and other questionable ingredients. Moreover, the rules can change suddenly, further complicating... 3/30/2020 7:00:00 AM
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Eat Healthy During Quarantine: Things to Stock up On
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Mandatory quarantines are hitting the nation, forcing people to stay indoors for their own wellbeing and that of others as the US leads the world in cases of COVID-19. What will the meals in your home look like over the coming weeks? What if it extends beyond a few weeks? Will you and your family have enough of the foods you need to remain healthy and keep your immune system at its best?It’s important... 3/30/2020 7:00:00 AM
Sara Russell
In Search of a Balanced Perspective on COVID-19
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A lot of people have asked me to provide insight on the COVID-19 pandemic. We are all learning as we go. I’m sharing my current take on the issue, with the aim of providing a balanced, informative, and empowering perspective.I’m writing from a unique vantage point, as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner actively engaged in research and clinical practice, as an American living in Italy, and as someone... 3/30/2020 7:00:00 AM
Kristine Petterson
Mindful Parenting for Challenging Times
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My yoga teacher, Tiffany Wood, loves to say, “you may not be in control of every situation, but you can always take charge.” It took time for this teaching to sink in, and becoming a mother gave me a whole new perspective on being out of control. Parents are handed a tiny human with their own agenda and pretty strong opinions out of the gate. It’s physically and emotionally exhausting and it only gets... 3/30/2020 7:00:00 AM
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Stale-Smelling Home? Try These Natural Solutions
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Stale odors in a home can be caused by a wide variety of things including poor ventilation, retained moisture, cooking odors, pet odors, cigarette smoke, old carpeting and untreated mold/mildew. And given that many of us are indoors these days, we may be compounding the problem. Although a home can turn stale any time of the year, it’s more likely to get musty during the winter months, when the house... 3/27/2020 11:06:53 PM
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How to Cope Under Quarantine
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Even though things have gotten a little crazy with the coronavirus situation, it could get more serious before it gets better and though we're all in this together, we're also all more separate than we've ever been before. The United States jumped to #1 in infection stats on Thursday and most experts agree that with more than 83,000 cases and over 1,100 reported deaths, a mass quarantine may be inevitable.... 3/27/2020 9:54:03 PM
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What Is the "Keto Flu"?
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You’d think a fat-burning, energy-boosting diet would make you feel healthy enough to take on the world. So why do some people feel downright crummy during their first week on a ketogenic diet? The “keto flu” could be to blame.Some people say they experience about a week of irritability, headaches, nausea, brain fog, constipation, dizziness and insomnia after beginning a ketogenic diet. The “keto flu”... 3/27/2020 7:00:00 AM
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COVID-19/Coronavirus Resources
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The COVID-19, Coronavirus pandemic may be the most frightening thing many of us have seen in our lifetimes. The United States now leads the world in cases and there is little sign of a slowdown anytime soon. Casualties are mounting by the day, and in some places, the response is lagging far behind where the experts say we need to be. Wellness has been covering the pandemic in ways that are meant to... 3/27/2020 7:00:00 AM
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