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Take Time for Healing Herbal Tea

This fall, use your tea breaks to bolster immunity! Herbal teas can have a beneficial impact on both acute and chronic health problems. Studies indicate drinking tea may have a profound effect on...
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Protein Curbs Body Fat

A high-protein breakfast reduced daily food intake and feelings of hunger in a group of overweight teens. It also helped stabilize their glucose levels. Prior to the study, participants usually ate...
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Why Sleep Is So Important

Habitually being short on sleep significantly increases the risk of stroke among normal-weight adults. More than 5,000 people with no history of stroke participated in a three-year study. Results...
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Plaid Is the New Black

As the holiday season gets into full swing, we are forced to deal with the stresses of finding our loved ones something unique, special, and affordable. This task may seem daunting at first, but...
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Want Your Soups to Sing? Follow these 10 Steps!

Whether you’re making Classic Tomato Soup, Garden Gazpacho, or Rice Congee Soup, it helps to remember that soup is a forgiving dish, making it one of the best ways to experience the magic of cooking...
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Exercise Tips for People with Fibromyalgia

We all know how important exercise is for health. However, for those suffering with the disabling pain of fibromyalgia, exercise can actually set you back. "Because of the energy crisis that occurs...
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Asthma Triggers and Remedies

If you have asthma, you probably have allergies too.
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Six Plant-Based Foods You Should Try Today

The glorious thing about plant-based eating is that your grocery store or farmer's market is full of an incredible array of foods, flavors, and textures that are just waiting to be discovered. Even a...
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Ignite Your Fat Burning Torch With Smart Fats and Supplements

Most of you are probably familiar with hormones like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol, growth hormone and thyroid. But I'll bet you've never considered one of the most important fat...
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The Power of Probiotics

Most of these bacteria--known as probiotics--play positive roles in digesting food and fighting off illnesses, and a healthy person has billions if not trillions of them in their digestive tract...