Beach Body Basics
A diverse diet is not only best for your health, but most satisfying to your taste buds. Emphasize foods that naturally boost energy while helping to protect against diet-related diseases. Choose 100 percent orange juice as a flavorful pick-me-up ... [... more]
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Can I Reduce Only Belly Fat?
Is it possible to reduce only the belly area only without becoming skinny everywhere else by completely dieting? Fat stored under the abdominal muscles and around intestines and organs contributes to pushing out the abdominal muscles and fat, ... [... more]
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Cardiovascular Fitness Equipment for Your Home Gym
A guide to buying and using a range of cardiovascular exercise equipment: exercise bikes, treadmills, stair climbers, and more. Whether you're just starting out building a home gym, or if you've decided that you're ready to add cardiovascular ... [... more]
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Dispelling Common Exercise Myths
Will doing 100 leg lifts a day give you thinner thighs? Does muscle turn to fat when you stop exercising? With all the information available about fitness and exercise, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction. While some exercise myths are ... [... more]
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Exercise Bikes: The Good Ride
Many children spend hours of their childhood pedaling around the neighborhood on their bicycles. What better way to exercise than to relive those moments of childhood pleasure by pedaling your way to a healthy life? A bicycle workout provides an ... [... more]
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What are Whole Grains?
If you're like most people you already know that brown bread is better than white. What you might not be aware of is that more and more studies are pointing to the importance of eating the whole grain for optimal health. Whatever your age, it's ... [... more]
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Adding More Fruits and Vegetables to Your Diet
New dietary guidelines have increased the recommended number of fruit and vegetable servings from five to nine. If you thought eating five a day was tough, you may feel overwhelmed by the increase. While the health benefits fruits and vegetables ... [... more]
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All About Protein
Protein is almost as important to our composition as water-it makes up between 50 and 75 percent of our bodies if you remove the H2O. However, it's been a difficult biological component to study. So far scientists still dissent on how much is the ... [... more]
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Answers to Common Healthy Eating Questions
Here's a healthy eating Q and A that should be easy to digest. The answers were supplied by nutritionists at the American Heart Association. Q. My goal this spring is to eat healthier. What do you recommend? A. Making a series of small, specific ... [... more]
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Beauty Tips: Use Natural Foods for a Beautiful You
Natural food products can make a difference in your daily beauty regimen. Beauty products can be very expensive, and many of them contain ingredients that can damage your skin. For a truly beautiful you, use these natural food products. They can ... [... more]
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The Best Candidates
A straightforward guide to abdominoplasty, the procedure known as Abdominoplasty, otherwise known as the "tummy-tuck," is an elective cosmetic surgical procedure. It is major invasive surgery, which removes excess skin and fat from the middle [... more]
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Addressing Obesity One Child at a Time
Typical lunch beverages for kids can range from juice boxes to soda. But for Angie Clark's first grade class of 20, a field trip to the local grocery store inspired her students to make a healthier choice by drinking white milk. Clark took her ... [... more]
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