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Vacation Fit: How to Stay Healthy on Vacation

This time of the year many of us find ourselves gearing up for that big summer vacation, whether a trip to some tropical locale or an ...

Beat Bloating for a Flatter Belly in Three Days

Your pants fit tighter today than just yesterday morning, and you can't help but notice your protruding midsection when you reach down to lace your shoes. ...

What You Should Be Eating Before Your Workout

If your workout session is going to be less than 90 minutes, it's better to workout at least three hours after eating to ensure all carbohydrate has ...

A Healthy All-Natural Sweetener?

Sweeteners termed "all natural" have been gaining popularity at record speed over the last few years, spawning a slew of new calorie-free sweeteners. Stevia was the ...

Chocolate Milk: The Drink of Champions

With so many pre- and post-workout supplements, sports drinks, and powders available it can become a brain rattling task figuring out the best way to replenish ...

7 Ways to Be Cereal Savvy

Ready-to-eat breakfast cereals are a healthy, easy, and fast way to start the day off on the right foot. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ...

5 Foods to Eat Before Your Next Long Run

I'm a busy person--many of you probably are too. Sometimes we plan our runs and other times it seems as though there's no time left in ...

13 Quick and Healthy Breakfasts

We've all heard the familiar phrase, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day," and this couldn't be more accurate. Not only does a healthy ...

6 Healthy Dips & Spreads

Summer produce is starting to go bad and autumn's harvest is not far from ripening, so what better way to use and enjoy the seasonal produce ...

The Risks and Benefits of Juicing

Juicing seems to be the latest health craze. First, there was the cabbage soup diet, followed by the Atkins diet, gluten-free diets, the South Beach diet, ...

How You Can Escape August with Your Waistline Intact

August is here--a month full of vacations, picnics, and long summer nights spent lounging on humid porches. It's an easy month for you to wander away ...

The 5 Health Benefits of Green Tea

Tea is one of the most valued and widely consumed drinks in the world. Besides being a delicious, inexpensive beverage that has no calories, tea has ...

Revisiting Your 2012 Resolutions

I realize it's July, but now may be the perfect time to re-assess your New Year's resolutions. In looking up the most common resolutions, it's not ...

The 80/20 Split: Separating Healthy Choices from Everything Else

Last week I wrote about my eating disorder struggle and how I eventually returned to my healthy happy self. I'm proud to say that I've now ...

5 Superior Superfoods

If you're like most people, you want to maximize your nutrition, improve your health, slow the aging process, fight disease, and control calories, all while eating ...

You Know You Should Eat Less Salt. We've Got 4 Tips to Help

Salt is everywhere. Walk through your grocery store and you'll notice countless new savory foods on the market. Restaurants continue to introduce new menu items that ...

Feeling Tired? It's Probably What You Ate

"Fatigue." Ugh, it's a word I get tired of hearing from my clients in my private practice. (Actually, not really, I love helping my clients!) But ...

Everything You Need to Know About Staying Hydrated

Water makes up between 45 percent and 75 percent of your weight. For many, especially active folks, maintaining a healthy fluid balance can be difficult. However, keeping your ...

Got a Summer Cold? Maybe You Need to Change Your Diet

Think immunity is just at the mercy of your genes? To some extent it is. But stress level, the amount and quality of sleep, and diet ...

The Skinny on Losing Weight with Green Coffee Beans

The latest buzz brewing in the nutrition world is the recent link between green unroasted coffee beans and weight loss. A recent study found that overweight ...

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