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Healthy Living 101: Classifying Foods
Foods can be classified by the way they affect the body and/or by their food group. It is important to understand both in order to ...
Proteins, Fats, and Carbs: How to Balance Your Diet
Dieting can be confusing. High-protein diets claim to help you lose weight quickly, but can lead to high cholesterol and increase your risk for heart disease. ...
Excess Weight Ages Us More Quickly
We all know that being overweight or obese can pose threats to our health, especially at a young age. But what effects does overweight or obesity ...
Healthy Living 101: How to Read a Nutrition Label
Too often, purchasing food can be confusing, especially with all of the persuasive marketing tactics used by food companies. Learning how to read, understand, and compare ...
Calorie Saving Substitutions
If you eat more calories than your body needs, your body will inevitable store them as excess weight. The trick is to reduce your calorie intake ...
Ideal Body Composition: What You Should Know
We live in a culture that has become increasingly more obsessed with body image and weight. Dangerously thin bodies are celebrated and coveted, perpetuating the unrealistic ...
Eat This, Not That: Breakfast Edition
You've heard that breakfast is the most important meal. It boosts your metabolism, staves off hunger, and provides you energy to start and get through your ...
Real FitDay Users Share: What Was Your "A-Ha" Moment?
What sparked you to embark on your fitness journey? For many of us, it was one moment or incident - the "a-ha" moment - that got ...
Meal Planning Made Simple
The key to long-term weight management and healthy eating is consuming a balanced diet. Restrictive eating and fad diets may provide temporary weight loss, but they ...
10 Tools to Help Keep You on Track
1. Good Pair of Shoes Make sure you have a pair of shoes that fit you well and are made for the type of activity you plan ...
Four New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep
The new year is here! While many, many people plan to use this landmark time to get healthier or lose weight, the problem with these goals ...
Healthy Kitchen Staples to Start 2012
If you want to make over your health, refrigerator, and pantry, then make a note of these 12 staples that will get you eating right in the ...
The Healthy Food Halo
Have you ever noticed that certain foods are deemed "healthy" and we seem to think we can eat these foods in unlimited amounts because of their ...
10 Tips to Help You Achieve Your New Year's Health Goals
With the new year comes the opportunity for a fresh start. For many people, this means leading a healthier lifestyle and losing weight. If this is ...
The FitDay Guide to Healthier Holiday Baking
The holiday season always seems to throw us all into a baking frenzy. We whip up dozens of cookies, cupcakes, pies, candies, and other treats that ...
5 Ways to Eat Mindfully at Holiday Parties
The holidays can cause an internal struggle between the desire to splurge on festive treats at numerous feasts and the will to avoid the inevitable weight ...
Exercising Outdoors in the Winter
Winter weather can deter even the most dedicated exercisers. Less daylight, colder temperatures, and the temptation to curl up under warm blankets makes keeping up with ...
Using Thanksgiving Day Leftovers in a Healthy Way
Turkey Day has come and gone, leaving us all feeling a little softer around the middle. So what are you supposed to do with all of ...
How to Cut Extra Fat, Sugar, and Calories from Fall Vegetable Dishes
Sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, and other colorful squash are available in abundance during the fall season. Upcoming holidays like Thanksgiving also bring these vegetables to the ...
Spilling the Beans on Bean Benefits
We all know that fiber is an important part of a healthy diet. We also know that fiber is likely our closest ally when it comes ...
Recent Tips
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10 Delicious Ways to Use Mushrooms in Place of Meat
An entire cup of raw chopped mushrooms provides a mere 15 calories and no fat, wow! That is considerably fewer calories and much less fat than equal ... Read More »
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11 Reasons You Should Be Eating More Beans
Beans are such a nutrient-powerhouse that health experts recommend that you eat at least three cups of legumes (beans, lentils, peas) a week. The incredibly healthy ... Read More »
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3 Delicious Ways Cauliflower Can Satisfy Your Carb Cravings
Cauliflower is a healthy choice that can often be used as a healthy substitute for all your carb favorites. Cauliflower is a surprisingly filling and easy ... Read More »
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Are You Drinking Apple Cider Vinegar the Right Way?
By now you’re probably super into apple cider vinegar (ACV) and know that it can help you lose weight, boost energy and help treat ... Read More »
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6 Ingredients You Should Always Have in Your Kitchen
As you clean out the unhealthy foods in your house and make way for new, better alternatives, there are a few kitchen staples you’ll ... Read More »
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4 Delicious, Healthy Ways to Upgrade Your Egg Game
Looking for creative but delicious ways to serve eggs? Look no further. Here are some of the best ways to serve this stand-out protein source that ... Read More »
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5 Reasons You Shouldn't Eat Lunch at Your Desk
Somehow eating lunch at your desk is an easy default. In fact, somewhere around two-thirds of office workers do it. You might think that you’re ... Read More »
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10 Ways to Keep Your Food Fresher for Longer
It is estimated that people in the US throw away almost 25% of all the food and beverages that they purchase. To avoid wasting your food, try ... Read More »
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4 of the Best Snack Foods to Buy in Bulk
One of the biggest reasons some people state for not being able to eat healthy is because it’s just too expensive. But the fact ... Read More »
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All That Matters Is Calories and More of the Worst Nutrition Advice
When it comes to nutrition and eating right, the fact is, there is a lot of information out there. Some of it is good and sound ... Read More »