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Are you amongst those folks, and there are many of you, who believe that for one reason or another you just canít do yoga? Maybe you think you weigh too much. Or maybe you just donít think youíre flexible enough. Well, guess what…anyone, including you, can do yoga. Letís take a look at the common reasons for avoiding yoga and how you can overcome them. Not Flexible Enough To be honest, most people arenít flexible. Most people spend their lives...
Did you know that the average adult has almost 10 pounds of skin? And another thing: A good portion of the dust in the world is just dead skin. Cells, nerves, receptors, tissue - skin doesn’t just protect our delicate insides. It plays the biggest role in how we appear, and how we feel about our appearance. The skin can even tell us when something is wrong with our insides. So what does it mean when our skin is...
Have you ever encountered a friend or family member who tells you to "just relax"? Don’t you love that? Telling someone to relax is like telling someone allergic to pepper to stop sneezing. Some of us are more nervous than others; it is just a part of our genetic makeup. However, we certainly do not have to be stuck in that way; we can change our focus and perception and truly learn how to relax. For some, being relaxed is easy; for others, it...
Healthy smoothies with cocoa powder ... ...what is your opinion of them? Does your opinion of whether or not something is healthy influence the way it tastes? For me... ...I still remember my first green smoothie. As you know, they look like thick liquid lettuce. Right away, our brain prepares us for what it’ll taste like. I said to myself... self... “This is going to be awful.” And that first sip really was. However, the second wasn’t...
Deadly Nightshades Atropa Belladonna... Over the last two years, I have noticed the word “nightshades” is increasingly cropping up in dietary debates. I even read this... ...in an interview with the personal chef to supermodel Gisele Bundchen and football star Tom Brady: “[Tom] doesn’t eat nightshades, because they’re not anti-inflammatory. So no tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, or eggplants… I’m very cautious about tomatoes. They cause...
How to Sweeten Coffee Without Sugar or Artificial SweetenersThe Last Thing to GoSweet and Sneaky: Coffee CreamerHealthier Ways - How to Sweeten Coffee Without Sugar or Artificial Sweetener1. Coconut Oil2. Cinnamon and Spices3. Dates4. Coconut Cream5. Extracts6. Cocoa Powder How is your health journey going? Paying closer attention to health and diet, and healing yourself with nutrition, is a process. Or at least, it should be. Back in the...
How 5 Best Smoothies Can Improve Your Eyesight Naturally As you read this, how close are you to your screen right now? Are you leaning over your desk? Are you holding your phone mere inches from your face? Aside from the old “lean in and squint”, poor vision comes with many other symptoms. They can include: Headaches Pain around or in the eyes Sensitivity to light Seeing “floaters” or halos around light sources Blurry or foggy vision in...
The Sirtfood diet has been around for a long time, previously known primarily as the Cabbage Soup Diet. However, recently it has become more popular due to celebrity Adele's significant weight loss to which she has lost almost 100 lbs. So what is sirtfood, you ask? Sirtfood is a food high in sirtuin activators, which is a type of protein that protect the cells in our bodies from inflammation. Some research has shown that they can help regulate...
Perfect Skin with Smoothies Perfect skin smoothies... I remember when every blogger on the internet started making green smoothies some years back. A lot of people were confused or revolted. Blended greens? How could one possibly choke that down? Aside from doing much for the kale industry, the new smoothie boom turned picky eaters onto healthy foods. That’s because we began seeing results in the people who drank these things like...
Making your own kombucha is a fun and rewarding process. Kombucha is a fermented tea drink that's known for its health benefits, particularly its probiotic content. See our previous article, The Benefits of Kombucha, here is a brief overview: Benefits of Kombucha Certainly! Kombucha is a fermented tea that has been consumed for thousands of years. It is rich in beneficial probiotics and other compounds. Here are some of the touted benefits of...
The “Best” Organic Foods You Should NEVER Eat: The 9 Worst Exposed. How do you feel about your diet? It stresses me out to hear that so many people are feeling guilty about every choice they make. To be clear... ...it’s not because most of them don’t know what to look for. It’s because they later read someone else's assessment of that food item. The “Best” Organic Foods You Should NEVER Eat: The 9 Worst Exposed This Information Age may make...
Pimples, blackheads, and oily skin are the worst. Despite the fact that they look and feel singularly terrible... ...they're really common. Today, we’re going to examine what, if anything, can be done for breakouts with home remedies for pimples and blackheads for oily skin. More than 60 million people in the US have at least one pimple right this second. They can happen at any time... to anyone. Even those of us...
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Health
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Dieting
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There are several simple ways to improve your gut health. In this article, we'll cover plant-based...
Exercise
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Nutrition
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Weight Loss Tips
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Mental Health & Well-being
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