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What is The Mediterranean Diet?
The Mediterranean diet is one of the most studied diets out there, and is based on the traditional foods that people who lived around the Mediterranean Sea ate about 50 years ago. Back then, in the mid-20th century, researchers noted that people in Spain, Greece, and Italy lived longer and healthier than Americans. And they had lower levels of heart disease, the #1 killer. So, they set out to find what was so healthy in this part of the world. And the research keeps coming in

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Which Is Best - Green Tea or Black Tea?
Tea has also been shown to have many health benefits. And some of these benefits are thought to be related to tea’s antioxidant properties.

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9 Ways to Break Free From Stress...
While the health benefits of relaxation techniques like meditation are amazing, there are other ways to relax as well. You may want to try s

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I Find Your Lack of Support Disturbing...
No, it’s not a Darth Vader quote from Star Wars… but it is a subject that’s been on my mind lately. It gives me a sense of foreboding becaus

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How Much Sugar is Too Much Sugar?
You know, sugar isn't the best thing for your health but did you know "added sugars" (sugars not naturally occurring like thos

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Why Am I Always Hungry?
No; it’s not just you who feels like you’re on a constant search for food to stuff your face. You're hungry. And uncontrollable hunger is a common trait among many of us, but have you ever stopped to wonder why that is? There can be variety of reasons why our hunger can get the best of us. The most obvious one is clear; you probably really are genuinely hungry… Maybe your stomach is empty, your blood glucose levels have dropped, and your hunger hormones are desperate to host

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2018 - Avoiding The New Year's Disillusion
Resolutions. They're not just about wanting and wishing – they're tied in with purpose and finding the 'right' goals. Why is

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What You Should Know About The Paleo Diet.
You may have heard of the "Paleo" diet. It was the world's most popular diet in 2013. But what is it? Is it a fad? Is it right for you? Scientist and "Paleo Mom" Sarah Ballentyne, Ph.D. defines it as: “The Paleo diet is a nutrient-dense whole foods diet based on eating a variety of quality meat, seafood, eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds. It improves health by providing balanced and complete nutrition while avoiding most processed and refined foods and empty calories

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Man-O-Pause: What To Do Before Asking Your Doctor for Testosterone Therapy
Each year that I reach past the age of forty it becomes increasingly clearer to me: women aren’t the only ones who go through hormonal changes as they age. True, ours may not be as bad as theirs, but as men - we do need to concern ourselves with this process if we want to live longer, healthier & more fulfilling lives. So our first step should be to listen to what our body says. We both know that what you eat and how you move can make a HUGE improvement in some of the symptom

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Cholesterol Myths and What You Can Do About Them
While cholesterol is a molecule, what it is bound to while floating through the blood is more important than how much of it there actually i