Orthopedic Injuries: How To Avoid Them

By Mirabai Holland, MFA © 2013 Mirabai Holland M.F.A. legendary fitness pioneer is one of the leading authorities in the Health & Fitness industry, and public health advocate who specializes in preventive and rehabilitative exercise for people. Her Moving Free® approach to exercise is designed to provide a movement experience

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18 Healthy Holiday Gifts for Everyone in Your Life!

By The editors for Completely You – We scoured the Web for a whole year, finding, trying and reviewing the best and healthiest products you should know about daily. Now, to help you choose the perfect gift for everyone in your life, we’ve pared down the list to just our

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Beth Havey

Diets, Diets, and More Diets!!

By Beth Havey – We all eat a diet—because the basic definition of diet is the types of food that a person habitually eats. But we have come to know that word as a source of change: you diet to lose weight, gain weight, fight an illness etc. A recent

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Sherri Snelling

Caregiver Weight Connected to Breast Cancer Risk

By Sherri Snelling – It has long been suspected weight gain is a slippery slope to breast cancer risk.  Now recent studies are not only supporting this claim but also showing weight loss – even just 10 percent of total body weight – may also help prevent breast cancer.  If

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Rhonda Caudell

Overcoming Loneliness

By Rhonda Caudell – Studies regarding loneliness conducted on seniors over age 60 and reported by JAMA (Journal of American Medical Association) indicated the following:  read the article HERE … An increased risk of death over the six-year follow-up period. Functional decline…including participants being more likely to experience decline in activities of

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Trim Pounds With Your Pet

Freelance writer Peggy Frezon spends most of her waking hours sitting in front of her computer. And so does her dog, Kelly. While working long hours on deadline, Frezon used to take breaks to eat snacks. “And since Kelly was my little shadow, my lifestyle became her lifestyle,” she says

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Your Secret Weapon Against Colds

By Natalia Macrynikola for Ideas That Spark Ancient Egyptians worshiped onions. They idolized the layered globe as a symbol of eternity and buried it along with their Pharaohs. And, as it turns out, they were onto something: routine consumption of the vegetable may in fact boost longevity. According to the

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5 Tips to Maintain Good Oral Health

October is Dental Hygiene Month  so we thought you might appreciate the following tips for oral health, that can have a positive affect on more than just your teeth! 1.     Brush and floss daily– This is the easiest preventative measure we can take every day to help protect our teeth and gums. Brush

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Got Kettlebell? Swing it and Charge up Your Fitness Routine

By Dina Ramon – For all you gals who are disciplined about sticking to your regular exercise – maybe you even love working out and are devoted to your gym:  Are you ‘doing’ kettlebells? You’ve surely seen those metal, bowling ball-looking things with thick handles and flat bottoms that sometimes

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Stay Healthy When Everyone Else Is Sick

By Nancy Kalish for Completely You – This isn’t just the start of holiday season; it’s germ season as well. That’s why many of us will be hacking away and looking a lot like Rudolph before winter is over. “The average adult gets one to three respiratory illnesses each year, and

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Top 5 Exercises to Improve Digestion

By Adana Baro – ‘Bloated’, ‘uneasy’, ‘constipated’, ‘acidic’, ‘burp ball’ – if these are the words describing your current state of health, then there is an indication of clumsy digestive processes going on within you. And age doesn’t make any of these symptoms disappear – they only continue to become

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Ellen Dolgen

Natural Ways to Improve Your Memory During Menopause

By Ellen Dolgen – It’s not in your head: Menopausal brain fog is real. Many menopausal women have trouble with working memory, as well as keeping themselves focused, according to a recent study from the University of Rochester Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago. (Watch Ellen on the

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Warm Water Wonders: Aquatic Therapy for Mature Minds and Bodies

By Elina Root – Sometimes the basics really are best. While people are understandably drawn to complex and new remedies for whatever ails them, many of the most powerful and widely effective answers to common physiological and even psychological complaints are found within the simple, the natural, and indeed, the

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Ellen Dolgen

How to Stop Perimenopausal Migraines

By Ellen Dolgen – It’s the middle of the day and you’re on your back with the blinds closed, a wet washcloth over your eyes, and a nauseated feeling in the pit of your stomach. What’s that got to do with perimenopause? In a word: hormones. About 13 percent of

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Why You Shouldn’t Fear Breast Cancer

Completely You: Health By Stacey Colino for Completely You – Women fear breast cancer more than any other disease, according to numerous surveys, and yet, it’s heart disease, not breast cancer, that’s the leading killer of women. So why is the fear of breast cancer so profound and prevalent? It

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Triumphing Over Disappointment

By Deborah Smith Pegues – I’ve just returned from an event where I, along with nine other speakers, pitched our three-minute television segment proposal to 15 producers from network affiliates across the nation. It was a grueling two days of back-to-back presentations. We’d hired a special consultant to secure this

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Healthy Foods You Should Have in Your Shopping Cart

A healthy diet is essential to lead a healthy life, especially the older you get. Clichéd as it may sound, you are what you eat! And as age catches up, keeping fit is not just about maintaining your weight, but also keeping illness at bay. So, put down the coffee

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Erin Chamerlik

Depression and Nutrition

By Erin Chamerlik – All drugs have side effects, including over-the-counter medications. The most common side effects associated with anti-depressants include:1 Headache Nausea Insomnia and nervousness Agitation Sexual problems What a quandary! 19 million Americans want relief and help for depression. Quite often doctors give just two treatment options, medication

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Dixie Diamanti

Breaking the Chains of My Relationship with Food

And Silencing the Voice By Dixie Diamanti – In breaking the stronghold of food over my life it was not about just being instantly delivered from the desire to eat. It was not about just losing weight either.  I knew that losing weight would be a by-product of an even

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