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Eat your big meal early, new research says.Now you’re not only what you eat, but when you eat. That’s according to a new study that says eating lunch as your main meal of the day, early–before 3pm, in fact–could help you lose weight. More on Shine: Gluten-Free Diet or Veiled Eating Disorder? The study, just…
Feeling stressed? Consider yourself blessed. Stress is essential to a happy, healthy life. Really! Recent research has shown that there’s an “anxiety sweet spot,” in which short bursts of stress are actually good for us. “The adrenaline our bodies produce when we feel threatened makes our brain function better, sharpening our focus, improving our mental…
Try to avoid sharing things when he’s sick.So…we’re in the worst flu season of the decade. Not only that, sucky colds have been circulating, too. Fabulous. So are you screwed when your guy gets sick? Not necessarily. Nieca Goldberg, MD, director of the Joan H. Tisch Center for Women’s Health, gave us some tips on…
Ginger doesn’t just make cookies especially tasty (I swear that triple-ginger cookies are basically impossible not to eat)–the potent root is filled with health-boosting benefits. Ginger can help settle your stomach when you’re feeling pukey; it has anti-inflammatory properties (research has shown that it brings down pain levels in people suffering from osteoarthritis or rheumatoid…
Every winter when my clients ask me for help with their energy levels, I find myself repeating the same things: ‘You’re not meant to have boundless energy in the winter. Look at the earth around you: its tucking in on itself. Its not berating itself for feeling like it wants to sleep more, no, its…
By Zach Van Hart, for SparkPeople Stress happens. No matter how organized you are, how good your systems are, or how friendly your work and living environments are, stress can find a way to poke its ugly head in from time to time. What can you do? Turn to a convenient Stress Buster – a…
What can your pee say about your health?You know that you’ve had your share of water/beer/coffee by the frequency in which you need to use the loo, but what else can pee tell you about your health and habits? A lot, it turns out. We asked R. Mark Ellerkmann, M.D., Director for the Center of…
Recently EatingWell asked our readers what they focused on when it comes to feeding kids breakfast. I quite was surprised by the most common answer. Many parents said they were focused on getting their kids to eat protein at breakfast. (Sound familiar? Find recipes for protein-packed breakfasts here.) Protein is an important part of a…
Want to know the places inside a gym that are most likely to get you sick? Sure you do! Barbells, dumbbells, and weight plates. A basic sneeze can send 100,000 infectious particles into the air at 200 miles an hour–when someone catches those buggers with their hand instead of a tissue (or even an elbow),…
Fruit that can Improve Brain Quality – Fruits have many benefits for the body. Besides useful for health, to help improve the ability of the brain, consume some of these fruits. Tomatoes Tomatoes have a high content of lycopene. Lycopene is one of the antioxidants that are beneficial in counteracting free radicals. The attack of…
Going bald is something that some men do not care about. For others, however, the significant alteration of their appearance from hair loss can make it a devastating condition. Previously, hair loss treatments have been expensive and in certain cases rather painful. Today there is Propecia which is a pill that has been approved to treat…
Avocado Benefits For Health – Avocado trees including Lauranceae families from Central America, growing wild in the forest, many planted in gardens and yards that the soil is loose and not waterlogged. Although be fruitful in the lowlands, but the results will be satisfactory when planted at an altitude of 200-1000 m above sea level (asl),…