How Social Connections Affect Your Lifestyle? Characteristics and Signs of Healthy Relationships
The most profound of life’s experiences come from the connections we have with other human beings, considering we are social by nature. Healthy connections (or relationships) nurture mutual respect, love, honesty, trust and effective open [...]
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Put on Your Running Shoes: Train Your Body & Mind towards a Healthier Life
Strength training goes a long way in terms of supporting bone health, making aerobic exercise more productive, preventing injury, and facilitating healthy aging. Running, one of the most popular physical activities in the world-happens to be an appealing aerobic [...]
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Identify the Signs: The Importance of Recognizing Mental Health Issues and When to Reach Out
In the United States alone, mental health problems remain a significant cause for concern with the number of people affected increasing annually. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that one in five adults has experienced at least one mental health issue […]
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Fasting for Weight Loss: A Current Dieting Trend’s Pros and Cons
Intermittent fasting (IF) is a trendy weight loss approach. The aim of this diet is to restrict the time period in which you eat food. Unlike most other traditional diets, it’s about limiting when you eat rather than what you eat. Intermittent fasting for weight loss works by prolonging[...]
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Thinking About Quitting Sugar? Here’s How
A Sugar detox – or ‘abstaining from sugar’ is a wise decision for a healthier lifestyle. While it is easier said than done, the outcomes can be quite rewarding-as sugar has been linked to negative outcomes in overall health. According to research, consumption of added sugar […]
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What You Can Learn about Your Health through Your Menstrual Cycle
Menstruation is defined as the monthly shedding of the inner lining of a woman’s uterus. Menstruation is also known by such terminology as menses, menstrual period, just “your period” or more colloquially in conversations as “aunt flow”. The menstrual contents (a mixture) [...]
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How to Manage Overthinking When It Becomes a Problem
Have you ever had the feeling that you are overthinking? We all have and its completely fine to feel that way. Our mind works like this. It's in our psychology to self-reflect, look inward at our own behaviors and responses to the world around us. We can all get in
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Facial Massage: A Stress Reliever
Body massage practices have been utilized throughout history as a healing method and has taken numerous forms. The most earliest therapeutic practices go back to ancient China with Acupuncture. This involved pricking the skin with small needles in certain strategic [...]
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How to Have a Healthy Pregnancy? A Guide on Family Care, Weight Management and DIY Skin Care
Expecting a baby is an exhilarating time that often inspires women to opt for a healthier lifestyle. And its reasonable that before you're able to take care of your little munchkin, it’s important to take care of yourself first. As your baby grows and changes td1whrough each [...]
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Is Vitamin Supplementation Supported by Medical Evidence? What Vitamins Should I Consider?
Whether they have completely occupied your medicine box or spilling out of your bathroom cabinet, you’re not alone if you’re one of the millions of people who consume a vitamin or supplement each day. You may be trying vitamin supplementation to treat a deficiency or reduce [...]
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How to Stay Healthy During a Pandemic: Effective Measures to Avoid it
A pandemic is defined as the worldwide spread of a new infection or disease, such as was the spread of Spanish flu in 1918, the AIDS pandemic in the 1980s, H1N1 flu in 2009, and the latest Covid-19. As we look into the third year of this pandemic, it is worth
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Why Am I Constipated? Learn Causes, Symptoms & Prevention Techniques
Constipation is an unbelievably common problem in the United States alone, where at least 20% of people see a doctor every year to find relief. It occurs when there is less frequency of bowel movements and it becomes difficult for a person to relieve themselves [...]
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How to Manage Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Though the fall/winter season can be a time for celebration for many people around the globe, it can bring on significant mood symptoms for some. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a variant of depression that develops during particular seasons, makes some people experience [...]
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Is Dairy Bad For You?
Dairy products are categorized as ‘nutrient-dense’ foods that contain macronutrients and micronutrients necessary for a healthy body. For this reason, health authorities such as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) advise on having a serving of dairy products [...]
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Ginger: Interesting Facts and Health Benefits of the Medicinal Food
For decades people have been using ginger in cooking; as a flavoring for foods and for medicinal purposes. Ginger is considered one of the world's most valuable plants, known for its anti-inflammatory and health-boosting properties. It is a common home remedy for nausea [...]
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How to Maintain Your Optimal Health & Weight in 15 Ways
Over time, we hear all sorts of weight loss advice-ranging from ‘juice cleansing’ to ‘replacing snacks with keto cookies'. Most of the time, these practices are promoted by those who don’t have health expertise; and are promoting ‘fashionable trends’ for profit. However [...]
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Ways to Sneak More Fiber into Your Diet and Why You Need it
Dietary fiber, also called roughage, is a carbohydrate that the human body cannot digest. Unlike most carbohydrates, fiber cannot be metabolized or broken down into simpler sugar molecules. Instead, it possesses the unique property of passing through the body [...]
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Probiotics: How Does Gut Microbiome Help with Digestion and Bloating?
The human body contains trillions of bacteria, yeasts and fungi that are collectively named as the gut microbiome. Some bacteria are potentially disease causing, however some are really important to your body, especially for proper immune functioning, heart health [...]
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Is it Bad to Do Same Cardio or Strength Workout Every Day?
Cardio and Strength workouts are two common types of exercise and many people who start their workout journey get stuck with a difficult question; whether they should go with cardio or lift weights. Some people end up opting for any one of these two workouts [...]
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This Low-Cholesterol Collard Greens Recipe is an Ultimate Comfort Food in Winter
When someone talks about Southern cuisine, the dishes that come to mind — fried chicken, grits, biscuits and broth - do not explicitly declare it “healthy”. Fortunately, Collard Greens, the basis of a reliable vegetable, is different. “Like most dark Greens veggies, they pack [...]
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Feel Less Guilty About Eating Cornbread: Here’s a Healthy Recipe of Your Favorite Soul Food Side Dish
Cornbread has long been a staple food of The South. In today’s world, cornbread is prepared in profuse styles, but one thing is still common - the taste! Known for its vibrant color, smooth texture and scrumptious flavor, it is often served alongside a huge variety [...]
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How to Use Green Beans to Maintain a Healthy Weight?
I was visiting my grandma after a long break this time and we began casually discussing what to cook for dinner and she mentioned how much she loves green beans but can’t have them anymore because of her digestive issues. I thought to myself that I haven’t had green [...]
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Healthy and Delicious Peach Cobbler Recipe that You Don’t Want to Miss
Doesn’t it seem unfair how hard it is for people with a sweet tooth to eliminate dessert from their diet completely? Well, it does to me, and it hit me more when last week, I felt this craving for a warm, comforting dessert to hug me from the inside [...]
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Enjoy This Sweet Potato Pie Recipe Even When You Are on Diet
During the Thanksgiving season, our family loves to gather round for dinner. This time it was no different, I was sitting with my cousins on a cozy November evening discussing the Thanksgiving menu. While deciding on the menu, one cousin announced[...]
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Pinto Beans for the Love of Soul Food – A Comfort Recipe
If you are a fan of soul food, you must have been shamed at least once for eating this apparently unhealthy cuisine. Because this is what it has long been associated with. Little do people know that soul food has hundreds of ingredients other than organ [...]
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Corn on the Cob: The Low-Calorie Snack You Need to Know About
One of the universally loved foods is corn. Corn is consumed globally in different forms and styles but there is hardly any cuisine that does not benefit from this amazing vegetable. Usually, corn products are believed to be high in calories like cornbread [...]
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The Famous Soul Food; Okra…. Is It Even Healthy?
Soul food sounds like food that comes straight from heaven or straight from grandma's kitchen. Only if it was perceived the same way too. Soul food is often considered one of the unhealthiest cuisines, built on unclean organ meats, loads of saturated fat and night shade [...]
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Can’t Sleep Well? Know the Reasons and Right Ways to Treat it
Can't sleep well? Ah, how do we envy those days when we could feel the soft embrace of our pillows as we slip into deep slumber within the blink of an eye. Alas, old age looms over us, bringing forth its harrows and torment denying us to be enveloped [...]
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Things to Expect When You Start Working Out for the First Time
Have you ever wondered what happens to your body when you start working out for the first time? How does your mind, heart, physique, muscles, and overall body change? Well, your body reacts in so many interesting ways to consider when you begin working out [...]
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Food and Mood: How Food can Help Uplift your Mood?
Have you ever felt good after having the food that you’ve been craving for? This blog post on food and mood is a detailed guide which will help you in understanding how food can change your mood. The stuff that we eat and drink dramatically affects our performance [...]
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Walk Your Way to a Healthy Life: The Benefits of Walking
Do you want to lead a healthier lifestyle and have not been into exercising up until now? Maybe you don't know where to start and feel overwhelmed by the options out there. Well, the best approach often to any new beginning is to start small - so don't worry [...]
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No Gym? No problem! Best at-home exercises to stay healthy
There's no need to struggle and stress about exercising. Even though it may seem a little overwhelming, developing a workout routine is not as difficult as it looks. You just need to be creative and find the motivation to start your journey. No gym? No problem! In this article, we [...]
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8 Tips to Start Working Out Again After a Hiatus
Naturally, regular exercise is one of the best things you can do to stay healthy. For this reason, motivating yourself to start working out is the best decision you can possibly make. It's feasible that based on the formation of habits constructed by context and behavior repetition [...]
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Understanding the Benefits of a ‘Balanced Diet’ for your Health
A balanced diet can prevent certain diseases, improve your energy levels and even improve your mood. Hence overall, a good diet has an incredible impact on your health.The popular saying goes, ‘you are what you eat.’Consequently, deciding what you consume on a daily basis [...]
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‘Healthy Eating Rules’ You Should Avoid
Healthy Eating Rules: we are sure you have heard that somewhere; whether it may be on TV, magazines or the internet space. Many individuals have gospelized or presented claims about the effectiveness of certain diets and how those provisions can be life-changing [...]
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Smart Ways to Fight Acne: A Guide to Prevention & Treatments
As we know, every skin is unique and needs specific care. People with darker skin tones (25% of the world population) often share certain structural characteristics and problems that involve their skin and one of these are Acne problems. Having a common understanding of these particular [...]
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Dark-Skinned People Don’t Need Sunscreen – Myth or Reality?
Every day, we challenge ourselves with new questions. How did life start on Earth? What’s the meaning of life? Are ghosts real? While those questions are confusing on their own, none of them are as puzzling as do dark-skinned people need sunscreen? Believe it or not, our community has [...]
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Hyperpigmentation Treatment in Black Skin: What You Need to Know?
Let's not kid ourselves, most of us would love to enjoy going out without a hint of makeup on. But you might not have that level of confidence because of hyperpigmentation on your skin, a condition that can manifest as uneven discoloration, blemishes and dark spots [...]
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Eczema in Dark-Skinned Women: What You Need to Know
Millions of people in the US alone are affected by skin conditions, many of which have no idea they suffer from eczema, so if you think that maybe you have this condition, this article will give you some information you need to know about eczema that can affect not [...]
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