Healthy Body, Healthy Brain
Anybody who has kept up with an exercise routine for even just a few weeks has felt the restorative effects of a good workout. How many times has a run helped you clear your head or how …
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Chronic Fat and Why It Keeps Coming Back
For some people, it seems like fat just melts off and losing weight is a matter of deciding that they want to. For many others, unfortunately, it’s not such an easy process. Many feel like they struggle …
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Exercise for Better Grades
The myriad physical benefits of exercise are far from breaking news. What is surprising to many people, however, are the equally numerous mental benefits. In addition to the well-documented improvements in mood and stress reduction related to …
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Secrets of Centenarians
In the ongoing fight against aging, researchers have focused in on so-called “Blue Zones,” where people live — and live well — deep into their 90s and 100s. These places, scattered from Costa Rica to Japan, have …
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Staying Healthy on Vacation
Vacation can be a welcome break from the routines of everyday life. Unfortunately, it often also means a break from the beneficial routines of diet and exercise that you’ve worked hard to build. The desire to take …
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7 Tips for Running and Biking in Winter Weather
When it’s cold out, running and biking are less pleasant and more dangerous. One solution is to get your cardio on stationary machines all winter long. Another is to quit cardio altogether until the weather warms up. …
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Active in the Snow: Cross Country Skiing
When snow covers the ground, your activity level could decrease dramatically, and understandably so. Not only can it be difficult just to move in all that snow and slush, but it can be equally hard to find …
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Random Acts of Kindness are Good For Your Health
The dreary days of winter can start to affect not only how you feel, but how you treat those around you. Extend the spirit of the holiday season into the New Year by being generous, thankful and …
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Home Remedies for the Common Cold: Do They Work?
With more than one billion cases in the U.S each year, it’s obvious why they call it the common cold. Sadly, with that kind of prevalence, it’s extremely likely that you or your children will have to …
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How to Optimize your Pre-run Nutrition
Ask Coach Jenny Q: I am an afternoon runner and find it challenging to know what to eat before my runs. I often have stomach upset but I don’t want to skip lunch either. How should I …
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