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Combat The Cold! 6 Essential Tips To Stay Healthy This Winter
Picture Winter is a busy and exciting time. With holiday parties, family get-togethers, and all of the planning and preparation for Christmas day, there’s a lot to keep you busy and your mind off staying healthy. Unfortunately, with the shorter days, colder weather, and winter bugs, this can leave you feeling sick. Now that the holiday season is over, there’s no excuse not to take care of yourself. With that in mind, here are six essential tips to keep yourself healthy this winter. Get Your Flu Shot We all understand that having the flu is far from fun, but what many people don’t know about is the high numbers of…
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Body & Mind – 3 Month Update
Quick update for you all on my Body & Mind program in the Sweat App! I’ve been pretty good about staying on top of the workouts each week. Sometimes I do my workout before dinner and sometimes I do it later in the evening, closer to bed time. With the Body & Mind program being yoga based, it’s easier to do whenever and it’s not like I’m doing a hardcore workout right before bed. I took a break Christmas week because things were just crazy with the holidays plus I went to DC for a few days. Although I did walk a ton when I was in DC so I…
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Improve Your Well-Being in Later Life
As you get older, it becomes more important to keep an eye on your health and make sure you have a good quality of life. The best way of being able to do this is by ensuring you take steps to look after yourself properly, and that you are more health-conscious. There are a lot of things that play a role in this, and when you get older, you have to be more focused on this moving forward. There are a lot of things that play a big part in the process of improving your well-being, and doing as much as possible to live the best life you possibly can.…
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Bad Medicine: The Road Bumps In This Healthcare System Of Ours
Whatever your opinion on the politics and policies driving it, most of us can admit that our healthcare system is built in with too many roadblocks and too much room for error. They can leave patients not only vulnerable to bad treatment of their injuries, but also to severe financial implications when they need treatment. Here, we’re going to look at some of the biggest roadblocks in this healthcare system of ours, and how you can best prepare to handle them if you’re recovering from an accident, injury or illness. Photo Don’t let the costs creep up on you Healthcare is expensive in a variety of terrible ways. The costs…
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A Quick Safe Cycling Guide…
Cycling is a great way to keep fit, it’s a lot of fun, and it’s pretty awesome for the environment, too. Regular cycling is absolutely recommended as a super healthy part of your fitness regime, and many of us will be out on two wheels burning off some of the post-holiday season calories. However, it’s critical to be careful. Everyone has heard about the huge amount of horrific accidents involving cyclists on the road, that little frame is no match against the incredibly heavy and fast-moving motor vehicles on the roads. It’s important to know how to take care of yourself – and your bike. With this in mind, we’re…
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Which Herbs And Spices Work Best For Pain Management?
Pain is something that many people have to deal with on a daily basis. Many turn to pharmaceutical drugs to manage their symptoms, but these can sometimes come with unpleasant side effects. Even seemingly innocuous painkillers, like paracetamol, can be toxic to the liver. And others, like those which contain codeine, are downright addictive. The alternative – to suffer through the pain – isn’t an option. So is there an alternative route to pain management? The good news is that, for some people, there is. Some pharmaceutical painkillers are derived from plants, and so it’s no surprise that you can find natural painkillers in the plant kingdom. Capsaicin Pixabay…
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Pro-activity: The Only Right Approach To Your Healthcare
When it comes to living a healthier life and diminishing the risk that chronic health conditions and serious illnesses bring with them, proactivity is essential. Yet, many of us don’t keep the proactive habits that can help us not only live a healthier life but to catch diagnoses earlier and manage any conditions we do develop better. Here are four steps to a more proactive approach to your health. Pic Link The big checks For some people, laziness is a big factor, while others have real anxiety about seeing the doctors because they are concerned about what they might find out. However, your annual physical and major health checks are…
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Stuck for a Resolution? Kick a Bad Health Habit!
Picture Source Many of us are turning a new leaf in our books as we step into 2019. We want to live better and more positive lives, so we make resolutions to help us achieve this. Now, if you’re struggling for a resolution, why not start by looking at your health and wellbeing and cutting out bad habits that can prove detrimental to this? Here are a few different areas that you might want to consider tackling for the greater good! Smoking We all know that smoking is bad for us. The worst part? There really aren’t all too many positives that come hand in hand with the massively increased…
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4 Ways To Change Your Life In 2019
It takes about thirty seconds to decide to change your life. It takes a lot longer to implement those changes. Life is exciting, thrilling, scary, saddening and frustrating all at the same time, but we only ever get one of these, and it’s not a run-through or a practice. There are no do-overs and there are no chances to go back and start again. It’s not a video game; it’s your one shot to make a mark on the universe. I don’t know if reincarnation is a thing, and I don’t know whether there’s going to be a big set of gates waiting for me afterwards. What I do know,…
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BAM Update 2
I’m back with my 2nd update for the BAM (Body & Mind) program in the Sweat App. I’m still loving the yoga based exercise program in the app. I’m taking a different approach to this update post today though. Instead of just talking about the different exercises and what I find easy and/or challenging, I want to talk about how this past month or so has made me think more about listening to my body (and mind ha). One of the reasons I stopped doing BBG was because I was just burnt out. I did it unfailingly for months and I did love it. It pushed me and gave me…
