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Author: Coach Jessie
The Best Diet for Heart Health + 15 Heart-Healthy Foods
What’s the Best Diet for Heart Health? Many people are confused by all the different dietary advice we hear about. But here’s the truth: Leading nutritional experts are in general agreement about the most heart-healthy diet for humans. The optimal diet for heart health is one that is low in animal products (and especially processed meats),… Read more
3 Surprising Benefits of Echinacea
Used for more than 300 years by Native Americans to treat infections and pain, echinacea – a group of flowering plants known as coneflowers – gained widespread popularity as a traditional herbal remedy in the United States and Europe in the early 20th century. While nine species of the echinacea plant exist, only three are… Read more
5 Tips to Help You Kick Sugar in a Week
Cutting refined sugar out of your diet can be one of toughest things to do. It’s highly addictive so cravings can come on very strong and are often hard to ignore. However, eliminating sugar from your diet can be done. If you do decide to go sugar free, the best way is to go cold-turkey.… Read more
Why Vitamin D is Essential For Your Health
Vitamin D is not like other vitamins. First off, your body can make its own D just from your skin receptors soaking up the sun’s UVB rays. Your cells send vitamin D straight down to your liver. There, it’s converted to a substance called 25(OH)D that doctors test you for to indicate a deficiency. That… Read more
Are Hormone Disruptors Harming Your Health?
Many see “hormone disruptors” and think that they only matter to “women of a certain age.” Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, eight glands in the endocrine system produce and release hormones that regulate everything from metabolism and growth and development, tissue function, and sleep to reproduction, sexual function, and mood, for… Read more
Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal for Christmas Morning
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How to Reduce Stress by Speaking Kindly This Season
The words you use to describe the holiday define your experience of the holiday. It’s true. If you say to yourself, “Oh no, here come the holidays with their stress and exhaustion and pseudo-nostalgic crap,” well, that’s exactly what you’ll expect — and experience. And while you may very well feel that way, choosing the… Read more
How to Slim Down Before Thanksgiving
The average American downs 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day — about 2,500 more calories than he or she does other days of the year. Wouldn’t it be great if you could bank enough caloric goodwill to simply erase those 4,500 calories from your waist, and linger at the table as long as you like? Here… Read more
High Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to Type 2 Diabetes
The health debate about high fructose corn syrup continues with a new study. New research correlates the consumption of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) with Type 2 Diabetes. Researchers looked at the amounts of HFCS consumed in 42 different countries. In countries where the food supply included more HFCS, Type 2 diabetes was 20% more prevalent than in countries where… Read more