Category: Healthy Aging
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Food Fight! Tips to Get Your Toddler Eating
Read more: Food Fight! Tips to Get Your Toddler EatingThe biggest struggle of my day lately is getting my 2-year-old to eat. Up until a month ago, she ate everything I prepared for her without a fight. Now, a typical mealtime consists of whining, crying, kicking and throwing her food, followed by a huge headache for mom! “Snackies” she says, as she tries to…
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Movin’ Music: My Perfect Workout Playlist
Read more: Movin’ Music: My Perfect Workout PlaylistMusic can set a certain mood or serve a specific purpose, including getting the most out of our workouts. When creating a workout playlist, it is important to pay attention to songs that evoke strong emotions, especially songs that increase our heart rate or get us dancing! For me, finding songs that remind me of…
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10 Steps to Help Parents Balance Work and Family
Read more: 10 Steps to Help Parents Balance Work and FamilyEver find yourself overwhelmed and stressed because you just came home from an 8-hour workday and your kids are crying – one wants help with homework, the other wants you to play Legos? Then add dinner, three loads of laundry and taking the dog for a walk! What’s left is little, if any, time to…
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8 Helpful Steps for Intentional Grocery Shopping
Read more: 8 Helpful Steps for Intentional Grocery ShoppingWe have all been there. It’s almost dinner time and you don’t have what you need to prepare a meal. You reluctantly go to the store. Eyes glazed over, stomach rumbling and mindlessly roaming the isles, you begin to grab whatever looks good in the moment. You only went for one crucial item for dinner,…
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A Happy, Healthy Holiday in 5 Steps
Read more: A Happy, Healthy Holiday in 5 StepsDoesn’t it seem a cruel irony that the holiday season corresponds with cold and flu season? As the weather gets colder and the twinkle lights come out, we’re all hoping our immune systems are ready to fight the airborne assault of germs headed our way. Compounding the problem is all our indoor time without fresh…
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The Buzzz on Healthy Sleep
Read more: The Buzzz on Healthy SleepIt’s 10 pm and too late to make a phone call, but how about just a few more emails? Stop. Make a quick to-do list for tomorrow, power down your computer and go to bed. You’ll get more done tomorrow, better and faster, if you get the proper amount of rest tonight. You already know…
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Wedding Bells Giving You a Headache?
Read more: Wedding Bells Giving You a Headache?Autumn is nearly here. The sun is shining, birds are singing and love is in the air as every weekend is filled with joyous fall wedding celebrations. Meanwhile, the wedding bills are piling up, the guest list is too long and the list of things to get done by your fast-approaching big day seems never-ending.…
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Inflammation and the Changing Face of Sports Nutrition
Read more: Inflammation and the Changing Face of Sports Nutritionby Tina Van Horn, Research and Business Development Coordinator at SL Technology, Inc., a Reliv Company Redefining Sports Nutrition The term “sports nutrition” invokes images of buff gym rats lugging around kegs of protein powder, as well as lithe distance runners throwing back concoctions of carbs and electrolytes en route to the finish line. Yes, these…
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10 Ways to Prevent & Care for Sports Injuries
Read more: 10 Ways to Prevent & Care for Sports InjuriesAs we gear up for summer sports, outdoor activities and tank top weather, let’s keep these points in mind to keep our bodies injury free. Arm slings and knee braces don’t go well with shorts. 1. Get in shape before you play the sport. Work up to it. Instead of shocking your body…
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Nutrient Focus: Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Read more: Nutrient Focus: Omega-3 Fatty AcidsOmega-3 fatty acids are a popular topic in the world of nutrition, but many of us are still left confused despite the attention. What exactly are they? What do they do for our bodies? How do I get them? In spite of the questions we may have about omega-3s, it turns out that…