We’re living in a time when many of us feel overloaded with stress. Yet many of us don’t realize how our personal habits may be contributing to our angst and anxiety. For one thing, clutter and messiness can cause distress, which may be part of the reason why the...
There are many reasons why you might be currently looking for a new doctor. Maybe you’ve moved or perhaps your existing doctor might be retiring. If you need to locate a new doctor, the following ideas can make it easier for you to find one that is right for...
Whether side dish or center stage, the mushroom’s meaty texture is guaranteed to satisfy. If you’re working towards reducing your intake of meat but still crave steak, mushrooms may be the best palate-satisfying replacement. In fact, when people eat mushroom-based...
“A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die.” — Mary Mason Now that you are expecting a baby, you must know that you will be visiting the doctor – a lot. Maybe the doctor...
Choose The Correct Fats “Eating fatty foods makes you fat” may sound logical, but it is a bit more complicated than that. It is true that at 9 calories per gram, fats are more caloric than protein or carbohydrates – which contain 4 calories each per gram – but the...
A nagging feeling most of us often struggle with is the sensation of not having enough time in our day. And, this may feel especially true at the moment with everything going on in the world — we’re homeschooling the kids while simultaneously working from home; we’re...
We thought COVID19 was just a respiratory virus. We were wrong. This is our generation’s test. In late January, when hospitals in the United States first confirmed the novel coronavirus’s presence, healthcare workers knew to watch for precisely three...
One of our favorite adages is: Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace. Yet, we spend much of our day doing just that. In an interesting happiness study, Harvard psychologists Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert determined...
Have you ever wondered if dark chocolate is actually heart-healthy? According to many news reports, dark chocolate appears to have many properties to help combat heart disease (1). Can this actually be true or is it media hype? Antioxidants Antioxidant is actually a...
Current Physical Fitness Guidelines for Adults and Kids According to guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for general health adults should aim for 150 to 300 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 to 150 minutes of...