Fitness, Walking and Travel Blog
Fitness, Walking and Travel Blog
Overview If you want a high-performance, energy-producing, cholesterol-lowering breakfast, oatmeal is tough to beat. What you consume at breakfast directly impacts how your brain functions, and unlike its counterparts in cartoon-covered boxes, oatmeal is a slow-digesting, high-fiber option that leads to better focus and mental performance throughout the day. While refined breakfast cereals with added
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1/13 1. Surprise! No Calorie Counting You won’t need a calculator for this meal plan. Instead of adding up numbers, you swap out bad fats for heart-healthy ones. Go for olive oil instead of butter. Try fish or poultry rather than red meat. Enjoy fresh fruit and skip sugary, fancy desserts. Eat your fill of
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If a cold beer is your beverage of choice, you’re not alone. According to a 2012 Gallup poll, 39 percent of Americans prefer drinking beer (thirty-five percent say they prefer wine and 22 percent prefer hard liquor). Not only is a cold beer refreshing, but enjoying a brew can also help you reap some very
1/10 Chia Seeds Chia has come a long way since it first sprouted out of funny pottery in TV commercials. Today, these seeds are best known as a super food, and with good reason. Just 1 ounce (that’s 2 tablespoons) has nearly 10 grams of fiber. Ground in a blender, chia seeds make the perfect
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Combine speedy weight loss with the satisfaction of feeling full, and it’s easy to understand why high-protein diets are popular. But, WebMD asks, is there a downside? 1/16 Too Good to Be True? Lose weight while eating steak, burgers, cheese, and bacon? High-protein, low-carb plans like Atkins and the Zone can work. But you should
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1/15 What’s in Your Fridge? That moldy leftover chili may not be the only thing you should throw out. There may be secret agents in your fridge that hide empty calories, trans fats, and loads of sugar. You can help yourself make healthier choices if you keep these foods out of your fridge and
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Can brain foods really help you concentrate, or boost memory? Increase your chances of maintaining a healthy brain by adding these “smart” foods and beverages to your diet. Ginseng, Fish, Berries, or Caffeine? Listen to the buzz about foods and dietary supplements, and you’ll believe they can do everything from sharpen focus to enhance memory,
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Trim, Tone, and Lose Weight & Inches from your Belly & Body – Is your Belly Size Hurting your Health? 1/11 Your waist size can be an indicator of your overall health Women with waists larger than 35 inches and men with waists bigger than 40 inches tend to have a higher overall risk to
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I eat a whole egg as a snack pretty much every day. Is it healthy for me to be eating egg yolks every day? Could this actually be a dangerous habit? In an earlier article I revealed that one of my weight-maintenance tricks is to eat a whole egg as a morning snack pretty much
Should I be Eating Egg Yolks every Day? Read More »
As relevant when it was published in 2017 as it is today and in the future. Wise advice not just for pros but for anyone who is interested in a healthy lifestyle. Nutrition experts discuss the diets of dueling NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Matt Ryan. It’s a pretty good bet that NFL quarterbacks Tom
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