Healthy Living, Nutrition, Fitness, Recipes for Weightloss
Articles By: Barbara Holbrook
Crispy Pears For Fruit Lovers On The Go
Earlier this year, Crispy Green Inc launched Crispy Pears, the newest addition to their all-natural line of premium, freeze-dried fruit snacks.
Now I know what you may be saying… “Freeze-dried fruit snacks? Do I look like an astronaut?” But freeze-dried treats aren’t just for space cadets. In...
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Adding Steps To Your Day
In our busy lives it’s often difficult to find the time, and energy, to exercise. I chase my kids all around the house, schoolwork, meetings, soccer practices — it’s never ending and there never seems to be time to go to the gym. But there are ways you can work a little exercise into...
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Extra-Meaty Veggie Chili
This super-delish dish is a great way to sneak in some extra veggies without giving up the meaty taste that makes chili a winter comfort food.
I like to serve up a large 2-cup bowl with one of Krusteaz-brand honey cornbread muffins. And at around 2 points* per cup, it’s a great filling meal that helps...
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Yoga Poses: Child’s Pose
Child’s Pose (Balasana) is a resting pose that stretches the hips, thighs, ankles and back. It’s a good pose for relaxation and can be used if you’re tired and need a break, or between poses.
Like, Downward Facing Dog, Child’s Pose is another good yoga pose for getting blood to the brain. It...
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Yoga Poses: Downward Dog
Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) is often one of the first yoga positions that beginners learn. This pose helps to lengthen the muscles in your hamstrings, calves and the Achilles tendon. Downward Facing Dog is also good for strengthening your hands and wrists, decreasing back pain and elongating...
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Yoga Poses: Cobra
Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana) is a very basic backbend that is helpful for folks with lower back pain because it increases spine flexibility. This yoga position for beginners can decrease stiffness in your lower back while strengthening your arms and shoulders.
While easy enough for a beginner, Cobra Pose...
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Yoga Poses: Corpse Pose
Corpse Pose (Savasana), also know as Death Pose, is probably the most relaxing of all yoga positions. Almost like meditation, many find that a few minutes in Corpse Pose is as relaxing and rejuvenating as an hour-long nap. It is usually used as the ending to a yoga session, although some practitioners...
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Yoga Poses: Mountain Pose
Mountain Pose (Tadasana) is the foundation for all the standing poses so it’s a good place to start for beginning yoga students. This yoga pose can improve posture by properly aligning your spine, strengthening your thighs and can help relieve back pain.
Over time, practicing Mountain Pose will teach...
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Mythical Water Still A Good Tool For Dieters
According to new research, the magical properties of water may turn out to be mostly myth.
An article on NPR.org looks at the “five major myths about the benefits of drinking water” to discover the truth behind the H2O Hype.
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3 Small Steps to Big Change
When I first started this journey, whole life changes were too overwhelming to contemplate. I needed to start small in order to succeed. In fact, even now, almost a year later I continue to make small changes. And, looking at my life today, it’s amazing how those simple steps added up to monumental...
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