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July 3, 2025
Good Health Begins with a Healthy Gut
Is stomach pain, heartburn, bloating, gas, or constipation part of your everyday life? If your answer is “yes”, chances are your digestive health is not up to par. Digestive health is a lot more important to our overall health than most of us realize. In addition to digesting food and absorbing nutrients, your gut also affects your immune system, mental health, and metabolism. There’s a strong relationship between gut health and diseases like obesity, arthritis, diabetes, depression, cancer, eczema, and chronic fatigue. Your digestive health not only depends on what you eat and drink but also on your level of stress, age, and physical activity. To have good digestive health, you need to take good care of yourself by eating nutrient-dense whole foods, exercising regularly, and managing stress. Eat a high-fiber diet A high fiber diet is one that includes lots of veggies, fruits, whole grains, and legumes. It keeps food moving through your GI tract and keeps you “regular”, preventing constipation, diverticulosis, hemorrhoids, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Fiber also keeps cholesterol levels in check and helps to maintain a healthy weight by making you feel full without the extra calories. Ideally, you should eat about 14 grams of fiber per 1000 calories. Both soluble and insoluble fibers are necessary because they help your digestion in different ways. Insoluble fiber can be obtained from vegetables and whole grains, whereas soluble fiber can be obtained from nuts and legumes. Avoid high-fat foods Foods that are high in fat slow down your…
Good Health Begins with a Healthy Gut
Is stomach pain, heartburn, bloating, gas, or constipation part of your everyday life? If your answer is “yes”, chances are your digestive health is not up to par. Digestive health is a lot more important to our overall health than most of us realize. In addition to digesting food and absorbing nutrients, your gut also…
Learn MoreIs your Body Clock Out of Whack?
Do you wake up feeling tired and groggy even though you’ve had a full night’s sleep? Your internal body clock / circadian rhythm might not be working properly. The circadian rhythm regulates your level of sleepiness or wakefulness throughout the day. When it’s working properly, you should wake up feeling energized and ready to conquer…
Learn MoreFeeling Stressed? Take Back Control of Your Life
Stress is a normal part of life. When something in our environment changes, our bodies react to these changes physically, mentally, and emotionally. However, stress isn’t always a bad thing. Positive stress kicks your body into high gear by flooding your body with hormones, elevating your heart rate, and boosting your energy as a way…
Learn MoreAre Superfoods Real?
“Superfoods” has become one of the most popular buzzwords in healthy living circles. When the word first came into use in the early 1990s, it referred to foods that provide the essential building blocks that your body needs to build resistance to diseases. Nowadays, it’s a marketing term used to assign near magical powers to…
Learn MoreShots To Consider Getting…
Vaccines aren’t just for kids; age, lifestyle habits, and travel can make adults vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases. Protection from childhood vaccines also wears out with time, leaving you vulnerable to serious diseases. The Flu shot When was the last time you thoroughly enjoyed having the flu? The aches, fever, nausea…having the flu isn’t fun. It…
Learn MoreDon’t Fall For Clever Marketing on Food Packaging!
Shopping for groceries can be extremely confusing especially when you’re trying to make healthier food choices. Every product on the shelf claims to be better than the rest in one way or another. This is why you need to learn how to separate the facts from clever marketing gimmicks. Here are some guidelines to help…
Learn More5 Less Obvious Ways to Add Years to Your Life
Americans live to 79 years, on average. Everyone knows that to live to, or past, this age, you need to eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly, maintain a healthy weight and stay away from cigarettes. However, there are some other less obvious ways to live longer and stronger. Friends and Family Humans are social beings….
Learn MoreNourish Your Mind and Spirit with Food!
Yes, that’s right. You can nourish your mind and spirit with food! We all know that hunger, cravings and food allergies have a very big impact on our moods and energy levels. Conversely, our moods and emotions influence our food choices. There is a whole branch of science, called nutritional psychiatry, dedicated to studying these…
Learn MoreRegular Soap is Healthier and Safer than Antibacterial Soap?
When buying soap, most people subconsciously reach for antibacterial soap without giving it a second thought. They believe that antibacterial soap is better than regular soap because it kills germs. The FDA, however, has a different opinion. Scientists have yet to find evidence that antibacterial soaps are any better than regular soaps. Some studies have…
Learn MoreGet Your Family and Friends to Support Your Healthy Lifestyle
Social support from family and friends is an absolute necessity when changing your lifestyle. It’s a lot easier to adhere to a healthy lifestyle when you don’t have to worry about endless questions and criticism from the people closest to you. And if you’re married, your partner can make or break your healthy lifestyle! He…
Learn MoreStop Dieting and Start Eating Healthy
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about healthy eating? All the unhealthy foods you’ll have to give up? There’s a huge difference between healthy eating and dieting. Dieting is limiting. It focuses too much on restricting what you can eat instead of enjoying good food. Plus, most fad diets have…
Learn MoreIt’s Okay to Fall Off the Wagon!
When you first start living a healthier lifestyle, it’s hard to stay loyal to new eating habits and exercise routines. Face it, you’ll probably feel a little deprived and have STRONG cravings and urges for unhealthy things (at least at first). It’s no surprise that most people fall off the wagon at least once when…
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