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August 28, 2025
Go Vegetarian & Live Longer (A Lot Longer…)
There are many reasons to become a vegetarian. Although some people choose to do so for religious or ethical reasons, more and more Americans are choosing the vegetarian lifestyle for health reasons. The Benefits Vegetarians have a huge advantage over meat eaters in the long term. They live longer and are generally 30 pounds lighter. That’s right, eating vegetables helps you maintain a healthy weight and can add up to 10 years to your life! Vegetarians are less likely to get diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Plants, unlike animal products, do not contain cholesterol and saturated fats, which have been linked to high cholesterol and cardiovascular problems. Even among vegetarians, health outcomes vary depending on food choices. There are three main types of vegetarian diets. Lacto-ovo-vegetarians are the most common. They eat all dairy products and eggs in addition to vegetables. Lacto-vegetarians eat dairy products, but no eggs, and ovo-vegetarians eat eggs, but no dairy. Strict vegetarians live solely on vegetables, pulses (lentils, beans, peas), and grains. They do not consume any animal products at all. Go Vegetarian! As you can imagine, completely overhauling your diet is not easy, so having a good reason why you’re doing it is a BIG help. Better health is obviously a great reason to go vegetarian. Your health goals will keep you going when the going gets tough. The first step to becoming a vegetarian is to find protein substitutes and recipes you enjoy making and eating. Here’s something fun: challenge yourself to try…
Feel Tired All the Time? Try This!
Do you wake up feeling tired and spent? Do you struggle to get out of bed after eight hours of sleep? It’s perfectly normal to feel tired and less energetic at the end of the day, but some people suffer from lingering tiredness that interferes with daily life. They constantly feel like they haven’t slept…
Learn MorePersonal Hygiene & Squeaky Clean Kids For LIFE
Teaching Your Kids Good Personal Hygiene It’s funny how toddlers who love splashing around in the water grow up to be messy preteens who would gladly stay dirty if given the choice. Laying a solid foundation of good personal hygiene habits while they’re still young will help them to maintain good health later in life….
Learn MoreOne Choice Away
Okay. If you were absolutely honest, do you feel that your lifestyle promotes vitality and strength or…(not wanting to sound to harsh, here) frailty and weakness? Strength and vitality in our whole being is what we really want. We want all of the life we can possibly have, mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally and relationally. But…
Learn MoreEat the Rainbow! Why Colorful Meals are Healthier for You
Want an easy way to be healthier? Add lots of colorful veggies and fruits to your diet. The natural pigments that give fruits, vegetables, and other whole foods their bright colors are important micronutrients. Colorful foods are more nutritious and healthier for you. People who eat multi-colored meals reduce their risk of diabetes, stroke, heart…
Learn MoreSharing Your Love Story: A Valentine’s Gift Idea
Are you looking for unique valentine ideas? Try sharing your love story. Everyone loves a good love story. Love stories bring back memories of falling in love and feelings of nostalgia. They remind us of the innocence and excitement of new love and what it feels like to be head over heels in love. Love…
Learn MoreSedentary Lifestyle = Premature Death
What’s So Bad About a Sedentary Lifestyle, Really? If there’s one thing that’ll land you in the obituaries sooner than you’d like, it’s living a sedentary lifestyle. Inactivity = rust. Inactivity = decay, from the inside out in mind, body, and soul. Despite knowing that a physically active lifestyle produces many physical, mental, and emotional…
Learn MoreTake Care of Yourself Much?
It Is NOT Selfish To… …take care of yourself. You’re worth taking care of because your life and happiness matter, too. People seem to really struggle with what it means to be selfish and selfless. They think it’s selfish to take care of themselves. And somewhere along the way they’ve been led to believe that…
Learn MoreNew Choice = New Life
Kenneth Patton once said, “By the choices and acts of our lives, we create the person that we are.” So many people wish for a new life but for whatever reason they don’t go after it. You’ll often overhear them saying they want to change…they need to change…that they’ve had enough and can’t take it anymore! It’s…
Learn MoreManaging IBS: When Almost Everything You Eat Gives You Gas or Stomach Pain
There’s so much confusion and misinformation about irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Most of it comes from the fact that symptoms vary from one person to the next and doctors don’t really know what causes it. IBS is a painful condition that affects the large intestine causing what seems like constant abdominal pain, gas and diarrhea….
Learn MoreReduce Stress with Relaxing Music
Music has a well-established relaxing effect on our bodies and minds. Therapists use music to help people overcome anxiety and depression, and improve their cognitive functioning, motor skills and social skills. Science has also proven that music has many beneficial physiological effects including slowing down the heart rate, lowering blood pressure and reducing the level…
Learn MoreMake Your Health & Fitness Resolutions Stick!
It’s that time of the year when tons of well-meaning people head to the gym to begin working on their new fitness goals. It’s unfortunate that most of these resolutions will be long forgotten by mid-February (or sooner). The main reason is because most resolutions are unrealistic; people set themselves up for failure before they…
Learn MoreWinter Skin Care
Winter brings chilly temperatures, lower humidity and strong winds. These harsh conditions can make your skin dry, sensitive, itchy and fragile. The reason your usual skin care routine doesn’t work as well during winter is because your skin needs a lot more moisture than usual. However, with a little effort, you can adapt your skin…
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