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Does your diet have you dreaming of drowning in ice cream? It may be time to consider The 5:2 Fast Diet. The claims are lofty: namely, that you can lose weight, live longer and gain a ton of health benefits,…
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Kaleigh Mancha is a Las Vegas yogi on a mission to prove that big girls can bend. Sure, she’s not a caucasian woman with blonde hair sporting a pair of size 0 Lululemon pants. “My body is non-threatening. I want…
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Pizza, cookies, even waffles—these days it seems like everything and everyone is going gluten-free. It’s one of the health trends du jour with no signs of stopping anytime soon. Since 2009, the number of people going sans gluten has tripled…
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Move over Botox, there’s a new fountain of youth in town: face yoga. A natural, non-invasive alternative to risky facelifts and expensive face creams, face yoga tones and firms the 57 muscles in your face and neck. “The benefits of…
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Pop quiz – what are the biggest calorie-hogs in the American diet? Pizza? Potato chips? Hamburgers? Actually, try breads, grainy sweets – cake, cookies, donuts – and sodas, says a 2010, American Dietetic Association study. The average American sips at…
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If you’re anything like me (and 86% of everyone else in this country), you spend most of your day sitting. You’re hunched over a computer and squinting at a screen all day, while your body cries for some movement. You’d…
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If you’re still working on your New Year’s resolution to achieve your body goals in time for summer, we applaud you. Most people fall off the resolution bandwagon by now. (I may or may not be one of these people.)…
Continue readingWho doesn’t love soul-soothing meals that are also kind on the waistline? Soups become excellent dinners when you pack in the nutrients; and if you make them right, a great soup is hearty and filling. While some recipes call for…
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If you’ve only briefly heard of flexible dieting (or IIFYM; “If It Fits Your Macros”) before, the first thing to know is that it does away with traditional calorie counting and watching exactly what it is you eat. In actuality,…
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So, you think you’ve mastered the fit life. You meal prep every Sunday so you don’t end up having Cheetos for dinner every night the next week. You’ve stocked up on new athletic wear from Forever 21, because holy cow,…
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