Does a Juice Cleanse Work? 7 Truths About The Fad Going on a juice cleanse, or drinking nothing but pressed juices extracted from fruits and vegetables for a few days or weeks, has been all the rage over the past few years. They promise weight loss, body detoxification and the treatment and prevention of everything…
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Revamp Your Pantry for Spring Is your fridge crammed with half-empty bottles of condiments and questionable leftovers? Are there foods in your freezer so heavily freezer-burned they’re unrecognizable? Or perhaps your pantry shelves are home to boxes of crackers past their prime. If you’re nodding your head, then it’s time to survey what’s lurking on those…
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Weight Loss After 40 – Why It’s So Hard and What Works If you’re like many women over 40, you’ve probably noticed that it’s become a lot easier to gain a few pounds than to lose them. The foods that you ate without care in your 20s and 30s now stick to your body like…
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10 Ways to Eat Better at Work The office is a sea of temptation with candy dishes on every desk, vending machines stocked with salty goodies down the hall and celebratory sheet cake accompanying every occasion. Don’t give in to these constant diet ruiners; try these simple strategies to eat better at work and avoiding…
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Calorie Saving Tricks When You Eat Out Regularly eating out can result in consuming hundreds of unwanted calories in a sitting, but luckily, there are many ways to save calories when you eat out. I’ve got the details of some of the best calorie-saving tricks for dining out. Read on for the tips, and let…
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Leaving Perfectionism Out of Your Diet I feel like a common struggle among those who embark on a new healthy eating journey is dealing with a perfectionist or “all or nothing” mentality. You’re either eating healthy or you’re not, with no middle ground. You will find benefit to leaving perfectionism out of your diet. Whenever…
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Gluten Free Doesn’t Mean Calorie Free Last week I overheard someone say “I can eat as many of these gluten-free cookies as I want because they are healthier than the peanut butter cookies” Wait, what? I hear this logic (or lack thereof) all the time. When people see something labeled “gluten-free,” they automatically assume it…
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Mindful Eating Can Help You Lose Weight + 5 Tips to Get Started Snacking while cooking dinner, eating while writing emails, munching on the drive to work. Multitasking might save time, but when it comes to eating there is also a cost: distraction. Multitasking while eating makes it challenging to be mindful. Ever sat in…
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Are you making these salad mistakes? Salads can be a great appetizer or a meal and are a great way to fit in five fruits and vegetables a day. Salads can also be a trap of healthy eating for those trying to keep it light. If you aren’t careful, that innocent salad could pack more…
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5 Ways to Avoid Winter Weight Gain As the days get colder and the sunsets earlier, you may suddenly find you’ve become a homebody. Suddenly that small waistline you worked so hard to maintain in summer starts to expand. Your healthy lifestyle suddenly becomes a thing of the past. Green tea is replaced with hot…
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