WebMD had an interesting article recently about how the regular consumption of whole grains may help lowering the risk of developing high blood pressure. I always being up and going first when it comes to finding healthier alternatives to the foods I already eat, whole grains are something I’ve integrated within my diet for years,…
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Yes, yes, I know we’re still in summer–although if you’ve been living in France these past three months, you may find it hard to believe. But one might as well write about it while the idea is fresh, and while we still have enough time to figure it out, and prepare for the cold season,…
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I’ve been thinking about all of this for quite some time. I can’t deny that I am trying to lose weight, but I am also focused on living a healthier life as a whole, whether in terms of foods or of exercising, and more and more, I’ve tried to research how all of this could…
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I’m a regular reader of the Mark’s Daily Apple blog, and even though lots of its articles catch my interest, this time I paid even more attention to one of its most recent posts: When do foods really go bad? See, I am the kind of person who tends to not pay enough attention to…
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Eco-running is something I had never thought of, and now I really wonder why, because it is good for the health, and good for the environment as well. So what is eco-running? That’s simple! Put on your running shoes, take a couple of empty trash bags with you, start running, and whenever you see some…
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We’ve all heard or read it by now: having breakfast is part of a healthy lifestylen whether we’re looking to lose weight or not, and will contribute to jumpstarting your metabolism after 8 or 9 long hours of fasting–certainly not the contrary! And for lots of people, myself included, cereals are an easy, convenient, yummy…
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Vitamin K: a matter of slight argument at times when I eat at my parents’, because I happen to love quite an amount of vegetables that contain it, while most of my family just isn’t too keen about veggies as a whole. Their loss, I say! Because the vitamin K in them is something that…
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I stumbled recently upon these videos, and not only do the recipes look interesting and delicious, they also feature whole foods, which are something I tend to advocate a lot when it comes to healthy eating and cooking. The show I’m talking about here is called Ani Phyo’s Raw Food Kitchen, and its installments can…
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I’ve been thinking about mentioning this here for some time, but was a little hesitant because I was afraid it would seem like raw advertisement. However, the more I think of it, the more I realize it can be useful nonetheless, and shouldn’t fall victim to the fear of seeing it being lumped in the…
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One of the Yahoo! health experts blog deal with diabetes, and today’s article on it deals with the relationship between the metabolic syndrome and exercise (or, rather, the lack thereof). “Metabolic syndrome” is a term I met for the first time at the beginning of this year, when I decided to make efforts regarding my…
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