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Can The Way You Eat Affect Your Sleep?

Dec 12, 2018
3 min

Can The Way You Eat Affect Your Sleep?

Sleep. We all love it, but many of us don't get enough of it. I start many a day with "Are you *naughty word* kidding me?!" but swearing isn't the only side effect of sleep deprivation. It can affect your memory, concentration, ability to make good decisions, induce sugar cravings and emotional eating (and therefore weight gain) by messing with your appetite hormones, and put you at an increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer. Sleep deprivation can eve

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A Recipe For...Water?

Apr 11, 2018
1 min

A Recipe For...Water?

If you're not much of a plain water drinker, or need your water to be more appealing to your senses, here are five delicious (and beautiful looking) fruit combos to add to your large glass of water: Slices of lemon & ginger Slices of strawberries & orange Slices of apple & a cinnamon stick Chopped pineapple & mango Blueberries & raspberries Tip: You can buy a bag (or several bags) of frozen chopped fruit and throw those into your cup, thermos, or uber-cool mason jar in the mo

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Three Ways to Avoid Overeating at Meals

Apr 9, 2018
2 min

Three Ways to Avoid Overeating at Meals

Sometimes those parties and evenings out are just amazing, and it's not just the abundance of delicious food. It's also the people, the decorations, and the ambiance. It's easy to indulge at special events, but sometimes we overeat on regular days. Or at regular meals. Or... All. The. Time. Overeating is a habitual behavior, and not one that is easily tackled. Permanent change comes from exchanging bad habits for good, and from addressing the triggers that lead to eating to

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