Tag: diabetes
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Six hacks to get you to stop sitting and be more active
Sitting is now called the new smoking. It’s associated with poor health and we do so much of it, one might even say sitting is addictive. While I don’t think sitting as bad as smoking, it still increases your chances of getting diabetes, heart disease and cancer, and can lead to early death. So what…
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Will this egg give me heart disease?
One egg, two egg, good egg, bad egg. No single food comes close to being studied or stirring up so much controversy. Eggs are the Jekyll and Hyde of foods: the nutrient rich egg white surrounding what many people believe to be a disease-causing egg yolk. Eggs are the food we love, and also the…
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Get the benefits of exercising without ever having to exercise.
“Not enough time”, “it costs too much”, “I don’t have a gym near me”, and “I just don’t like it”, are some of the many reasons people give for not exercising. Even though the guidelines say only 20-30 minutes per day of exercise is needed, as little as 20% of people actually achieve it. Which…
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Exercise is Far More than just Burning Calories
“I’ll lose weight once I get back to my exercise.” “I just need to get in more activity.” “Sure I’ll have a doughnut. I worked out today.” We’ve all heard these lines, and perhaps even said them ourselves (I know I have). This notion that we should exercise to burn calories is all around. But…