Tag: healthy living
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What will 2021 mean to you?
The New Year is a time of reflection, looking back at the past with an eye to the future. No matter what year we’ve had, we usually look forward to the new one being better. It’s human nature to want to strive for more. And that couldn’t be truer this year than any other time…
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The Importance of a Warm-Up and Cool-Down
Regular exercise is an important part of maintaining health, improving quality of life and preventing disease. Guidelines for physical activity are great for saying how much exercise you should do and at what intensity. But what’s commonly left out is the importance of warming up and cooling down, and how you should do that. The…
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Food is More than Just Nutrients
Eating a good meal is one of the most common pleasures in the world. And it’s no coincidence we find food enjoyable. Food is needed to provide nourishment and energy for our bodies. If it wasn’t enjoyable, humans would have died out long ago. Who of our ancestors would have spent all that time in…
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Five Ways to Help Your Immune System this Winter
This coming winter will be like no other. Along with the common cold and the seasonal flu, most places are in a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, making for a triple whammy of viruses potentially attacking our bodies. Our main defense system is our immune system. It’s a complex network of pathways involving multiple…