Ever heard that old saying, “A chocolate a day keeps the doctor away”?
No?
Well, you’re about to.
Chocolate is the ULTIMATE health food. [Read more…] about Why You Should Eat More Chocolate
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Yes, You Can Lose Weight by Going to Sleep Earlier
How much do you eat after dinner?
After the plates are cleared and the dishwasher started, do you sit down with a nice glass of water or cup of peppermint tea to watch TV…
Or do you fix yourself a little snack? [Read more…] about Yes, You Can Lose Weight by Going to Sleep Earlier
How to Love and Accept Your Body the Way It Is
I spent probably 20 years of my life wishing I was thinner.
No matter how much weight I lost, I still never thought my body looked right. I always wanted to change it or fix it, so that I would look different than how I was. [Read more…] about How to Love and Accept Your Body the Way It Is
Try a Dose of Nature to Cure What Ails You
You’re feeling low, so you go for a walk in the park.
Thirty minutes later, you’re feeling strangely better.
Or maybe it’s not so strange. Your ancestors knew the benefits of time spent in nature. [Read more…] about Try a Dose of Nature to Cure What Ails You
Ditch the Diet with Jenn Hand (Video)
Have you been on a diet since … well, forever?
Jenn Hand isn’t going to help you lose those last 5 lbs. She’s going show you what life after dieting looks like.
Like so many women, Jenn struggled with her weight. [Read more…] about Ditch the Diet with Jenn Hand (Video)
Yoga for Life with Amber DeBarge (Video)
Most of us think of yoga just as a kind of exercise, albeit one where you get to wear those cute yoga pants. Gossip magazines are always featuring pics of celebrities walking around LA with a yoga mat under their arm. It’s fashionable. It’s cool.
But that’s just scratching the surface of what yoga is all about. [Read more…] about Yoga for Life with Amber DeBarge (Video)
5 Superfoods That Will Knock That Multivitamin Off Your Shelf
As a teen who hated my weight, I was more into low-calorie food than healthy food.
Unfortunately, they were usually one and the same.
So I ate healthy to lose weight, but that was the ONLY reason. [Read more…] about 5 Superfoods That Will Knock That Multivitamin Off Your Shelf
Eating for Happiness: How Food Affects Your Mood
A few years back, a friend gave me a book as a gift.
It was about the psychology of food cravings.
We think we crave certain foods because they taste good, but what we’re really after is how they make us feel. [Read more…] about Eating for Happiness: How Food Affects Your Mood
6 Frankenstein Foods You’re Probably Eating Right Now
You’re walking through the grocery store.
On either side of the aisle, shelves are lined with food.
Some are foods human beings have been eating for hundreds of years—beans, flour, pasta, dried fruit—but most haven’t been around for much longer than you have. [Read more…] about 6 Frankenstein Foods You’re Probably Eating Right Now
Why You Should Treat Yourself to a Bath Tonight
I was on the debate team in college, and one of my most memorable debates was on that enduring topic:
“Is a bath better than a shower?”
I was on Team Shower. We won the debate after presenting a slew of convincing arguments. [Read more…] about Why You Should Treat Yourself to a Bath Tonight
Is Your Cellphone Harming Your Health?
What’s your relationship with your phone?
If you feel naked without it, you’re not alone.
The average American checks their phone somewhere between 40 and 80 times a day. Millennials check their phones twice as often. [Read more…] about Is Your Cellphone Harming Your Health?
The Trick to a Healthy Milkshake Your Diet (and Kids) Will Love
My milkshake story starts in an unlikely place:
The Andes mountains of South America, where once a month the banana man came to visit.
He drove up to my village in his battered pickup truck, the bed laden with branches of bananas straight from the tropical coast. [Read more…] about The Trick to a Healthy Milkshake Your Diet (and Kids) Will Love
Why You Need 20 Minutes a Day to Yourself
I started noticing it a few years ago.
I’d be reading profiles of brilliant leaders. People who’d really reached the top of their game.
Consistently, these high performers would mention that they meditate for at least 20 minutes a day. [Read more…] about Why You Need 20 Minutes a Day to Yourself
#BrilliantBabe: Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor Kris Carr
It’s your worst nightmare.
You wake up feeling like you’ve been hit by a truck. You go to the doctor and he tells you it’s your gallbladder.
You don’t have time to be sick. You’ve got a modeling and acting career to pursue. [Read more…] about #BrilliantBabe: Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor Kris Carr
The Freakishly Miraculous Powers of Fruit
When it’s summer, I eat fruit.
It’s my mission. Got to get in as much as I can before the weather turns and the growing season ends.
I’d love to say I stroll through farmers markets, picking up wicker baskets of freshly-picked peaches… [Read more…] about The Freakishly Miraculous Powers of Fruit
