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Why Eating Whole Foods is the Best Practice for Weight Loss Eating Whole Foods to Lose Weight Most of us realize there is no quick fix when it comes to weight loss. There are no pills, powders or potions that will keep you from feeling hungry forever; burn calories while you sleep; or replace the nutrients your body derives from whole foods; like real fruits and vegetables, proteins and whole grains. Eating consistently clean and avoiding processed foods, which tend to be high in fats, salt and sugars will definitely help you lose the weight you want to and manage ... Read more

Have you had your blood pressure checked recently? Checking your blood pressure is a simple, painless step that helps monitor your numbers over time, and can help detect the presence of hypertension (which comes with a host of risk factors and serious health impacts). It is possible to mitigate hypertension through diet and exercise. And it is often easily treated with medication. Knowing your risks and implementing preventive measures can help keep you from experiencing serious health results from high blood pressure. What is High Blood Pressure? High blood pressure is, unfortunately, a very common disease, where our blood flows ... Read more

How Screen Time Affects Health Your children are probably always begging for more screen time, whether that means watching television shows or playing video games on a variety of handheld digital devices. In our modern culture that is quickly being overtaken by digital communications, we need to ensure our kids are digitally adept. But we are doing them a disservice if we, as parents, do not limit their passive digital activity. Just as we saw the in the detrimental couch potato results of kids who watched too much television, we don’t want to see our kids spending too much time ... Read more