Strike a Yoga Pose: Head to Knee B
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Runners and other athletes need to spend extra time stretching their hamstrings. If you like the Head to Knee A pose, you’re going to love this variation that will stretch the part of your hamstring closest to your glutes. I always do this stretch after a run. This pose looks very similar to Head...
Celebrities Living With Diabetes
With the end of American Diabetes Month upon us, it seems fitting to give a nod to a few celebrities that are living with this potentially deadly disorder. Finding out you have diabetes usually means a complete overhaul of your life that includes monitoring your blood sugar levels, changing your diet,...
Your First Negative Split Run
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Taking the second half of your run at a faster pace is great prep for the negative split racing strategy ; where you start out slowly, then push your pace at or just before the middle mark. Aside from being a racing strategy, saving your speed for the second half of the run means your body will be completely...
It’s Cyber Monday - Get In the Spirit With All Our Gift Guides!
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Black Friday has come and gone, but today is Cyber Monday which means awesome savings on all your online shopping ! We’re here with everything you need to navigate your way to the biggest deals on the Internet today! Geek has the best places to find Cyber Monday sales while Savvy has a great trivia...
Can You Guess the Winter Veggies?
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Winter is fast approaching, and with it comes an array of hearty veggies that will fill you up and warm your soul. There’s a huge variety, especially when it comes to squash, so do you know which is which? Take this quiz and find out. Question 1 of 8 What’s the name of this veggie?...
Make Your Own Flavored Water
Despite the health benefits of water , people still love to drink juice and soda. Unfortunately, these beverages are usually empty calories filled with sugar that do little in the way of hydration - even diet soda can be damaging . I think that water tastes great, but sometimes I get bored of drinking...
Gifts For the Extreme Sports Enthusiast
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Extreme sports are death-defying, adrenaline-pumping activities that leave most of us staring in disbelief. And whether it’s rock climbing, snowboarding, or skydiving, you may have someone special in your life who likes to push the limits. Here are my picks for gifts that will keep your action...
Do You Know About Your Cup of Joe?
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All this traveling many of you are doing for Thanksgiving weekend probably involves long hours in the car or airport. Grabbing a cup of caffeinated coffee is a great way to stay awake and give you energy to make it through all your plans, but how much do you know about that hot beverage? Take this quiz...
Thanksgiving Confessional: Share It and Move On
Whether you let yourself overindulge or try to keep things in check , it’s impossible not to think about food during Thanksgiving . Perhaps you only splurged on the dish that is totally worth the calories to you , or maybe you ate one more piece of pie than you said you would. The important thing...
Be Body Wise on Black Friday
Shopping maven Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and the City famously said “Shopping is my cardio.” These days heading to the stores on Black Friday is more like a contact sport. As retail stores kick off the holiday season with crazy sales, I have a few tips on keeping your body happy while shopping....
Healthy Ways to Deal With Thanksgiving Leftovers
Thanksgiving never seems to be a one-day affair, at least not the food part. Properly stored, leftovers can last up to four days , beckoning you to eat more, more, and then some! This Thanksgiving, resist the urge to overindulge by finding healthier alternatives for your T-day leftovers. Here are a...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]