Heart Healthy Foods

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The old saying goes, you are what you eat. So if that’s the case, why do so many of us continue to neglect a proper diet? Especially when it comes to how our diet affects our health. Eating heart healthy foods, for example, is just one way that you can protect your health and eat properly at the same time. But what are heart healthy foods? Is one better than the other? What if you just don’t like the flavor of a particular heart healthy food? There are several heart healthy foods out there and there’s sure to be one or two that you and your whole family will enjoy. Ten Types of Heart Healthy Foods #1 – Seeds and Grains Seeds and grains work…

What Does Going Green Mean?

What Does Going Green Mean?

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Going green is not just some fancy catchphrase or trend. Many have been going green since before it became trendy to do so. So what does going green mean? That might depend on who you ask. To one person it might mean one thing and to another person it might mean another thing. To some it may just mean recycling and reducing a personal carbon footprint. While to others, it may mean sustainable living. Going green means different things to different people, but there are some common beliefs. Today, we’re going to take a look at a few of those beliefs and I’ll share why going green is important to us. What Does Going Green Mean? “Green” is a reference to nature and the environment….

5 Benefits of Yoga for Mental Health

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In this Yoga for Beginners series, we’ve talked about a few benefits of yoga and why yoga is for everyone. We’ll cover more in the weeks to come as this is something that I really want to continue with. Today, we’ll talk about 5 benefits of yoga for mental health. I could very well call this meditation for mental health, but because it’s in the Yoga for Beginners series, it will be more about yoga while incorporating meditation. Aside from the many health benefits of Yoga; the poses, meditation, deep-breathing and stretching can also help your mental well-being. Increased body awareness, relief of chronic stress and relaxation are just a few of the benefits you’ll experience when you begin the practice of Yoga. 5 Benefits…

5 Ways to Naturally Manage Your Stress

5 Ways to Naturally Manage Your Stress

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Stress is a part of life. It’s not always negative stress, but it is something that practically everyone deals with. Even kids. But we’ll get to that in another post. Today I want to talk about 5 ways to naturally manage your stress. In our quest to a healthier and more natural life style, I’ve also started to explore other options for holistic health. I want to try and use less medications and get back to a more natural way of living. Some of these changes are diet related and others are based on the products that we use. But I digress. Let’s get to those natural stress management tips! There are numerous ways to manage your stress of course, but these natural stress management…

Is Yoga Really For Everyone?

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Yoga has been touted as an exercise that almost anyone can do. But is yoga really for everyone? Do you really think that everyone who owns and wears a pair of yoga pants is a die hard practitioner? I wear yoga pants because they’re comfortable but I also wear them when I’m doing yoga. It took me quite some time to finally settle into a routine and I’m still looking for a mommy and me option so I can get Squeaker in on it too. I’ve also looked into yoga for special needs to see if it would help Sweet B. So with mommy and me yoga, yoga for special needs, yoga for pregnancy, etc… is yoga really for everyone? Or is that just what…

3 Sources of Fitness Fuel

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While we’ve talked a bit about fitness and starting fitness at home, today I want to talk about nutrition and why it’s important. March is National Nutrition month so I think this is the perfect time to talk about 3 sources of fitness fuel. But don’t just think of this as fitness fuel- think of this as every day life fuel. We want to put the optimal foods into our bodies to keep us going throughout the day. There is much discussion today about basic nutrition.  This is because there is an obesity epidemic on the rise, not just in the United States, but around the world.  People are gaining weight for a number of reasons, including less time exercising  and poorer eating habits.  The…