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The Power of Pomegranate

Posted: May 14 in Blog by

The term “super food” gets thrown around a lot in popular health circles. Every day, it seems, there’s new talk of some berry from Asia that will help you become fitter and happier, fight off every disease and ailment known to man and make you smarter. As with many trending topics in the health and fitness world, the actual health benefits of many of these so-called superfoods are usually exaggerated or still under heated debate, and may not actually be much help as a supplement for your medical weight loss program. [Read more]

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Just Say NO to Sugar

Posted: May 04 in Blog by

Watch out big tobacco—there is another highly-addictive drug on the streets trailing closely behind you, and this one has detrimental health effects that are similar to yours with a slightly sweeter disposition to boot! It’s found in more than 45,000 food products and available for purchase virtually anywhere. That’s right—millions of Americans are rapidly becoming addicted to sugar and some experts believe this fatal attraction could be just as damaging as smoking cigarettes. [Read more]

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Locavores Lose Weight, Too

Posted: Apr 30 in Blog by

When was the last time that you really thought about where your food is coming from? Many people are shocked to learn that the average meal is put together with items from five different countries, and that is not to say that you are eating an ethnically diverse meal. Produce travels an estimated 1,500 miles from farm to table, and processed food isn’t moving much less with an average 1,300 mile journey from the factory to the food store. [Read more]

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Are You Absorbing Stress?

Posted: Apr 25 in Blog by

If you are battling a stress disorder in Rochester, then you can understand the importance of identifying anxiety triggers. For many people of all ages, shapes and sizes the lingering tightness of breath, narrowed vision and clustered thoughts develop after a trigger that you could have seen a mile away. A discussion about financial concerns, a dreaded meeting with your boss or a phone call from your mother are all common stress triggers, but what about those times that you cannot figure out what triggered your anxiety? For a lot of people, anxiety is a regular occurrence and the exact reason often feels unknown. [Read more]

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Strike a Pose—Why Yoga is a Good Idea

Posted: Apr 25 in Blog by

Out of all of the trendy work-outs available on the market today, yoga isn’t the one that will get you the fastest results. In a world of television infomercials promising rock-hard abs in 14 days, or a perfect body in 30 days, many people have turned in their mats and taken to more aerobic forms of fitness. But yoga offers a number of advantages that other forms of fitness don’t come close to. Aside from offering weight loss benefits, yoga is a beneficial form of stress management that helps many people to control their anxiety every day. [Read more]

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Increase Your Workplace Well-Being

Posted: Apr 10 in Blog by

Getting up every morning for work is hard enough as it is. Just thinking about maneuvering amongst half-asleep Rochester drivers in traffic to get to work on time is enough to make you stay in bed. It isn’t until you walk through the office doors that you realize this is only the beginning. You still have a whole eight hours of co-workers, phones ringing and busywork to deal with. Managing your stress level and maintaining a sense of calm at work seems nearly impossible in this day and age. [Read more]

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Fantastic Fruit Alternatives to Prevent Boredom in a Healthy Diet

Posted: Apr 04 in Blog by

Fruits are an important part of a healthy diet. In addition to being a low fat snack that can help you with your weight loss goals, fruits and vegetables are actually able to improve your complexion, helping your skin tone show off a youthful radiance. This makes fruits and vegetables a healthy component of any anti-aging plan. However, eating the same fruit every day can be boring. Fruits, such as bananas, apples, watermelon and oranges are all fantastic fruits, but they are not the only fruit that can be included in a diet plan. Other fruits can be substituted or included in a diet to prevent boredom and give you an unexpected boost in vitamins and minerals. [Read more]

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Breaking Bad Habits

Posted: Mar 27 in Blog by

Habits can be good or bad. Good habits improve a person’s life, like learning how to drive without thinking of all the complex details of how to operate it on a busy road. Conversely, bad habits can ruin a person’s life, like regularly eating ice cream when the person is diabetic. Everyone has habits—both good [...]

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Heavy Metal Poisoning

Posted: Mar 20 in Blog by

Many people do not realize it, but there are heavy metals all around us. Our environment is filled with potential contaminants that could cause harm to our bodies. While small amounts of certain metals are actually beneficial for our health (think: iron, zinc, manganese), large amounts of any of these common metals could cause acute [...]

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Decrease Stress with Laughter

Posted: Mar 16 in Blog by

Doctors in the United States see more cases of stress-related illnesses than anything else. From low immunity to heart disease and cancer, stress causes a disruption in your body’s normal function, which can prevent you from living life to the fullest. But if stress is a poison, laughter may be the antidote. Simply put, stress [...]

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