Summertime is a season full of warm weather, vacations and outdoor gatherings, like cookouts, barbecues and pool parties. Amidst the exciting and busy season, it’s easier to feel overwhelmed and harder to stick to your health routines. It doesn’t have to be either-or, though. You…
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Summer is a great opportunity to get friends and family together for cookouts and potlucks. What guest don’t you want at your gathering, though? Bacteria. With outdoor events in full force, food safety principles should be at the top of mind so you can keep…
A home-cooked meal can often be healthier and cheaper than going out to eat or grabbing takeout. But when it’s the heart of summer and temperatures are high, turning the oven on and heating up your house or apartment is less than ideal. A hot…
If you break your arm, it happens quickly. And if you have allergies, your watery eyes and sniffling are good indicators of the issue. But what happens when there’s something wrong with your heart? Unfortunately, when it comes to heart disease, it often develops slowly…
Your heart’s a muscle and it beats an average of 100,000 times a day. Like any other muscle, strengthening your heart helps it function optimally. So, how do you do that? You exercise it! Read on for our simple tips on getting started. Five ways…
Close relationships can play a large role in our health and happiness. But they can be hard—whether they’re with a romantic partner, family member or friend. Sometimes, conflict rears its ugly head. Other times, we drift apart. Often, we simply don’t see eye to eye….
Whether you have been on one diet or many diets throughout your lifetime, you are well aware that a diet comes with a set of rules. A diet tells you what to eat, what to avoid and when to eat. What you may not realize…
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to push sleep down to the bottom of your priority list. But we’re here to tell you: Don’t! The benefits of sleep are profound. Not only does having enough sleep give you energy and help you focus, sleep also…