Health
Cancer Screening Tips: How to know if you're at risk
The recommendations for cancer screenings can be confusing. Here is what I tell my patients. Welcome to a new year! Why not make this the year you finally pay closer attention to your body and prevent concerns before they can become problems? Few health topics evoke more consternation than the...
Are Your Hormones Driving You Crazy?
Your mood swings may not be your fault. You could have a low thyroid. Yes, your hormones may be driving you and everyone around you crazy. Those fickle little chemicals affect everything in your body, including your brain. Take this test to determine if your hormones are imbalanced: Are you tired...
Relieve Your Holiday Stress
Tips for a (mostly) stress-free holiday season! Christmas is known as a time of peace...and shopping lists, extended family, and kids home from school. Ever feel like you need a vacation from all the Christmas vacation? Here are some tips to help relieve a little holiday stress. 1. Be selective...
Beating the Winter Blues + Poll
The winter blues can make the holiday season seem like the opposite of the most wonderful time of year. From an absent sun to barren trees, from biting cold to a never-ending list of obligations, it’s enough to make anyone want to disappear under the covers. But there are a few ways to help beat this seasonal foe and enjoy the warmth winter does have to offer.
10 Natural Energy Boosters
You watch in amazement as your kids play, running from one thing to the next like the Energizer Bunny. Meanwhile, you're exhausted, and it's only 4 p.m. Read on to learn how to boost your energy with some simple remedies. 1. Jump out of bed in the morning. Instead of grudgingly throwing off the...
Sugar Sleuthing
Tracking down those hidden sugars may be harder than you think. Avoiding sugar may seem like a simple task. Eliminating chocolate, ice cream, candy, and other desserts would get rid of most of your dietary sugar, right? You might think so, but the sugar count has risen in many of our everyday...
Curbing the Family Sweet Tooth
It’s a weakness for nearly all of us. Birthdays, Christmas, weekends—almost any occasion can justify sugary indulgence. But you’ll be surprised to find out simple ways you can cut back on sugar. Sugar easily draws our attention and our taste buds. At family get-togethers, sugar is as common as...
Finding Peace in the Mirror
A lot of unhappiness results from agonizing over our physical appearance. But if we are able to see the divinity inherent in our wonderful mortal bodies, we can find a serenity and peace that eludes those who are caught up in the world's obsession with the so-called ideal body. Society's obsession...
Helping Our Families Fight Obesity
A cookie or an apple for an after-school snack? Red sauce or Alfredo for the pasta? Eat at home or skip it all together and go out? These are questions I never thought I would be asked by my children. Nonetheless, they are now asked daily, sometimes hourly. Growing up, most everyone I knew was...
Eating Right on a Budget
We have been counseled in the scriptures and from the pulpit to take care of our bodies like temples. But we're also counseled to live within our means, and that often means having to be frugal. It's tough to keep both lines of advice when cooking up a few boxes of macaroni and cheese costs a fraction of a well-balanced, nutritious meal. What's a health-conscious, penny-pinching person to do?
Healthy Living
Think the only way you can get fit is to hit the gym five times a week or to buy expensive equipment? Think again. There are dozens of lifestyle changes that you can make now, which will, over time, increase your fitness level and overall health! Here are just a few to choose from. ...
Keeping Track
If you are what you eat, many people in America and around the world might be having an identity crisis. That’s because most people really have no idea what they’re actually eating every day. Research shows that most people have an idea about what they’re eating that is quite a bit off from...
Earth, Water, and Snow
Looking for a way to keep your heart rate up besides the daily gym routine? Here are three sports you’ve always wanted to try. Staying healthy is more than swimming laps and lifting at the local gym. Enjoy a workout in the beauty outside. We’ve covered three activities you’re always...
The Marathon Miracle
When I was thirty-nine years old, I was horrified to realize I weighed one hundred pounds more than when I got married. That is a small, but entire person! I wondered if my dear husband Mark recognized that. He was a smart man. He was certainly smart enough to know how much weight I had gained, and even smarter and kinder than to belittle or criticize me about it.
Mommy Muscle Workout
These days I wonder why, in my pre-mothering life, I ever struggled to squeeze in a workout at the gym. The demands of my job, the housework, and my social life seemd more than activity enough to justify skipping an exercise session. Now, as the mother of four, those excuses look weak and make me...
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