Edna Barton

The Worst Self-Care Habits That Destroy Your Immunity, Experts Say

Life moves pretty fast. On a day-to-day basis, the average adult constantly juggles a delicate routine of balancing work, play, and everything in between. Consequently, many among us feel we just don't have the time to properly practice self-care.That trend may be in the process of changing, however...

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How to Manage Snacking From Your Pandemic Home Office

The new year brings with it some old circumstances: working from home, self- isolating again, and having close access to food almost all of the time.Some of us may enjoy more home-cooked meals and not having to walk too far for a snack, but working close to the refrigerator poses a challenge to main...

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How to Make Lifestyle Changes for Your Family

The holiday season will be gone before we know it, which means we’ll tuck away the cookie tins and gravy boats and prepare ourselves for the season of self-restraint and suppression. In other words, New Year’s Resolutions centered around diet and exercise. And it’s no secret that diet companies and ...

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This Is the Proper Way to Calculate How Many Calories You Need to Eat

Old school calorie-counting, it seems, is back in style.For years diets like keto, Paleo, and “clean eating” reigned supreme, with a focus on limiting specific foods instead of overall food consumption. But according to the 2021 Food and Health Survey put out by the International Food...

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What Is Ashwagandha? 7 Ashwagandha Benefits and Side Effects to Know

A lot of people are talking about ashwagandha (pronounced aush-wa-GOND-a). Although usage of this herb dates back thousands of years, it's now one of the supplements du jour. That's thanks to a laundry list of potential ashwagandha benefits, including stress relief, male fertility, fe...

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How to Navigate Those Uncomfortable Questions at Your Holiday Dinner Table

We've all been there – ready to take a bite of our tasty holiday meal when it hits: a dreaded question from a family member across the table."Are you dating anyone yet?""When are going to have kids?""Do you really need that second slice of pie?"While there's often an expectation of jo...

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19 Signs Your Fitness Routine Is ‘Working’ That Have Nothing to Do With Weight Loss

For far too long working out has been conflated with weight loss. Even now fitness Instagram remains saturated with before-and-after collages, showing bodily changes said to result from a whole bunch of exercise programs, from strength training and Pilates to running and biking. This perpetuates one...

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Here’s How Long To Sleep Each Night for Optimal Brain Function

Connecting the dots between sleep and cognition has long been tricky, mostly because the relationship is bidirectional rather than causal. That is, poor sleep can trigger cognitive decline, but also, symptoms of that same decline can disrupt sleep. But, a new new study just successfully teased out e...

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Is It Safe to Take Melatonin for Better Sleep? Experts Weigh In

Sleep issues have been on the rise since the pandemic started, and new research has found a growing number of adults are turning to supplemental melatonin to help them conk out at night.The study, which was published in JAMA, analyzed data from 1999 to 2018 and found that melatonin use increase...

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Vegetarian? More Like Planetarian — How Tiny Tweaks to Your Dinner Can Help Save The Planet

Eating less meat and dairy is one of the ways we can have a positive impact on the future of the planet, as multiple studies on climate change have demonstrated.But as anyone who is holding on to an unused gym membership can tell you, getting a new habit to stick isn't that simple. Rather than an al...

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