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Eat More of this Spice to Live Longer
Yvette La-GardeWell Blog Editor, VitaMedica Each day, we are reminded to adopt healthy dietary and lifestyle habits to extend our health span. But, what about extending our lifespan? Is there...
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How to Make a Great Tasting Green Smoothie
Yvette La-GardeWell Blog Editor, VitaMedica According to a new government report, only about one in ten Americans eats enough fruits and vegetables. Are you like the vast majority of adults...
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5 Ways Finishing College Benefits Your Health
It’s commonly accepted that those who go to college tend to enjoy benefits over those who don’t, and the statistics back it up. College graduates earn an annual average of...
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5 Common Nutrients that Protect Against Skin Cancer
Do you apply sunscreen each day before you head outdoors or to work? If you’re like most people, you know your best defense against skin cancer is protecting your skin...
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What You Really Need to Know About Dense Breasts
Has your doctor informed you that your recent mammogram indicates that you have dense breasts? If so, are you trying to determine if additional testing should be done to screen...
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5 Tips to Hide That Double Chin
Because it’s right there on your face, a double chin is hard to hide. Thanks to factors out of your control, like heredity and aging, even when you do everything...
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6 Tips on How to Make An Easy, Fresh Fruit Salad
Do you make fruit salads in an attempt to eat more of these healthy foods, only to find that the fruit turns brown and mushy? Are you strapped for time...
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Avoiding Peanuts Increases Peanut Allergy Risk
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on whole wheat, peanut butter crackers, apples and peanut butter – these are favorite snacks for kids, and healthy, too, thanks to the protein in...
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6 Lifestyle Habits Reduce Women’s Heart Disease Risk
In your 20s and 30s, you’re most worried about achieving success with career and personal goals. Not surprisingly, heart attack risk is far from the mind, because for both men...
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Want to Eat Healthy? Cook at Home!
Between parties and celebrations, you eat out a lot more often during the holidays. And this means that more than half of us will gain at least a pound, and...
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The Breasts Addressed: Everything You Want to Know
Breasts, boobies, tatas, “the girls” – with society’s obsession with our bosoms, you’d think we’d know everything about them. But surprisingly, beyond knowing all the different terms used to describe...
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Healthy 401(k) Linked to Healthy People
You know what they say about ‘early to bed and early to rise,” but it turns out it’s not just your sleeping habits that affect your future health and wealth....
