Fitness
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6 Mind-Blowing Health Benefits of Juicing
Forget store-bought juices. They’re usually pumped full of sugar, preservatives, and other chemicals that don’t do your body any good. What you need is a juicer, a machine that squeezes the juice out of fruits and vegetables. Juicers are religiously used by many health-conscious people across the globe, simply because juiced fruits and vegetables carry so many astounding health benefits. Ingesting juiced fruits and vegetables helps remove toxins from your body. Everyone knows that fruits and vegetables are great for your body, but strangely enough not a lot of people seem to realize that juiced fruits and vegetables are just as great. The body has its…
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Play :: Tips for Pool Safety
Cooling off This Summer by the Pool It’s summertime, which for kids is paradise. Summer vacation, freeze pops, and all the adventures you can squeeze in before dinner. It also means it’s hot outside – sometimes too hot. While the kiddos usually don’t mind running about till they drip like the half-melted popsicle clutched in their sticky little hands, sometimes it gets too hot outside to have any fun. Instead of huddling next to the air conditioner, the best way to beat the summer heat is to load up the floaties and noodles and head to the swimming pool. Swimming pools are fantastic for a number of…
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Culture :: Entering the World of Roller Derby
Enter the Fascinating World of Roller Derby: Years ago, I met Sariah through my husband’s good friend Darren. I immediately like Sariah as she is just one of those women who has a real zest for life and loves to push herself to the limits. And boy is she strong! She has five children and still continues to test her physicial and mental strength. For example, she wanted to learn how to fly so she decided she would become a fly-instructor. She started taking Yoga and Pilates and ended up getting certified to teach both and her latest adventure entails joining a Roller Derby team and entering the world of Roller…
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Health :: The Many Benefits of Reflexology Massage
Part of my journey to get healthier this past year after a 4-day stay at the hospital back in September has included monthly Reflexology Massages. The doctors never really did have any answers about what happened to me even after 11 liters pumped in to me via IV (ouch) that included potassium, magnesium, calcium, water, a chest x-ray, a heart monitor attached to my chest the entire stay, spinal tap (ouch), and blood tests every couple hours. All I know was one minute I was sitting in a Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) event at Cal State Fullerton, and the next minute I was extremely sick and had to be rushed to the emergency room. Some…
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Ask the Doctor: Natural Remedies for Anxiety
Ask the Doctor: Question: I feel constant state of anxiety and I am worried it may get worse. What can I do? When a parent, we tend to worry, be fearful and nervous with (almost) every move our kids take: from learning to walk to driving a car. To a degree, these are all normal; however, if these feelings become extreme and manifest into physical symptoms, a diagnosis of mild to severe anxiety might happen. Anxiety is a general term when people experience challenges in their lives that cause nervousness and worry. It occurs in acute situations but when people have trouble letting go and become nervous and worried constantly…
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In the Spotlight with Best-Selling Author Dr. Daniel G. Amen
While visiting my in-laws at their house, I picked up a book they had on the kitchen table called Use Your Brain to Change Your Age by Daniel G. Amen. I was thoroughly intrigued and was so engrossed with the book they told me to take it home and give them cliff notes later as they hadn’t had a chance to read it yet. The book was quite fascinating and got me thinking about the importance not only of our physical health, but also of our mental health and the important connection between the two. In the book, Dr. Amen writes about how a healthy brain is key…
