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12/06/2025

🔥 Movement: The Medicine Your Body Was Built For

Your body is designed to move — not just during workouts, but throughout the day. Even a few minutes of light movement every hour can wake up your muscles, boost your circulation, and clear your mind. Sitting for long stretches slows everything down: your metabolism, your focus, your energy, even your mood.

You don’t need a gym to stay healthy. Stretch while working, take short walks, stand up and breathe deeply, or do a few body-weight moves at home. Consistent daily movement keeps your body young, your joints flexible, and your mind refreshed.

11/20/2025

Maintaining a Healthy Outlook
Women today have busy, demanding lives. You may feel pulled in different directions and experience stress from dealing with work, family and other matters, leaving little time for yourself. Learning to balance your life with some time for yourself will pay off with big benefits — a healthy outlook and better health.
Steps you can take:
Stay in touch with family and friends.
Be involved in your community.
Maintain a positive attitude and do things that make you happy.
Keep your curiosity alive. Lifelong learning is beneficial to your health.
Healthy intimacy takes all forms but is always free of coercion.
Learn to recognize and manage stress in your life. Signs of stress include trouble sleeping, frequent headaches and stomach problems; being angry a lot; and turning to food, drugs and alcohol to relieve stress.
Good ways to deal with stress include regular exercise, healthy eating habits and relaxation exercises, such as deep breathing or meditation. Talking to trusted family members and friends can help a lot. Some women find that interacting with their faith community is helpful in times of stress.
Get enough sleep and rest. Adults need around eight hours of sleep a night.
Talk to your health care provider if you feel depressed for more than a few days; depression is a treatable illness. Signs of depression include feeling empty and sad, crying a lot, loss of interest in life, and thoughts of death or su***de. If you or someone you know has thoughts of su***de, get help right away. Call 911, a local crisis center or (800) SU***DE.

11/05/2025

Eat a healthy diet
Eat a combination of different foods, including fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains. Adults should eat at least five portions (400g) of fruit and vegetables per day. You can improve your intake of fruits and vegetables by always including veggies in your meal; eating fresh fruit and vegetables as snacks; eating a variety of fruits and vegetables; and eating them in season. By eating healthy, you will reduce your risk of malnutrition and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.

10/20/2025

Reduce intake of harmful fats
Fats consumed should be less than 30% of your total energy intake. This will help prevent unhealthy weight gain and NCDs. There are different types of fats, but unsaturated fats are preferable over saturated fats and trans-fats. WHO recommends reducing saturated fats to less than 10% of total energy intake; reducing trans-fats to less than 1% of total energy intake; and replacing both saturated fats and trans-fats with unsaturated fats.
The preferable unsaturated fats are found in fish, avocado and nuts, and in sunflower, soybean, canola and olive oils; saturated fats are found in fatty meat, butter, palm and coconut oil, cream, cheese, ghee and lard; and trans-fats are found in baked and fried foods, and pre-packaged snacks and foods, such as frozen pizza, cookies, biscuits, and cooking oils and spreads.

10/04/2025

☀️ The Healing Power of Morning Sunlight

A few minutes of morning sunlight is one of the simplest yet most powerful health boosters. That warm glow on your skin helps regulate your body’s internal clock, improving your sleep at night and your energy during the day. Sunlight also triggers your body to produce vitamin D — a nutrient essential for strong bones, immunity, and mood regulation.

Instead of immediately reaching for your phone, try stepping outside for 10 minutes after waking. Let your body soak in natural light, breathe deeply, and start your day grounded. Your mind, mood, and health will thank you.

09/20/2025

Consume less salt and sugar
Reduce your salt intake to 5g per day, equivalent to about one teaspoon. It’s easier to do this by limiting the amount of salt, soy sauce, fish sauce and other high-sodium condiments when preparing meals; removing salt, seasonings and condiments from your meal table; avoiding salty snacks; and choosing low-sodium products.
On the other hand, consuming excessive amounts of sugars increases the risk of tooth decay and unhealthy weight gain. In both adults and children, the intake of free sugars should be reduced. WHO recommends consuming less than 5% of total energy intake for additional health benefits. You can reduce your sugar intake by limiting the consumption of sugary snacks, candies and sugar-sweetened beverages.

08/30/2025

🌿 Stress: The Hidden Weight on Your Body

Stress isn’t just in your mind — it leaves fingerprints all over your health. When your body stays in “fight or flight” mode for too long, your heart works harder, your digestion slows down, your sleep gets disturbed, and your immune system weakens. That constant tension can even show up as headaches, fatigue, or muscle pain.

Learning to manage stress is not about avoiding life’s challenges but about giving your body space to recover. Deep breathing, walks in nature, journaling, or even a few quiet moments without screens can calm your system. Your health depends on how well you release the weight you can’t see.

08/16/2025

💧 Hydration: The Silent Key to Energy

Your body is more than half water, yet most people walk around quietly dehydrated every day. Even mild dehydration can cause headaches, fatigue, dizziness, and trouble focusing — making you think you’re tired or sick when your body is simply thirsty.

Water fuels every cell, helps regulate temperature, cushions your joints, and keeps your skin glowing. Forgetting to drink is like asking your body to run on half power. Keep a bottle nearby, sip throughout the day, and listen when your body whispers for water — before it has to shout.

07/30/2025

Prioritize Quality Sleep 😴🌙

Sleep isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity. Good sleep supports your immune system, mental clarity, mood, hormone balance, and even weight control. Aim for 7–9 hours of restful sleep each night, and try to keep a consistent sleep schedule, even on weekends.

Simple tips:
🛑 Limit screen time before bed
🌿 Wind down with a calming routine
🌙 Keep your room cool, dark, and quiet

Better sleep = better health. Make it a non-negotiable part of your self-care.

07/25/2025

Prioritize Good Posture for Better Health
Good posture does more than just make you look confident — it supports your overall health. Proper alignment reduces strain on muscles and joints, lowers the risk of back and neck pain, and can even improve breathing and digestion. Poor posture, on the other hand, can lead to chronic pain, headaches, and reduced mobility over time. Be mindful of your posture throughout the day — sit with your back straight, shoulders relaxed, and feet flat on the floor, and take breaks to stretch if you sit for long periods.

07/12/2025

Understand the importance of testosterone on overall health
"Testosterone is the androgenic s*x hormone responsible for hair growth, muscle mass and strength, s*x drive, s***m production, bone density, fat distribution and more," says Gatlin. "We start seeing a natural decline in testosterone levels between the ages of 30 to 40. Some decline is to be expected, but certain habits and medical issues can drive these levels even lower."

Common causes of low testosterone, also called low T, include:

Being overweight, particularly belly fat
Physical inactivity
Poor nutrition
Excessive alcohol consumption
Medical problems, including untreated sleep apnea and unmanaged diabetes

06/27/2025

Carrageenan
Derived from red seaweed, carrageenan acts as a thickener, emulsifier and preservative in many different food products.

Common sources of carrageenan include almond milk, cottage cheese, ice cream, coffee creamers and dairy-free products like vegan cheese.

For decades, there have been concerns about the safety of this common food additive and its potential effects on health.

One animal study showed that exposure to carrageenan increased levels of fasting blood sugar and glucose intolerance, especially when combined with a high-fat diet

Test-tube and animal studies have found that carrageenan triggered inflammation, as well (36Trusted Source, 37Trusted Source).

Carrageenan is also believed to negatively impact digestive health, and may be associated with the formation of intestinal ulcers and growths (38Trusted Source).

One small study found that when people in remission from ulcerative colitis took a supplement containing carrageenan, they experienced an earlier relapse than those who took a placebo

Unfortunately, current research on the effects of carrageenan is still very limited and more studies are needed to understand how it may affect people.

If you do decide to limit your intake of carrageenan, there are plenty of resources online that can help you find brands and products that are carrageenan-free.

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