Recommended Walking Distances
Walking a set distance on a regular schedule boosts bone density, muscular endurance, strength and flexibility — and could keep you moving into a ripe old age.
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What Is the Healthiest Deli Meat?
If you're looking for the healthiest deli meat, consider not only the protein and nutrient content, but how much fat, sodium and calories your cold cuts contain.
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Heart Pounding After Waking
Events caused by sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, two disorders that share many of the same risk factors and symptoms, can wake you up to a pounding heart. Unless you have an emotional condition, such as anxiety, your increased pulse rate may have these physical causes.
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Does Rice Make You Gain Weight?
To avoid rice weight gain, stick to a half-cup serving. Avoid refined white rice, and choose whole-grain varieties such as brown, black and wild rice.
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Does Taking Folic Acid Help You Get Pregnant?
Folic acid can help women and men with fertility issues. However, it's not guaranteed to help. When it does, supplementation is often in very high doses.
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Beets & Blood in the Stool
From borscht soup to grilled vegetable kebabs to vegan cupcakes, beets are increasingly appearing on the menus of fine restaurants and in recipes on foodie websites. There are several varieties of beets, ranging in hues from white to yellow to red.
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Benefits of Epsom Salt Baths
Epsom salt has a rap sheet of benefits for health, wellness and beauty. What can it do for you? Here is everything you need to know.
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How to Prevent Your Skin From Peeling After a Sunburn
You've spent too much time in the sun and now you're wondering how to prevent your skin from peeling after the burn. Keep cool and follow some helpful steps to minimize the possibility of peeling skin.
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Causes of Lower Left Side Abdominal and Back Pain
Pain in the lower left abdomen and back usually signals a problem involving the digestive, urinary or reproductive system. Check with your doctor for an exact diagnosis.
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Causes of Left Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain Under the Ribs
Upper left abdominal pain under ribs can have a variety of causes. Here are a few of the most common, but be sure to get an official diagnosis from your doctor.
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Healthy Lunch Ideas to Bring to Work This Week (We Know You Can Do It)
Here are simple, delicious recipes to make in advance and bring to work. The work lunch is about to get way more exciting.
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Cut Refined Sugar: Here's How to Get Started
Sign up for the Get Strong Challenge so you can cut refined sugar from your diet, eat better, get motivated and start 2019 off right.
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How to Bake Marinated Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
Marinating chicken breasts tenderizes the meat and adds flavor. So how do you bake a marinated boneless skinless chicken breast? The key is to create a tasty marinade and baking the chicken in the oven until it reaches a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Transform Your Favorite Comfort Foods With These 9 Healthy(ish) Recipes
Simply make a few tweaks to your favorite comfort foods so that you can enjoy healthier versions that still taste amazing. If you love mac and cheese, why not make this recipe for vegan mac and cheese with nutritional yeast?
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Chris Pratt Is on the Intermittent Fasting Train and Wants You to Join Him
Chris Pratt recently revealed he has started intermittent fasting, and claims that it is helping him lose weight.
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Kim Kardashian Shares Exact Workout That Dropped Her Weight to 116 Pounds
In a new Instagram story, Kim Kardashian reveals a few of the exact exercises she does with trainer Melissa Alcantara to get her fantastic figure.
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Is Jamba Juice Healthy?
If you're like many people, you may consider a smoothie a healthy choice for your diet. But many of the smoothies at Jamba Juice contain as much sugar as a decadent dessert.
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How Can a Vegetarian Get 200 Grams of Protein?
Getting 200 grams of protein a day is normally too much. However, if you need this much protein, you can get it from a mix of plant protein, eggs and dairy.
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Can Taking Iron Supplements Make You Gain Weight?
There's little evidence linking iron pills and weight gain. It's more likely that weight gain is caused by iron deficiency itself or a coexisting condition.
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Normal Blood Pressure Range by Age
Normal blood pressure range is important for health — here is everything you need to know about both high and low blood pressure.
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