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Easy Weeknight Slow Cooker Meals
School is starting back up, and that means our weekdays and nights are going to get a lot more hectic. Between sports, after school activities and homework, it’s hard to get a good, nutritious meal on the table. Fortunately, there is a solution that is the answers to all of your dinnertime prayers: the slow cooker!
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Fruits You Don’t Eat but Should
When it comes to fruit, it can be hard to branch out from your typical apples, oranges, bananas and grapes. But there’s a whole world of healthy, delicious fruit you probably haven’t experienced yet. It may take some effort to find them, but these fruits’ unique tastes and health benefits make it worth it.
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Kale: What You Should Know
Kale is currently one of the biggest dietary trends around. How much truth is there to the hype? As it turns out, a lot.
It’s loaded with nutrients.
It can prevent cancer.
It has tons of fiber.
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The Truth About Eggs
Are eggs fattening? Do they raise your cholesterol levels? Should you only eat the whites? There is so much controversy over the positive or negative health effects of eating eggs that you might just feel like throwing in the towel and switching to raisin bran for breakfast. Despite all the noise, nutritionists are pretty much in agreement: eggs are healthy and all but a few people with specific illnesses ought to be eating them. Here’s more advice for getting the most out of your eggs:
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Lose Weight Without Eating Less
Diets rarely work. It can take superhuman will not to cheat, and those who fight the urge spend their days hungry, unhappy, and occasionally unhealthy. So instead of embarking on yet another doomed crusade of calorie counting and self-deprivation, just make these easy changes to your eating habits. You’ll lose weight without all the guilt and misery of a diet. And, most importantly, you’ll keep it off.
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Good Mood Food
Feeling stressed or down in the dumps? Your diet may be partly to blame. Your mood is largely the result of certain chemicals that your body produces, such as serotonin and endorphins. The production and functioning of these chemicals in turn requires certain nutrients, such as folic acid, vitamin B12, and omega-3 fatty acids, that you get from particular foods. Start eating more of these foods and you’ll likely feel happier, more alert, and more productive:
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Savory Salad Dressing Substitutes
Trying to lose weight or cut back on cholesterol? Almost everyone will tell you the same things: start eating salads for lunch. But if you’re making up for a salad’s bland taste by smothering it in a fatty, sodium-rich dressing, you might as well not be eating salad at all. The thicker, creamier dressings are the worst, and non-fat dressings can be just as bad for you. Here are some salad dressing substitutes that taste great without adding to your fat and salt intake.
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Eat Smarter, Be Smarter
Ever feel like you just can’t focus? You might be able to fix that just by changing your diet. Eating right can help you focus better and think faster both today and twenty years from now. Here are some of the best brain foods. Caffeine. Unsurprisingly, caffeine increases your short term alertness and helps you…
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Eat Healthy For Less
Eating healthy can be tough when you’re living on a budget. Fortunately, there are many cheap and healthy options out there if you know where to find them. Next time you’re at the grocery store, skip the snack section without having to splurge on expensive “superfoods” by buying these items instead. Brown rice. Unlike white…
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Eat More Fiber
North Americans eat less than half the fiber they should be eating. That’s a shame; in recent years, fiber, or indigestible plant matter, has been shown to have tons of health benefits. It tricks your body into thinking it’s full so you don’t overeat. It lowers cholesterol and blood sugar levels. It can reduce the…