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Hormones, Weight Gain and Your Body – This is What’s Happening

Hormones. We have dozens of them. In a nutshell, hormones are simply little chemical messengers that get shuttled throughout our entire body. Hormones make us feel cold and hot, they make us feel happy or sad, they increase our sex drive or turn it off entirely, and...

The Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle: Food, Fitness, Stress and Sleep

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Usually, when someone thinks about cutting out inflammation in their body, they immediately jump to diet and the foods they wait. This is for good reason! There is an endless amount of inflammatory foods ready and willing to spark the fire in our body that leads to...

4 ways to lose fat anywhere…without dieting

Fat loss is a tricky business for your body. You need a good amount of fat to keep your skin looking good, your body insulated and even your brain operating optimally. But when you gain too much in the wrong places, it both undesirable and unhealthy. Here are a few...

Ask Me Anything!

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I don't know why I haven't done this sooner, but please go ahead and ask me anything related to your health, wellness, fitness or diet. If I don't know the answer, I'll do my best to point you in the right direction. Leave a question in the comments section below. Who...

The Complete Pear-Shaped Diet Food List

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This pear-shaped diet food list is a great place for you to start eating right for your body if you tend to store unwanted body fat through your hips, thighs...and possibly lower belly (below your belly button). Chances are, you've probably got a fairly defined waist...

50 of the Best Foods for Apple Shaped Bodies (say goodbye to belly fat)

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I have some good news for you. Belly fat - at least the deep visceral fat that pushes our belly outward, creates a pronounced apple-shaped body, and affects nearly every part of our health, from blood pressure to blood sugar levels - is fairly easy to lose. I'm not...