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Top Excuses for NOT Exercising

When you talk to people who don’t exercise, you will find a common trend among them. Do you know what that trend is…? They all have excuses!! Everyone has an excuse for something they don’t want to do; just most likely not a good excuse. Here are a few of the most common excuses for not exercising: Injuries You commonly
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Feeling Sore? Grab Some Watermelon!

Well, the Summer is officially over and its almost time to prepare for the Fall and Winter. Before we prepare for those seasons, let’s try to hold on to some of the fruits of our labor, literally! As I was scanning through the health and science world this week I came upon a very interesting study. As a general consensus,
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Schools Cutting Back Healthy Foods

Last week, “The Huffington Post” wrote an article about some school districts quitting the healthier lunch program. Kids are unhappy with the changes in the diet, so they are resorting to packing their own lunches or they aren’t eating throughout the day. Schools are upset because even though a large percentage of the money spent for these healthy lunches is
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Exercise Video Games: You might want to keep that Super Mario

Video games have been around for a number of years. They first started out as entertainment systems that required very little movement, yet with much emphasis on eye/hand coordination. Over the years the gaming industry has evolved and has begun to place emphasis on physical activity game play. In recent years there has been a major increase in exercise video
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Alternative Medicine Warning!

lternative medicine has grown in popularity among the United States in the past ten years. Due to the dangers of prescription and over the counter drugs, people are taking a different approach. While alternative medicine has many documented benefits, it also has it dangers as well. Many of these dangers are unfortunately overlooked. First, it’s important not to rely on
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Anti-aging

Age…what is age? Is it just a number? Is it based on wisdom, or is it just something that we all deny? The truth is age is still a mystery. There is one truth about age and that is we all want to look younger than we appear. What do most of us do when we feel that we are
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Why Multivitamins Don’t Work

Many of you have been told by your doctor to take a multivitamin. After all, a multivitamin is a great concept. Most people don’t get the required amounts of vitamins in a given day from their food, so a multivitamin should theoretically fill in the gaps. Unfortunately, it doesn’t really work out this way. Here is the reason why. Multivitamins
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Don’t Have to Deal With This Anymore….

Well, it’s that time of year again that many still have to dread! For those in which it has been some time (including myself), I am talking about heading back to school. Yep, it’s that time of year when you are buying things (for yourself or for your little ones) that you necessarily don’t want to buy but need to
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Proper Gym Etiquette

Just as there is proper etiquette when you are playing a game of golf, there is proper gym etiquette as well. Many people are unfamiliar with gym etiquette, and this is quite obvious while you’re there. Here are a few tips to keep your fellow gym members friendly towards you and not hoping you injure yourself during your next set:
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The Hundred Million Dollar Question….

What would you do for one million dollars? Besides killing your worst enemy (I really don’t need to hear any murder plots). What act, whether deplorable or not, would you commit to secure one hundred million in your possession? The reason I ask is because unless you have been hiding under a rock, don’t have a television, or just can’t
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