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Guest Blog by Sloan Luckie
Looking for a way to lose weight, unveil your six-pack abs and/or reduce your abdominal-waist size? Here’s a breakfast tip. Instead of adding fruit to your cereal, add cereal to your fruit. This is a healthy great tasting way to reduce the consumption of processed carbohydrates and sugars contained in many [...]
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Today’s consumers aren’t only experiencing a budget crunch; they’re undergoing a time crunch as well. Fresh fruits and vegetables typically cost more money and take longer preparation time than frozen or canned. That’s why, for many home cooks, a vegetable is something that comes in a plastic bag from the grocer’s freezer case.
The good news [...]
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Dr. Veronica interviews Dr. Eric Ding about the health benefits of cocoa. This is a chocolate lover’s dream land-8 chocolate bars a day will do the trick. Also hear from Richard Ruhling, MD, MPH who teaches total health seminars and says “What I’ve discovered is that medicine can make you sick, disable and even kill [...]
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By guest blogger Ingrid Macher
Ever since we were little girls, we always dreamed about finding the perfect prince charming, who would come to our rescue with a big beautiful wedding just like in the princess stories. In reality, we grow up and realize that finding the perfect man can take time and effort, and when [...]
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By guest blogger Alan Aronoff
Food plays an important role in our lives. For most of us, it is more than just a means of sustenance. For some, it is a source of great pleasure. For others, it is a source of painful consequences. And for many, it is both.
If you are like me, you know [...]
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This has been a topic of controversy for a long time – and I can completely understand why. On one side of the fence, we have the staunch supporters of breastfeeding that cannot fathom how anyone could possibly feed their baby anything other than what mother nature intended for them to have. On the other, [...]
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By Guest Blogger Emily Allison-Francis
Sadly, there were two major athletic tragedies in the news recently having to do with young soccer players who collapsed on the pitch during games. First, 23-year-old Fabrice Muamba, a mid-fielder for England’s Premier team Bolton, suffered a heart attack on March 17 in the middle of a game against [...]
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Yes, you heard me. Now what do I mean by that exactly? It seems to me that Ms. Deen has been eating a little too much of the bad stuff – and by bad stuff I mean things that happen to be white. Sugar, salt, lard and flour – all white and all not good [...]
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For years, we have all been taught to believe (whether it was a scientifically-derived thought or otherwise) that if you were a fat baby, chances are you would grow up to be an obese adult. Not surprisingly – or surprisingly if you are one of those people that was successfully conditioned to believe those rumors [...]
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There are a lot of things that have been said and many age-old adages exist that hold true to this day. Despite tons of research and changing news and views on many areas of our lives based on new findings, some things never change. Healthy eating and strong nutritional habits is one of those things. [...]
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Do friends influence the way we eat, or did we learn our good or bad eating habits from the dinner table during childhood? Experts disagree on which influence has the most pull, but in the meantime, the differing arguments have well researched reasoning. However, we can learn from the concept that weight loss or gain [...]
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What better way to prevent children from habitually consuming sugary beverages than to start in our schools, right? Today’s highly influenced kids don’t need more temptation right at their fingertips, after all the consumer advertising that soda manufacturers pour into their media campaigns. The best solution seems to be outlawing the soda machines at school. [...]
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America is a beneficiary of some of the world’s most advanced medical technologies. Many of our country’s doctors work in state of the art facilities with unbeatable equipment. And the tools and resources are only becoming more advanced by the day! Laser surgeries that have perfected vision, artificial intelligence that has allowed invasive surgeries to [...]
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Science is always right… right? Wrong! Recent scientific discoveries have been spun as a solution for our globe’s over-eating population, when in fact it’s a sad excuse for these folks to ignore the true path to health. According to an article written by Matthew Heller, and recently released in Fair Warning, a news source that [...]
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Our government is taking notice of our country’s need for a health overhaul, and this time, it appears that they might be tackling the problem instead of treating only a symptom. Rather than treating obesity, heart conditions and diabetes at health clinics, after these problems have been contracted, let’s promote healthy foods in our grocery [...]
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Recently, acclaimed news reports have shown that increasing numbers of grade schools are including children’s health statistics on their report cards that are sent home to parents. A recently published article in the Huffington Post, “More Schools Including Weight, BMI On Report Cards,” claimed that in fact, this “weight grade” is a growing trend in [...]
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They say food can be a drug. And now, with this recent study that came out, it makes even more sense. Researchers studied a group of women and their brain activity as it corresponded with their neural activity while having a milkshake. The results clearly show that the women’s brains behaved the same as addicts’ [...]
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Regular soda will kill you. Diet soda will kill you faster. In our world of mixed messages on what’s healthy and what’s not, how do we know until years later what foods and drinks we should consume, and what we should stay away from? Providing our bodies with pure and clean health always comes back [...]
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All this hype about Valentine’s Day is fine – the flowers, the candy – the whatever-else-suits-you all. But look, I have in idea. There is new research that is saying the way MEN eat affect babies. So I’M saying, when it comes time to decide where to have dinner this V-Day, let your MAN decide.
Hey, [...]
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We are a nation full of overweight children hurtling down a destructive path toward future major health problems. In this week’s episode of Wellness for the Real World, Dr. Veronica talks slimming strategies with Ira Green, who runs a weight loss camp for children, and Dr. Tom Potisk, an author who shares his first-hand experience.
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When it comes to which gender carries more added pounds, the guys win. Or rather lose. In this week’s Wellness for the Real World, two men offer their fitness prescription to Dr. Veronica: New York Times reporter Brian Stelter, who is healthier thanks to his “Twitter Diet,” and radio host/author George DeJohn, whose bluntness matches our always [...]
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Adam and Eve may not have benefitted from eating fruit in the Garden of Eden but that doesn’t mean we can’t. In fact, Dr. Rita Hancock, the guest on this week’s episode of Wellness for the Real World, tells Dr. Veronica how we can eat anything we want and still lose weight as long as we [...]
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Thirty-four percent of adults age 20 and over in the United States are obese while another 34 percent are overweight (and not obese), according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, certain types [...]
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As soothing as tea can be, tea with caffeine right before bedtime can interrupt your sleep. That’s why herbal teas are preferred for those with sleep or relaxation issues.
Brewed teas are made from tea leaves and all tea is made from the dried, processed leaves and buds of the Camellia Sinensis bush, which is native [...]
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Figure conscious tea drinkers need to look no further than oolong, known as the weight loss tea. But this beverage boasts many more health benefits than fighting the battle of the bulge.
Originating in China’s Fujian province, oolong, or wulong, means “black dragon” and is one of the most popular types of teas served in typical [...]
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Let’s face it. Sometimes there are times when fast food makes sense in our busy lives. It’s heartening to know that with Chipotle you can have guilt-free fast food.
The company with the slogan “Food with Integrity,” offers burritos, tacos, burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla) and salads made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients at [...]
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While giving up all things white, such as potatoes, sugar and bread, may be en vogue these days as a way to achieve optimum health, don’t put white tea in that category. It’s just the opposite. White tea is red hot!
Chinese emperors have long known about white tea but it’s only been recently that white [...]
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Chiropractors, perhaps maligned more than other doctors, have been called everything from quacks to physical magicians. But like any profession, their talents run the gamut from subpar to extraordinary. In this week’s Wellness for the Real World, Dr. Veronica Anderson takes a crack at the field with Dr. Veronica Collings of Plymouth Meeting, PA, who also [...]
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Too often chocolate receives a bad rap for being the reason behind unwanted pounds, acne and other maladies. Now it’s time to celebrate chocolate for its good. Cacao, or chocolate, has long been considered an aphrodisiac and for many years, physicians recommended chocolate to boost the libido.
As the story goes, Moctezuma II, who ruled the [...]
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Chocolate may bring pleasure to many of us but in large quantities it can be very dangerous for dogs. The treat contains theobromine, a stimulant found in the cacao plant that can negatively affect the nervous system of dogs. Have your dog examined by a vet if it ingests a large amount.
According to Talk to [...]
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New to gardening? Jerry Fritz of Linden Hill Gardens in Upper Bucks County, PA, offers a few tips for those who aim to be Martha Stewart yet are more likely to shop at Home Depot.
Because Home Depot buys in such volume, bargains are plenty. However, he cautions consumers. “They have good plants but their staff [...]
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This week on Wellness for the Real World on WebTalkRadio.net, Dr. Veronica interviews experts Kristin Perry of The Kitchen Potager about the Slow Food Movement that is quickly spreading to fast-paced big cities, and Jerry Fritz of Linden Hill Gardens about Farmers Markets, which are sprouting like mushrooms in urban areas, and gardening.
First, Perry explains that Slow [...]
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Instead of focusing on a single food this week, Dr. Veronica looks at the overall pH balance of everything we eat. With “pH diet” and “alkaline diet” being buzz words in today’s wellness community, a vital key to health maintenance is a pH balanced diet, meaning keeping your body more alkaline than acid.
pH is the [...]
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This week, Dr. Veronica Anderson launches her new weekly talk radio show, Wellness For The Real World on WebTalkRadio.net. Her first entry on a regular segment, Fits You To A “Tea” is the tea many of us first encountered in an Asian restaurant: green tea.
Though all teas come from the leaves of the same plant (Camellia Sinensis), green tea is different from [...]
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This week, Dr. Veronica Anderson launches her new weekly talk radio show, Wellness For The Real World on WebTalkRadio.net. Her first entry on a regular segment,Food of the Week, is a vegetable you may never have tried before: swiss chard.
Related to beets (though here we want the leaves and stems, not the root), swiss chard tastes a bit like spinach, [...]
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It’s no wonder a growing number of health-conscious consumers have taken a liking to rooibos (pronounced roy-bos), a tea that originates from South Africa’s Western Cape province and flaunts numerous wellbeing benefits.
The two types of rooibos are red tea, which has a stronger taste and is fruitier, and green tea, which is not fermented and is [...]
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Dr. Veronica Anderson returns with a new installment of her hour-long weekly talk radio show,Wellness For The Real World. It’s a lively, info-packed hour offering practical advice for enhancing your health and happiness, and special guests with unique insights each week.
THIS WEEK: Guest Leopold Ntab, professional soccer player from Senegal and owner of Lynn Coffee Beans and Teas. As a [...]
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Welcome to another episode of Dr. Veronica Anderson’s new weekly talk radio show,Wellness For The Real World on WebTalkRadio.net. This week it’s all about the anti-oxidant powerhouse – the pomegranate.
Possessing a great flavor and health benefits make pomegranates a great candidate for those who seek a natural health food. Tradition holds that a pomegranate has 613 seeds (representing the [...]
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