Category Archives: healthy living

Move! Exercise and your health

Posted on December 10, 2009 by melinda

Walking is fun and free! Moderate exercise (such as walking briskly 30 minutes per day) can help improve mood, decrease stress and worry, reduce the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and breast and colon cancer, and osteoporosis.

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Healthy Eating–it’s not just about the calories

Posted on December 10, 2009 by melinda

Eat well and cook for yourself A simple to remember guideline for how to eat comes from food journalist Michael Pollan in his book, “In Defense of Food”: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.1 Using Pollan’s guidelines as a … Continue reading →

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5 Low-cost ways to keep yourself healthy

Posted on August 10, 2009 by melinda

The introduction to a series of articles on how you can keep yourself healthy, keep your health costs down, and have fun in the process. Continue reading →

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