healthy-eating
by Katy Santiago Bowman | October 22nd, 2009 | Comments (0)
topic: Health & Wellness | tags: back, body, comfortable traveling, health, healthy traveling, healthy-eating, heavy luggage, neck, physically demanding, shoulders, travel, traveling tips, trips, vacation
I’m back from my vacation, and what an adventure it was.
And in addition to being great, I found it completely amazing how physically exhausting a vacation can be (tour bus pick-up at 6:30 a.m., plane rides, bus rides, and scary car episodes with a French taxi driver who insisted on taking all the Corsican island curves — which, did I mention, are only one lane — at 100 kilometers an hour by looking BACK at me so that I could confirm that yes, the island was beautiful, and yes, I was completely relaxed … just not right at that moment).
by Patricia Moreno | October 8th, 2009 | Comments (0)
topic: Fitness, Health & Wellness, Healthy Aging, Healthy Eating, Weight Loss | tags: attitude, diet, energy, exercise, food, goals, habits, health, healthy-eating, IntenSati, intention, mood, Patricia Moreno, portion size, positive change, self-discipline

Yes, you can have it all, really!
How you eat, think and exercise dramatically affects your mood. You can break the cycle of unhealthy habits and learn to have it all.
by Katy Santiago Bowman | October 5th, 2009 | Comments (0)
topic: Health & Wellness | tags: caffeine, cramps, exercise, healthy-eating, hormones, lifestyle habits, menstrual cycle, menstruation, period, PMS, stimulants, stress, toxins, uterus
I consider myself a very “healthy” person. I eat well and walk and stretch every day. I challenge my balance to make sure I still can. I look both ways before crossing the street. But even with this preventative mindset, I still manage to end up wounded every month like clockwork. Don’t worry. It’s nothing my body isn’t designed to handle. And it is a wound borne by half of the people on the planet at about the same frequency.
by The FIRM Master Instructor Team | October 1st, 2009 | Comments (1)
topic: Fitness, Health & Wellness, Weight Loss | tags: blood pressure, BMI, body fat percentage, Body Mass Index, building muscle, cholesterol, clothing size, diet, exercise, healthy-eating, losing fat, measurements, metabolism, sizes, weight-loss

By The FIRM Master Instructor Kirsten Palmer
Have you heard the awful rumor that clothing manufacturers use “vanity sizing”? It turns out it’s true. They’ve adjusted their sizes to fit our expanding waistlines. What that means for you is that, without changing your weight or measurements at all, you might suddenly fit into a size 8 when you never could before. Or, you could have gained five or so pounds, but not notice it (or want to notice it) because you can still buy the same size clothes.
by Mark Hyman, M.D. | August 5th, 2009 | Comments (0)
topic: Detox, Family Health, Health & Wellness, Healthy Aging, Healthy Eating | tags: 7 keys to UltraWellness, diet, fiber, fruits, good nutrition, health, healthy food, healthy-eating, organic foods, supplements, vegetables, vitamins

Confused about what good nutrition is?
You shouldn’t be — we know what works and what doesn’t.
In a moment, I will share five simple tips to help you optimize your nutrition and achieve vibrant health, but first let me clear up a few misconceptions.
by Jessica Harlan | July 31st, 2009 | Comments (1)
topic: Health & Wellness, Healthy Eating | tags: campfire food, camping meals, healthy food, healthy recipes, healthy snacks, healthy-eating, how to avoid junk food, oatmeal, trail mix, trout

For me, the best part of camping isn’t the rugged hiking trails, swimming in a pristine lake or sleeping under the stars — it’s the food. It’s easy to get caught up in a junk-food rut when packing for a camping trip — potato chips, overprocessed hot dogs and preservative-laden packaged foods. But planning campfire meals that are better for you is easier than you might think.
by Mark Hyman, M.D. | July 28th, 2009 | Comments (3)
topic: Health & Wellness, Healthy Eating | tags: acne, diet, healthy skin, healthy-eating, how diet affects acne, how to clear up acne, manage stress, nutrition, pimples, skin health, UltraWellness
Acne rates are rising — contradicting the belief that this condition is caused by genes.
Eight million people see the dermatologist every year for acne, and millions more rely on infomercial products hawked by celebrities or over-the-counter products that total $100 million in sales every year. Clearly, this problem, like so many chronic diseases in the 21st century, is increasing. Why?
by Katy Santiago Bowman | July 24th, 2009 | Comments (0)
topic: Health & Wellness, Healthy Eating, Weight Loss | tags: bulimia, burn-calories, diets, eating disorder, excessive exercise, exercise, exercise bulimia, exercise habits, exercising too much, healthy-eating, weight gain, weight-loss, working out
Have you ever exercised a bit harder because you had ice cream the night before? Ever justified making a poor dietary decision (dessert/second helping/third cocktail) by thinking, “I’ll work out twice tomorrow,” or “It’s OK, I ran 10 miles today”?
by Jessica Harlan | July 17th, 2009 | Comments (0)
topic: Eco Travel, Green Living, Health & Wellness, Healthy Eating | tags: dining out, eating at restaurants, eating local, eco-friendly restaurants, Green Restaurant Association, green restaurants, healthy-eating, LEED certified, organic, sustainable food, vegetarian

One of the biggest things you can do to support and encourage responsibly raised food is to vote with your wallet. You may be patronizing CSAs and farmers’ markets for local produce, buying organic brands from your supermarket, and studying nutrition labels for evils like high fructose corn syrup and artificial preservatives. But if you’re eating in restaurants blissfully ignorant of where the food on your plate comes from, then you might be undermining your efforts.
by Chris Freytag | June 16th, 2009 | Comments (5)
topic: Fitness, Health & Wellness, Healthy Eating, Weight Loss | tags: change, diet, exercise routine, healthy habits, healthy-eating, how to maintain new healthy habits, staying motivated to work out

It takes about 60 days for a human to form a long-term habit, studies have shown. So why do so many Americans fail on their diet and exercise plans? They don’t give it two weeks, much less four. We are an instant-gratification society that wants quick results or forget it!