Change your self-talk, change your health

Change your self-talk, change your health

Study after study show how you think and what you verbally say to yourself can have a strong influence on your health.  If you have positive thoughts and feelings on making positive lifestyle choices, chances are higher you will stick to your treatment plan resulting in improved heath parameters. 

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Why skipping meals is harmful to diabetes

Why skipping meals is harmful to diabetes

Meal skipping is a tactic used for many reasons – lack of time, no appetite, lack of planning ahead, or for trying to lose weight.  This habit is never a good idea but especially so for anyone with diabetes.

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Factors that could be hurting your liver

Factors that could be hurting your liver

Every day, your liver wears many hats – it processes what you eat and drink into energy, makes cholesterol, stores various vitamins and minerals, removes bilirubin from the blood along with other harmful substances, makes bile to help digest fat, and regulates the composition of blood. 

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5 reasons for loving lunges

5 reasons for loving lunges

Admit it – you either love doing lunges or hate it.  There is usually not many in between.  But, you have to admit, lunges do it all.  From making your legs strong and powerful to sculpting a nice butt, lunges are an exercise you need to learn to love.  

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Tom Petty’s autopsy: Fentanyl mixed with other meds led to accidental drug overdose

Tom Petty’s autopsy: Fentanyl mixed with other meds led to accidental drug overdose

The tragic death of Tom Petty  October 2, 2017, was not from cardiac arrest as originally stated to the media.  Instead, a recently released Los Angeles coroner’s report confirmed that Petty’s death was the result of an accidental mixing of multiple pain medications. 

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What to do with a torn meniscus

What to do with a torn meniscus

The largest joint in the body, our knees, are also a frequently used joint allowing us to walk, run, bend, and even sit. Because they are such an integral part of movement, they are also prone to injury. 

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Do you suffer from sleep maintenance insomnia?

Do you suffer from sleep maintenance insomnia?

It’s happened again – you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night.  It’s too early to get up but your mind is racing from one thought to another with worry, anxiety or concerns of being too tired for the new day. 

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Do you know the early symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

Do you know the early symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is unpredictable.  Anyone of the current 2.5 million people around the world with this progressive autoimmune disease will tell you that.  At its best, a person will look and feel completely normal experiencing no symptoms and believe they’ve beaten it. 

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What to know about Raynaud’s Disease

What to know about Raynaud’s Disease

Secondary Raynaud’s is brought on by an underlying disease or condition and is often called Raynaud’s phenomenon. Diseases that may lead to secondary Raynaud’s include scleroderma, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. Other causes of secondary Raynaud’s include the following:

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