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Today’s article discusses whether wellness programs at the workplace…work. Here are some facts from the article, “the new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 36 percent of firms with more than 200 workers, and 18 percent of firms over all, use financial incentives tied to health objectives like weight loss and smoking cessation. Even more large firms — 51 percent of those with 200 workers or more — offer incentives for employees to complete health risk assessments, intended to identify health issues.” To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.

We’re all guilty of it. You put your bananas on the counter and then a week later you’ve eaten two out of your 8 banana bunch and they’re past the point of no return so you toss them. Or maybe you meant to make fresh chicken but it got buried in the back of your fridge so you had to throw it out. Today’s article discusses a disturbing but very real fact about the amount of food American’s throw away. Here’s a quote from the article, “In 2012, the most recent year for which estimates are available, Americans threw out roughly 35 million tons of food, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s almost 20 percent more food than the United States tossed out in 2000, 50 percent more than in 1990, and nearly three times what Americans discarded in 1960, when the country threw out a now seemingly paltry 12.2 million tons.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Want to work harder during your high-intensity workouts? Want to make them to feel less painful. According to a study found by today’s article there’s a simple fix, listen to music. Here’s a quote “while high-intensity interval training is never going to feel like a stroll in the park, doing intervals while listening to some favorite tunes made participants work out harder and increased their reported enjoyment, according to a study by Stork and his colleagues.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

When you were younger and playing sports, if you ever received a minor injury your coach may have told you to “walk it off.” Today’s article discusses a study about how you may be able to literally walk off your joint pain. Here’s a quote from the article, “in their study published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, they found that for every 1000 steps a person takes he or she can reduce knee pain and physical limitation by about 18%. They estimate that to be about one-half mile. And, the pain diminishes the longer you walk… to a point, of course.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Here’s a great and interesting article about the origin of a popular condiment and why menus use the catchy words they do. Here’s what the author said about something you might have heard of…ketchup, ” we all know and love it as a sweet, sour, tomato-based topping that’s practically its own food group. Well, it didn’t always contain tomatoes, and it definitely was not always American.” You can read the entire article by, CLICKING HERE.

Although this article is written to an Australian audience, it doesn’t mean that we Americans can’t benefit from it! Today’s article discusses the cost and probable savings of growing your own food. Here’s what they had to say, “As any gardener will tell you, it’s a gloriously satisfying activity. But it’s also hard work and it can be expensive. It costs money to set up a garden, buy seeds, soil, fertiliser, mulch and garden tools, not to mention the extra water you use, especially when conditions are dry. So does it make financial sense to grow your own veggies, or are you better off ordering a weekly box of organic produce from the local food co-op?” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Love watermelon? Can’t imagine life without strawberries? Here’s just one more reason to eat fruit. Today’s article discusses how eating fruit can cut your risk of heart disease up to 40%! Here’s a quote from the article, “the researchers found that compared to people who never eat fruit, those who eat fruit every day cut their heart disease risk by 25% to 40%.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Twenty five days. That’s a little more than three weeks, it’s two paydays and, obviously, it’s a little less than a month. Today’s article explains how in 25 days you could make a difference in your health. “…25 days is a great timeframe for setting some achievable goals, seeing what works for you (and what doesn’t, and finding the best way to incorporate fitness into your life. This is the time to develop your plan and start making exercise a healthy habit you can stick with in the long-term…” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Have you noticed that it can be a lot more inexpensive to be unhealthy rather than doling out the dough for expensive healthy food. Here’s a quote from today’s article about the topic, “America’s wealthiest people are eating better, while its poorest are eating worse, concludes a new study published this week in The Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine…” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Which diet do you think will result in the most weight lost? Low-fat? Or low-card? Well, the verdict is out. Apparently, a low-carb diet is better for weight loss than a low-fat diet. “In a small clinical trial of obese adults, researchers found that those assigned to follow a low-carbohydrate diet lost more weight over a year than those who followed a low-fat plan.” Want to read more, CLICK HERE.