Back pain can make you feel so helpless but today’s article highlights five simple exercises for relieving your back pain. Here’s what they had to say, “…once back pain hits, it can stick around for a long time. Your gut instinct might be to stay frozen until it goes away, but the best thing for your back is to keep it moving with gentle stretches. In fact, a regular routine of a few quick exercises can help you reduce your back pain without a trip to the doctor. Try to do the following exercises every morning and again at night.” To check out the moves, CLICK HERE.

When you think of Super Bowl Sunday what kinds of food come to mind? Wings? Chips and dip? It can be hard to think of anything healthy on Super Bowl Sunday but today’s article has five healthier Super Bowl snacks. Here’s one, “Everyone loves a good dip, but make it with mayonnaise and you could be looking at over 900 calories and 78 grams of fat per cup. Make your dip with 0 percent fat-free plain Greek yogurt and you’ll cut about 800 calories and 78 grams of fat! Greek yogurt not only makes for a creamier texture, you also get a big boost of healthy, belly-filling protein, calcium, and vitamins A and D.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

It’s so easy, you just wear the device and it will send the info to your smart phone. Sounds simple enough but if you’re thinking about buying a trendy (and some cute but definitely not all) wearable fitness gadget, you may want to check out this article first. Today’s article reveals results to testing several fitness tracking device’s accuracy. Here’s some stats about the popular devices, “In fact, 22 million fitness trackers were sold just last year and another 130 million are expected to be sold by 2018. Given their increasing popularity, Anna Magee, editor of women’s health magazine Healthista tested a few to see how well they actually work.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Today’s article discusses 14 reasons why you may always feel ready for a nap and some of the reasons may surprise you. Here’s one, “You’re a perfectionist Striving to be perfect—which, let’s face it, is impossible—makes you work much harder and longer than necessary, says Irene S. Levine, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. “You set goals that are so unrealistic that they are difficult or impossible to achieve, and in the end, there is no sense of self-satisfaction.”…” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Are you one month into your “new you” regime? Did you start working out more and eating better on the first of the month? Do you find yourself having a cheat day every once in a while but then feeling guilty about it later? This article is for you. Today’s article discusses eight things you should never say to yourself about food. Here’s one, “”I was so bad today.”
Do not allow judgment or morality slip into your eating lexicon. Guilt and deprivation are two of the most powerful emotional triggers for overeating, says Michelle May, a physician and founder of the “Am I Hungry?” mindful eating programs. This mindset leads to what she calls the “eat-repent-repeat cycle” that keeps people trapped in endless yo-yo dieting. “Eat for both nourishment and enjoyment,” she says.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

I love pizza, it’s one of those foods that I could probably eat everyday for the rest of my life. Kids are also crazy about pizza but health experts aren’t crazy about the amount of pizza kids eat. Today’s article discusses the health concerns associated with children consuming pizza. Here’s what they had to say, “Children took in an additional 84 calories, 3 g of saturated fat and 134 mg of sodium on days that they ate pizza, compared with pizza-free days. For adolescents, pizza days meant an extra 230 calories, 5 g of saturated fat and 484 mg of sodium – 24% and 21% of their recommended daily intake for fat and sodium, respectively. ” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Looking to make a healthier you but can’t seem to find the motivation? Your partner may be able to help. Today’s article discusses a study that discovered that if you and your partner decide to become healthy together you may have better success, they just don’t know why. Here’s what they had to say, “People are more likely to quit smoking, start working out and lose weight if their domestic partner also makes a healthy change, according to a new study of married couples in England. Couples tend to share unhealthy behaviors, but this is the first time researchers looked at a large population to see if people are more likely to change when they change together, said senior author Jane Wardle of University College London.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Do you find that your children or your grandchildren will extra for healthier food than you? If so, you’re not alone. Today’s article features a study that explains how young people (under 20) or coughing up more dough for healthier food choices. Here’s what they had to say, “The most health-centric are Generation Z — consumers under age 20 — with 41% saying they would willingly pay a premium for “healthier” products. That compares with 32% of Millennials (ages 21 to 34) and about 21% of Baby Boomers (about 50 to mid-60s). The message to product makers and retailers: Think healthy — and communicate that message.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

While sugar in any form, whether it be regular sugar or a popular alternative, isn’t great for our bodies, it doesn’t mean we’re ready to quit it cold turkey. Today’s article gives nine sugar substitutes. Here’s one, “Maple Syrup Research shows that pure maple syrup – straight from the tree, not the cheap stuff made from corn syrup flavored with maple extract – can contain up to 54 antioxidant compounds, some of which may help combat cancer and diabetes.” To read more, CLICK HERE.

Cold weather and eating soup go together like eating soup when you’re sick, it’s perfect. But today’s article explains a phenomenon where people are eating broth as a “super food.” Here’s what they had to say, “The current broth boom is linked to the still popular Paleo diet, which lists broth as a staple. Despite it being around 40+ years, the diet recently was re-introduced to audiences by the self-described founder of the Paleo movement, Loren Cordain, PhD, who trademarked the name and has authored 5 Paleo books since 2011 of which millions of copies are in print.” To read more, CLICK HERE.