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  • Don’t Hit Snooze on Saturday

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    The weekend: for many of us, it’s a time of relaxation and leisure, a time of sleeping in late and staying out later. We often change our schedules entirely on the weekend in an attempt to escape from the travails of our hectic work weeks. Although sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday can feel great,…

  • Reflux Stinks: Stomach problems could be the root of bad breath

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    Sure, living with the symptoms of GERD stinks, but could reflux be making your breath stink as well? As if the list of problems associated with acid reflux and heartburn weren’t long enough, one often overlooked symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is its tendency to cause bad breath, which is clinically referred to as…

  • Don’t Camouflage Your Diet Self-Sabotage

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    Even with our best efforts to cut down on calories, there are many factors in our daily lives that can derail even the most stringent of diets. From calories hiding in healthy foods to things you may not know are bad for you, there are tons of ways to accidentally let unhealthy practices slip into…

  • No Spank You

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    Like a modernized, spandex version of the corset, undergarments called shaping underwear or control pants work to streamline your physique, squeezing in your gut by fitting tightly over it. Though this may sound like a great idea to make your stomach look firmer than it really is, control pants could have more negative effects for…

  • Are You Unintentionally Eating Breakfast Twice?

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    Many working adults are confronted with the option of a second, more delicious breakfast they arrive to work. This happens most when the office secretary happens to bring in a dozen warm, gooey doughnuts for someone’s birthday or there is any early-morning meeting with a lovely display of muffins and baked goods to entice your…

  • Yoga for Heartburn Relief

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    When many people picture the backward bending headstands that so often epitomize yoga classes, they would think that such contortions would cause more pain, not relieve it. But in fact, certain yoga poses can help to calm down the fire within your chest—especially when paired with medical treatment for acid reflux.

  • After Weight Loss Surgery – Are you Having Fun Yet?

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    When it comes to being healthy, having fun isn’t often the first thing that comes to mind. Perhaps it should be though. Do you remember running around as a kid? From morning until nightfall, kids run around on the playground swinging, sliding and chasing each other until it is time to go home. If you…

  • Will Going Raw Fight GERD?

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    Raw food diets have gotten a lot of attention in recent years, especially as so many public figures lose weight and overcome chronic heart conditions while following the strict whole-foods diet. However, heartburn is not actually associated with heart health—it is a gastrointestinal concern associated with acid reflux. So, does the raw food diet have…

  • A New Ch-Ch-Ch-Chapter for Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia

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    Though the days of everyone and his dog growing tiny sprouts from terra cotta kittens, hippos and Homer Simpson heads may be behind us, the plant that made Chia Pets such a craze in the 80’s and 90’s is making a comeback in health food stores around the country. High in fiber, Omega-3, 6 and…

  • That’s not an Allergy, its Acid Reflux

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    Did you know that an estimated 30% of Americans believe they have a food allergy, when in fact only 4% of the U.S population are legitimately allergic or intolerant to certain foods.