Are You Metabolically Healthy?
If your answer is “yes,” bravo! Only 12 percent of American adults are metabolically healthy, an alarmingly low number. This means that only one in …
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Healthy Aging – Not Just for Seniors
Have you noticed that as you age the years seem to fly by faster than they did when you were younger? You may …
Take Steps to Lower Your Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
By Jacquie Eubanks BSN, RN Largely preventable with a healthy lifestyle, type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. What was …
Blood Sugar and Dementia Risk
By Jacquie Eubanks BSN, RN If you needed one more good reason to cut back on sugar in your diet, here it is. A study …
To Reap Health Benefits – Get Up and Go!
By Jacquie Eubanks BSN, RN The bottom line – move more, sit less. Studies show that decreasing “sit time” may be just as important as …
Essential Nutrients for Kids
By Jacquie Eubanks BSN, RN Good nutrition helps prevent illness and disease and is essential to healthy physical and mental development. The American Academy of …
Inflammation Part II: Reduce For Long Term Health
By Jacquie Eubanks BSN, RN Chronic inflammation is quietly becoming the 21st century’s silent killer. Chronic inflammation can remain undetected, while the inflammation process carries …
How Colorful Is Your Diet?
By Susan Brown Highly pigmented fruits and vegetables contain phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are natural biochemical components which work together with vitamins, minerals and fiber to promote …