Health and Fitness
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At Work teams not afraid to try new thingsMar 19, 2017 7:30 am - The At Work teams are ready to try anything! From spin classes to kickboxing, no one can stop the teams from dropping the pounds. Blythe Marinelli, team captain of Hea...
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Turning a lifestyle upside-downMar 19, 2017 7:30 am - When my editors asked whether I wanted to go through the Fittest Loser dieting and exercise regimes in addition to writing stories about it, I naively had little hesitat...
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Chicken & Sun-Dried Tomato OrzoMar 19, 2017 7:20 am - Ingredients 8 ounces orzo, preferably whole-wheat 1 cup water ½ cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes, (not oil-packed), divided 1 plum tomato, diced 1 clove garlic, peeled 3 t...
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Sweating at boot campMar 19, 2017 7:20 am - Push Fitness in Schaumburg hosted a boot camp for members of the Fittest Loser At Work Challenge. Participants were led through a variety of exercises, some using barbel...
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Prep your mealMar 19, 2017 7:00 am - One of the easiest ways to stay in control of what you eat is to prepare and plan out your meals for the day. Although meal prepping is an activity that requires time a...
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Eating anti-inflammatory foods may reduce symptoms of rheumatoid arthritisMar 18, 2017 7:30 am - The famous Greek physician Hippocrates is believed to have said “let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” This suggests that both the treatment of and proba...
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How athletes can avoid - or at least minimize - cramps
Mar 18, 2017 7:30 am - Cramps are terrible. Even the word is displeasing - it's dismal and clunky - so it's kind of a perfect descriptor for when your muscles tighten but don't have enough fue...
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Is coconut oil a good saturated fat alternative?Mar 18, 2017 7:30 am - Q: I'm 75, healthy, and want to stay that way - despite a bad family history regarding hearts and arteries. I have taken 10 milligrams of Lipitor daily for several years...
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Study: Smoking marijuana raises the risk of heart attack, strokeMar 18, 2017 7:30 am - Marijuana raises risk of heart attack, stroke Using marijuana can increase your chances of a stroke and heart failure, a new study has warned, the Daily Mail report...
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Colorectal cancer rates rising sharply among Gen X and millennials