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Are they really Superfoods? [Infographic]

March 23April 9Posted in FoodTagged age, ageing, antioxidant, beetroot, beta-carotene, Blood pressure, blueberries, boost, brands, broccoli, Cancer, chocolate, choices, cholesterol, chronic, definition, depression, diet, disease, evidence, fruit, garlic, goji berries, green tea, Health, heart, industry, intelligence, juice, lifestyle, mediterranean diet, most popular, oily fish, omega 3, pomegranate, problem, product, reduce, research, rich, risk, science, so-called, stroke, superfood, superfoods, vegetable, verdict, vitamins, wheatgrass2 Comments

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Scientifically Proven Ways To Be Happier

March 18March 30Posted in HealthTagged alcohol, buy, complain, confidence, diet, drink, eat, exercise, expectations, experience, fake, feel, flowe, focus, forgive, friends, fun, grateful, happiness, happy, Health, healthy, help, imagine, journal, learn, listen, living, meditate, money, moving, music, negative, no, optimism, optimistic, outdoors, outside, partner, pet, plant, play, posture, proven, psychology, pursuit, risk, science, scientifically, share, sleep, smile, storage, supplements, take part, talk, tea, time, tips, trip, true, try, ways, work, writeLeave a comment

Originally Published on psysci.co

It’s easy to become obsessed with the pursuit of seeking happiness, but the truth is we can all do a little something to feel a bit happier. Often ‘a bit’ happier is all it takes to feel significantly better, the journey to happiness is more of an accumulation of marginal gains rather than one big thing suddenly making us happier.

Some of these ways will be more useful to certain people than others and for that reason they are in no particular order.

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Artificially Sweeteners or Natural Sugar Replacements?

October 1September 29Posted in HealthTagged aceslulfame-K, advice, agave, alternative, america, artificial, aspartame, chart, honey, how to, hungry, infographic, intake, maple, metabolism, natural, nectar, obesity, processed, reduce, replacement, risk, saccharin, side effects, stevia, substitute, sucralose, sugar, sweet, sweetener, syrup, USALeave a comment

IMG originally published on Be Food Smart

The number of sweeteners available today is staggering. We see high fructose corn syrup, sorbitol, dextrose, xylitol, and sugar in our packaged foods along with white, blue, pink, brown and now green packets to spruce up that iced tea in restaurants. If you are keeping up with the trends, agave nectar and stevia are all the rage. But have you ever stopped to wonder what all the sweeteners really are? Regardless of where you ended up on the flowchart or what you think of your choice, understanding what the sweetener is and where it comes from is the first step.

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How Sitting too long can affect your Health + Infographics

September 24September 24Posted in HealthTagged 30 minutes, activity, body, breaks, Cancer, computer, consequences, couch potato, depression, diabetes, disease, disorder, effects, exercise, get up, Health, heart, infographic, injuries, metabolic, metabolism, move, obesity, office, pain, posture, problems, reinder, rheumatic, risk, sitting, social, stand up, tips, too long, tv, video games, watching, work1 Comment

Do you sit in an office chair or on your couch for more than six hours a day? Since childhood you’ve known being a couch potato is bad. But why? Simply put, our bodies weren’t made to sit all day. Sitting for long periods of time, even with exercise, has a negative effect on our health. What’s worse, many of us sit up to 15 hours a day. That means some of us spend the bulk of our waking moments on the couch, in an office chair, or in a car.

Sitting all day long isn’t hard to counteract, but you have to keep your eye on two details: your daily activity and the amount of time you sit. Let’s start by taking a look at what sitting all day does to your body.

Numerous studies have pointed to the health risks of sitting all day. To avoid the health risks, we need not just 30 minutes of daily exercise, but taking every opportunity to get up during the day.

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Air Pollution and Allergies in the USA [Infographic]

March 7March 16Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged air, allergens, allergies, Allergy, guide, infographic, mold, outdoor, peak, pollen, pollution, prevention, region, risk, seasons, smoke, USALeave a comment

Source via CleanAir.org

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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cleanair.org/program/environmental_health/asthma_outreach/air_pollution_and_allergies_infographic" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/allergy-guide.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="2485" /></a><a href="http://www.cleanair.org/program/environmental_health/asthma_outreach/air_pollution_and_allergies_infographic" target="_blank">Source</a> via <a href="http://www.cleanair.org" target="_blank">CleanAir.org</a></p>

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