6 Useful Things to Know About Conditioner

Conditioner is great to keep your hair super smooth and reduce issues with tangles. But, it is essential to use the right conditioner to match your type of hair for the best results.

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5 Common Mistakes You Make With Conditioner

Regular use of conditioner is a simple, yet effective way to keep your hair beautiful and healthy. But, it is essential to use the conditioner in the right way.

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Signs It's Time to Call a Pediatrician Immediately

Parents often believe that they have the best instincts when it comes to caring for their children. However, these signs mean it's time to take a child to the pediatrician immediately.

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Six Ways to Avoid Social Isolation

Unfortunately, a lot of us feel socially isolated. Much of this is due to our technologically-driven time. We prefer to text and connect with people that way instead of face-to-face communication. However, social bonds are crucial to our health and social contact, especially if pleasant, has all kinds of benefits. In this article, I outline six ways to avoid or at least reduce social isolation.

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Does Cheese Make You Fat? That's a Loaded Question

Does cheese make you fat? That's a loaded question. If you understand this secret it can free people from so many serious health issues popular today.

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Eight Ways to Put More Movement Into Your Day

Many of us don't have time for formal exercise. So, how can we get even some exercise every day to reap all the health benefits that we should in order to be happy and healthy. In this article, I will outline ten ways to put more movement into your day. The good news is that you can incorporate these new ways of behaving into your usual routine by simply changing a few things in your day. We all think that exercising has to be hard, and it has to take a lot of effort and preparation for it to be most beneficial to our health. However, this is not the case at all. The most successful form of exercise is easy and practical. But what is more it can fit right into our daily routine without a lot of difficulty. In this article, I outline eight ways to put more movement into your day.

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Fashionable Hairstyles For Long Faces

Girls with long faces find problem to suit hairstyles, which matches their face. This article highlights different types of hairstyles, which suit girls with long faces.

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A Beginner Yoga Flow That’s All About Connecting With Your Body

Yoga is all about connecting your breath to movement. But if you're new to the practice, it's pretty freakin' hard to make the connection when you're not even sure where your navel is. To help, try this 35-minute beginner yoga flow, which will help you build body awareness.

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This workout has nothing to do with crazy poses (whew!). It's all about simply starting to feel your body and gaining the mobility to help you connect with each pose. It's tempting to want to fast-forward to a handstand or dancer pose, but it's all about taking small steps to get there. This class is the key to developing flexibility and awareness to grow in your practice. All you need for this is two blocks and a bolster or a blanket if you have one. Hit play to get started.

To recap: You'll need two blocks and a bolster or blanket if you have one. This class is 35 minutes.

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A 7-Minute Upper-Body Workout That's Backed by Science

The Benefits in Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord Tissue

What many people are not aware of is, what the differences between them are and which one makes a better option for people, who are considering stem cells banking. Stem cells collected from cord tissue is a comparatively new concept, compared to cord blood stem cells.

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Energize Your Mind and Body

Energy drain is a common feature in our face paced lives. It can affect us physically in terms of body ache, fatigue, etc. It could also make us feel a lack of motivation to pursue activities that we like. However, the good news is that there are ways to counter low energy levels.

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10 Ways to Successfully Lose Weight

Because of our growing population and the ever increasing of dementia and obesity, it is especially important for us to try and lose weight to improve our overall health and well-being. It can be very hard to lose weight. That is why so many of us are obese and some unfortunately morbidly obese. It can be easy to just do nothing about our weight loss and just keep putting on weight. However, this is a recipe for ill health and heart disease if not a rash of other serious health problems in the future. So, we cannot afford not to take concrete and consistent steps to do so for overall health and well-being. In this article, I will outline 10 ways for you to successfully loose weight.

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Why Your Last Diet Failed

Everyday a new diet plan or book comes out that professes to be the last diet you'll ever need. But so far, there is no one diet that works better than any other diet in MAINTAINING the weight loss you worked so hard to lose. But the diet industry has convinced you that it's YOUR fault you regained the weight and to go on yet another diet. Learn why your last diet failed, why it's not your fault, and how dieting is actually causing you to eventually gain even more weight!

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Confused? Medium or Long Hairstyles

Most of the celluloid celebrities do it. Cricketers, Footballers, & tennis players do it. Professionals such as musicians, poets, drummers, guitarists, particularly rock-stars do it.

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It's a Wrap - A Mud Wrap

Mud and clay have lots of minerals built right in so it's no wonder spas are offering mud and clay wraps to their clients. Would you like to be wrapped in mud?

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It's A Whole New Water

We all know we should be drinking 8 glasses of water a day. Water is the best way to stay hydrated and it is used by the body to lubricate joints, regulate temperature, protect our organs, help our kidneys flush out toxins, hydrate the cells and detox our systems.

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Love It or Hate It: Clinical Decision Support Is Here to Stay for Healthcare

The general concept behind clinical decision support is great. It includes software and processes to help doctors and other clinicians make appropriate care decisions by delivering clinical knowledge and patient data tailored to the situation at hand. Especially in our age of information overload, it's hard to keep abreast of all the latest on specific procedures, and CDS can act as that expert by your side.

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The Weight Loss Checklist

Following these simple weight loss tips, anyone can lose 10 pounds or more in 3 weeks!I am going to share the steps for jump starting your diet when you need to lose weight in 3 weeks.

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Low-Fat Diet: Which Low Fat Diet Plan Should You Follow?

To reduce weight, dieters must also reduce their fat consumption. That is what most diet programs promote, and you will likely feel that all these programs are the same. There are however keys in identifying which program will be best to follow a low-fat plan.

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Quick Easy Guide to Weight Loss and Dieting for Beginners

Are you sick of being overweight? Does the reflection of the person you see in the mirror not match who you wish you were? Well, you're not alone because obesity is one of the evils that are plaguing the modern society. Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight knows that it's not as easy as just following weight loss tips, especially when they lead a hectic lifestyle that goes far beyond the standard 9-to-5 routine.

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5 Tips For Taming Hunger

Do you find that you are always hungry? Is the hunger insatiable? This can be very frustrating especially when you're trying to watch your weight or slim down.

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4 Reasons Why Your Diet Is Failing

Are you at the end of your rope in finding the right diet or diet plan truly works? Believe it or not, it may not be the diet that's ineffective, but you! Don't give up the fight to lose weight yet! Read up on these 4 reasons why most diets fail, and maybe you could identify what's causing you this weight loss headache.

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The 3 Weight Loss Foods Vandalizing Your Results

Eating and living healthy are the main ingredients that lead to weight loss and ultimately, long live. Dietary professionals advise people on what foods are required in a diet to achieve weight loss, but to most of you, these food types lead to little weight loss or worst still, no results at all!

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The Effects of Dehydration

Dehydration is more common than you may think. Dehydration occurs when the body loses too much fluid without having it replenished, but many people think that you only get dehydrated when you're extremely thirsty and are exercising for a long period of time or stuck out in the Desert with miles and miles of sand between you and the nearest oasis.

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Will You Lose Weight With The Alkaline Diet?

Heard some great things about alkaline diet? Read on to know the basic facts and how you can lose weight naturally.

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Create A Schedule

Being consistent is key in living a healthy lifestyle. An easy way to create consistency is by making a schedule for yourself. A lot of times we use the excuse "I don't have time" when it comes to eating healthy and working out.

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Mediterranean Lentil Salad

Why pay for a flight to Greece when you're just one forkful away from (feeling like you're) floating on the Mediterranean? Cook the quinoa, then toss all of the ingredients together in a big bowl for a tasty and filling salad (thanks to those fiber-rich lentils). Share it with your friends at a picnic this weekend or stash the leftovers away in meal-prep containers so you can enjoy it all week long.

Mediterranean Lentil Salad

Recipe by: Jamie Webber
Makes: 4 servings
Ready in: 20 minutes

SALAD INGREDIENTS
2 cups arugula
1 cup quinoa, cooked
1 cup canned lentils, drained and rinsed
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1/4 cup kalamata olives, halved

DRESSING INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon honey
Sea salt, to taste

DIRECTIONS
1. Prepare salad ingredients as suggested then throw into a large bowl. In a separate small bowl, mix dressing ingredients until combined well.

2. Add the dressing to the salad ingredients and toss well.



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Breakfast Tacos With Eggs, Lentils, and Avocado

Breakfast tacos aren't just for brunching at a restaurant. Sometimes the hangover morning makes it too hard to get dressed and look presentable enough to be seen in public. That's where this easy breakfast taco recipe comes in to play. They aren't just any old tacos either. Mashing the lentils into the shell gives it a unique spin, proving that black beans aren't the only legume that works in this Mexican-inspired dish.

Lentil Breakfast Tacos

INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon ghee or butter
6 eggs
6 (4-inch) corn tortillas
1 cup lentils
1 cup salsa
2 avocados, sliced

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat ghee or butter in a large pan.

2. In a medium bowl, scramble eggs together with a splash of water (this helps make them fluffy!).

3. Cook until your desired consistency.

4. Warm tortillas over the burner or heat briefly in oven.

5. Tuck eggs, lentils, salsa, and avocado into the shell and enjoy.



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A One-Pan Macro Bowl Loaded With Veggies and Chickpeas

You're going to love this recipe for a couple of reasons, but our favorite thing about it is that you get to make little tinfoil boats to hold all the ingredients. No art experience required. Our second favorite thing is that you only need one pan, one oven, and one bowl. How's that for an easy meal? This makes two servings so have one for dinner tonight and save the other for lunch tomorrow. Sometimes it tastes even better on the second day after the dressing has soaked in.

Sheet-Pan Macro Bowl

Recipe by: Jamie Webber
Makes: 2 servings
Ready in: 40 minutes

INGREDIENTS
1 cup chickpeas, drained, rinsed, and patted (very) dry
6 kale leaves, stem removed and made into bite-size pieces
1/2 zucchini, sliced into rounds
1 red pepper, sliced
1/2 red onion, sliced
1 sweet potato, cubed
1 teaspoon cumin
Sea salt, to taste
Olive oil
4 tablespoons tahini
2 tablespoons lemon juice

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

2. Create three tinfoil boats and place onto sheet pan.

3. In one boat, add chickpeas; in another, add the kale; and in the last one, place the remaining vegetables.

4. Sprinkle cumin over the chickpeas and add sea salt to all of the ingredients.

5. Drizzle everything with olive oil and lightly toss.

6. Roast and be sure to remove each ingredient after the specific time period and set aside:

  • At 5 minutes: Remove kale and add to bowl.
  • At 25 minutes: Remove zucchini, pepper, onion, and sweet potato, and add on top of kale.
  • At 35 minutes: Remove chickpeas and add to the other veggies in the bowl.

7. Drizzle tahini and lemon juice over bowl and toss until well combined.



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A Meal-Prep Lunch Bowl That Will Last All Week

No-Bake Black Bean Brownie Bites

OK, maybe these don't taste just like a box of Duncan Hines, but with just six (sea salt doesn't count) ingredients, you can create a fudgy, chocolaty, delicious dessert that actually has some nutrients. (We see you, fiber.) TBH, if you taste the batter before freezing it (any normal person would), it kind of does taste just like the boxed version.

No-Bake Black Bean Brownie Bites

Recipe by: Jamie Webber
Makes: 24 servings
Ready in: 3 hours

BROWNIE INGREDIENTS
1 (15-ounce) can black beans
1 cup pitted dates
3/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup cacao powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Sea salt, to taste

PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 tablespoon maple syrup

DIRECTIONS
1. Mix all brownie ingredients in a blender until smooth and pour into an 8-by-8 inch pan lined with parchment paper.

2. In a separate bowl, mix peanut butter with coconut oil and maple syrup.

3. Add peanut butter mixture to the brownies with a swirl effect.

4. Freeze overnight or for at least 3 hours.



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Weight Management for a Lifetime: 10 Strategies

The word "diet" brings up bad memories for me. When I was a self-conscious teenager, I went on every fad diet there was, took over-the-counter diet pills, or limited my calories to the extreme. It was not a healthy way to lose weight, or to live, for that matter. The word diet brings to mind a temporary fix. So what's another option? I like to think of it as weight management for a lifetime.

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Natural Well Being - Physical, Mental and Spiritual Well Being

Learning how to heal physically, mentally and spiritually for every day well being. The body, mind and soul are essential to healing and well being.

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Sugar In Fruit - Good Or Bad?

Sugar is bad, right? But does that mean all sugar? What about the sugar in fruit?

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