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Contributed by Rei H. Staying in shape is good for our health but it can also be good for others. There are lots of charities out there that are linked to your exercise activities, weight loss and healthy eating. The Biggest Loser Pound for Pound Challenge. You can register on your own or with . . . → Read More: Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: Shape Up and Give Back Contributed by Yoshiko J. Your diet is an important part of keeping yourself healthy. While spices make foods tasty, some are also really good for you. Turmeric. Through the years, this was often used as a pain reliever. It has anti-inflammatory properties that help people with tendonitis, arthritis as well as many other autoimmune . . . → Read More: Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: Good For You Spices Contributed by Lea C. The Halo Effect is a bias where when a positive attribute is given to a person or object additional positive attributes are given to the person without any proof. For example, in a study, 60 students were given 3 photos of different people. The study found that the subjects believed . . . → Read More: Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: Do Organic Labels Make You Eat More? Contributed by Ernest J. I don’t know about you but I am totally confused by the Food Pyramid. I know I am supposed to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables but how much is a serving? Is it a whole apple? Or a container of berries? I decided to figure it out and . . . → Read More: Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: How To Get Daily Servings of Fruits and Vegetables Contributed by Vicki T. When I used feel down, I often reached for some Ben and Jerry’s or stopped by the store for some Mac n’ Cheese; but, my instant gratification would quickly be followed by the discomfort of bloating and generally feeling gross. So, I did some research to find out what . . . → Read More: Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: What to Eat to Change Your Mood Contributed by Jerome M. When I was diagnosed with testicular cancer, I was scared. I didn’t know anything about it except that Lance Armstrong had it. He lived but would I? I was terrified to have the test, go to my appointments and get treatments. Luckily, I was able to talk to someone else . . . → Read More: Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: How To Be An Empowered Patient Excerpt from a column by Cindy Ricardo, LMHC which appeared at SelfGrowth.com Boundaries: The Importance of Valuing Yourself By Cindy Ricardo, LMHC Boundaries: The importance of choosing to value ourselves “Your personal boundaries protect the inner core of your identity and your right to choices.” -Gerard Manley Hopkins- What are boundaries? The . . . → Read More: Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: How Are Your Boundaries? Contributed by Hy U. The most popular New Year’s Resolution is to get in shape and lose weight. Yet every year the pounds seem to stack up instead of fall off. You start off strong, excited and full of pep, but then a month later it all gets dull and we drop our . . . → Read More: Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: Are You Setting Yourself Up For Resolutions Failure? Contributed by Robert L.
Every year brings new fitness and diet fads as people look for easy ways to lose weight. A few years back we had the Atkins diet and the raw diet, and 2011 did not disappoint. Here are a few of last year’s fad diets and how effective they . . . → Read More: Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: Diet Fads of 2011 – A Scorecard Contributed by Natalie S. Does that phrase sound familiar to you? If you’re like me you probably heard this refrain time and time again when you were growing up. As much as I hated it then, I came to realize the benefits of this habit, benefits that last a lifetime. Good posture makes you . . . → Read More: Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: Sit Up Straight! |
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