How to Get your RDA of Fruits and Vegetables

by | Jul 16, 2013 | Wellness Tonic

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...

Easy, Healthy Snacks To Go

by | Jul 9, 2013 | Wellness Tonic

Contributed by Victor T. Staying in shape and eating healthy isn’t that hard if you plan ahead.  Planning meals and brown bagging your lunch is one step. But many people falter when it comes to planning snacks ahead of time.  It is easy to grab some snacks from the...

Diet No More

by | Jun 25, 2013 | Wellness Tonic

Contributed by Patricia N. I tried the Atkins diet, the Blood Type diet as well as all of the different fasts and cleanses available.  I would lose weight but then gain it all back.  I just found dieting to be too difficult.  Then one day it hit me, instead of making...

Living in a Stress-Free Zone

by | Jun 18, 2013 | Wellness Tonic

Contributed by Mary B. My doctor told me I needed to avoid stress.  I thought he was insane.  How can I avoid stress?  My whole life is stress.  So I went to my friend who always seems to be at peace.  I asked her ‘How are you able to avoid stress?’  Here is what she...

Live Long & Healthy

by | Jun 11, 2013 | Wellness Tonic

Contributed by Carol K. People are living longer. All you have to do is look around you to see that. In a recent commercial (“Age Stickers”) for Prudential, they represented the aging population using stickers that dramatically visualized this...

The Power of Napping

by | May 28, 2013 | Wellness Tonic

Contributed by Chad G.   In Japan, employees are allowed to nap on the job. This is called Inemuri – a practice of sleeping and still being present. Loughborough University Sleep Research Centre in the United Kingdom found that taking a power nap between 1 pm and...