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Milk for Your Bones?
Dairy supporters revere milk as the perfect vehicle to transport calcium to bones. Those opposed argue that, among other things, proteins found in ...
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How to Start Running
Here are a few of Galloway's tips to keep you on the run and off the injured list. 'Follow the huff-and- puff rule: If you’re huffing and puffing a...
Read moreCross-Train with Yoga for Power, Flexibility
'I tell my clients to do yoga 2 to 3 days a week to keep muscles flexible,' McGee says. To strengthen specific muscle groups, perform these yoga po...
Read moreBanish Your Belly
Talbott, PhD, suggests still another reason: stress (although he acknowledges that this is not yet a generally agreed-upon theory in the medical co...
Read moreCalcium: Drink Yourself Skinny
In studies of both mice and men, Zemel and colleagues have been the first to show that calcium stored in fat cells plays a crucial role in regulati...
Read moreFor Flavor and Vitamin C, Try a Papaya!
Christopher Columbus called the papaya “the fruit of the angels.” It's not hard to see why. 8 cups mixed salad greens. 1 cup peeled, cubed papaya. ...
Read moreAre You Getting Enough Vitamin D?
Ideally, vitamin D is added to a food or beverage that contains calcium. 'Vitamin D deficiency is associated with low bone mass and osteoporosis, w...
Read moreReasons to Get Your Dairy
But the other side to the story is that their intake of many key nutrients -- like protein, calcium, magnesium, folate, B1, B2, B6, B12, and vitami...
Read moreDiabetes Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
“The medication that you’re on for diabetes isn’t an option,” says Jorge Moreno, MD, an obesity medicine specialist with Yale Medicine. If you work...
Read moreWhy Does Blood Sugar Spike in The Morning?
When it can't make enough insulin to compensate, your blood sugar will be high. And starting out high in the morning means you'll have to work hard...
Read moreBlood Sugar Highs and Lows
Check your blood sugar if you notice these symptoms. 'If your blood sugar is in the 300s or 400s, call your doctor,' she says. Some diabetes medici...
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