Eat Healthy: 5 Tips for Making Your Kitchen Healthier
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Eat Healthy: 5 Tips for Making Your Kitchen Healthier

It can be a challenge to eat healthy, especially if you keep your refrigerator and cabinets stocked with the wrong foods. A refrigerator filled with cookies and brownies and cabinets packed with convenience foods isn’t a recipe for a slimmer waistline – or better health. This article gives five tips for stocking a healthier kitchen.

Ten Fascinating Health Benefits of Cantaloupe
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Ten Fascinating Health Benefits of Cantaloupe

The cantaloupe is a member of the cucumber family, and it is the most popular type of melon. It is a juicy, fleshy fruit that tastes excellent as part of a dessert or a fruit salad, and many people enjoy simply snacking on cubes of raw cantaloupe. In addition, it turns out that the cantaloupe can improve your health by influencing a number of different parts of your body. Read on to discover the ten main reasons why eating more cantaloupes could improve and extend your life.

Variations on Vegetarianism
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Variations on Vegetarianism

By definition, a vegetarian is one who abstains from meat, fowl, and fish. But did you know that there are almost as many variations on vegetarianism as there are people who engage the lifestyle. On one end of the spectrum, there are flexitarians who might eat fish or chicken occasionally. At the other extreme, there are vegans who not only abstain from eating meat, but may also refuse to eat food produced from harming plants.

Could Your Health and Weight Problems Be Explained by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?
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Could Your Health and Weight Problems Be Explained by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?

Polycystic ovary syndrome (or PCOS) involves abnormal hormone levels that usually cause many small cysts to appear on the ovaries. It is thought that as many as 5-10% of women may suffer from this condition, but many do not know that it is the explanation for some of the health problems that they experience.

How to Measure Exercise Intensity When You’re Working Out
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How to Measure Exercise Intensity When You’re Working Out

You’re working out at the gym and eating a healthy diet in hopes of losing a few pounds. You spend 30 minutes four times a week walking briskly on the treadmill and cycling on the exercise bike, but somewhere in the back of your mind you wonder whether you’re working out hard enough. After all, you want to get the full benefits of your exercise program. Is there a way to measure exercise intensity – and how hard you’re working?

Are You Working Your Core Muscles Properly?
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Are You Working Your Core Muscles Properly?

Most people make a critical mistake when they work their core muscles. They only focus in on the abdominal muscle group, while ignoring the rest of the core muscles that make up the torso. The core muscles consist not only of the muscles that make up the abdominal wall, but also the oblique muscles, the pelvic muscles and the muscles that support the back and spine.