About one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives, and when you consider that the two biggest risk factors—being female and aging—simply can’t be controlled, the prospect that you might become one of those 12.2 percent is a scary one. Fortunately, you can control another risk factor: [...]
Feeling puffy, sluggish and foggy? Got pain, constipation, diarrhea or a general malaise that you can’t shake? Maybe it’s a gluten allergy. The perils of gluten are being bandied about in popular magazines, boards and blogs far and wide lately. While gluten-free is a term that’s popping up on food labels more and more these [...]
For ancient Andean populations, quinoa was, according to Latin American geographer Alexander von Humboldt, what “wine was to the Greeks, wheat to the Romans, cotton to the Arabs.” This sacred seed of a leaf plant was integral in feeding and sustaining an empire—and it should be part of your diet, too. Just what is quinoa? [...]
These days, exercise clothes go way beyond their call of duty, carrying fashionable fitness folks from weight lifting to work, Pilates to after school pick-up, dance class to dinner. Here’s our roundup of the most versatile and stylish workout wear essentials to sport all season long. Pants by lululemon athletica Embodying gym-to-street chic, the fitness [...]
Get your Om on and support your girl Stephanie at lululemon athletica in the Grove in Shrewsbury. On Sunday, October 2 at 10 am, lululemon athletica, a line of ultra hip (and super flattering) workout wear, is hosting our very own Stephanie Leonetti for a short talk on the latest need-to-know nutrition info. And get [...]
Don’t let fall leaves be the only thing changing it up this season—mix up your fitness routine with these five autumn-appropriate workouts: 1. Hit the trails. Get up close and personal with fall foliage by taking a walk through the wilderness. You’ll have a front-row view to the best nature has to offer this time [...]
Feng shui does wonders for your house when decorating, but did you know it can also do wonders for your body? The ancient Chinese art of feng shui involves balancing the energies of a space to achieve greater chi (aka energy or life force). In this centuries-old practice, colors, materials, the position of objects and [...]
At A Better You, we promote the proper, optimal nutrition that your body needs to do more than just survive, but actually thrive. The personalized eating plans that we create for our patients are rooted in a real-food-based diet of lean proteins, fresh fruits and vegetables as well as legumes and nuts. No prepackaged, gimmicky, [...]
The recent, pervasive and escalating epidemic that is teenage obesity is a nightmare. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a warning that the generation of children born since 2000 is the first generation that may not outlive their parents. According to the CDC, the percentage of adolescents (12 to 19 years old) who are [...]
Thanks to the technological marvels of modern life, we can—and often do—eat foods from thousands of miles away, grown in places we’ve never been to and preserved with pesticides we’ve never heard of. Supermarkets have all but eradicated the idea of seasonality, but just because we can get blueberries from Argentina in the middle of [...]
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