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- Pregnancy, Hormones and Mood Swings
  
  Tags: nutrition , Women's Health
  
  Posted: April 22, 2019
  
  By: Functional Diagnostic Nutrition
  
  Why are women hormonal when they are pregnant? And are there different types of food that can help alleviate the symptoms?
  
  By “hormonal”, we are referring to the severe mood swings that many women experience during pregnancy. Mood swings are also a
  
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- What Will You Leave Behind?
  
  Tags: fitness , Healthy Aging
  
  Posted: April 19, 2019
  
  By: Maurice D. Williams, MS
  
  I can’t quite remember where I heard it, but somewhere I once heard someone say that their deepest desire in life is to not leave an ounce of potential behind when they’re gone.
  
  It made me re-evaluate how I live in
  
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- The Not So Sweet Truth About Artificial Sweeteners
  
  Tags: nutrition
  
  Posted: April 18, 2019
  
  By: Regina Saxton
  
  As of 2014, approximately 2.1 billion people – nearly one-third of the world’s population – are overweight or obese; with Americans tipping the scales at over 160 million. This includes nearly 75% of American men, more than 60% of women
  
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- Lymphedema: Personal Trainer Perspective
  
  Tags: Breast Cancer , Cancer , Fitness Professionals
  
  Posted: April 17, 2019
  
  By: Carol Michaels
  
  Cancer surgery and treatment often results in survivors suffering debilitating physical impairments. These can often be ameliorated by a good exercise program that has the added benefit of helping survivors to engage in those activities in which they participated prior
  
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- Nutrition Myths | Part 2
  
  Tags: nutrition
  
  Posted: April 16, 2019
  
  By: Akanksha Srivastava
  
  Check out Part 1 of this article for more nutrition myths.
  
  Looking for weight loss and overall health in the digital age can be a mixed blessing. Technology, on one hand, is a threshold to endless potential weight loss diets, nutrition
  
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- Blues-Busting Foods: Rx For Emotional Eating
  
  Tags: nutrition
  
  Posted: April 15, 2019
  
  By: Deborah Kesten, MPH
  
  For many, negative feelings, such as anxiety and depression, lead to out-of-control eating…and ensuing weight gain. Knowing which foods can bust the blues, without weight gain, could reduce the odds of emotional eating episodes. Meet the foods that may help.
  
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- Change, Habits, Comfort Zones and the Power of Fear
  
  Tags: Fitness Professionals , Healthy Aging
  
  Posted: April 12, 2019
  
  By: Nicholas Prukop
  
  I am a creature of habit. I have always struggled with change throughout my life. I fought it and rarely embraced it until I was forced to acknowledge I was on the wrong path and needed to make a change.
  
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- 3 Common Grocery Shopping Nutrition Tips that are NOT Better
  
  Tags: nutrition
  
  Posted: April 11, 2019
  
  By: Ashley Koff, RD
  
  Are your grocery store habits keeping you from getting better health? We are all trying to grocery shop better and the tips out there currently are supposed to help you shop smarter – but are they really better? Here are 3 common
  
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- Treat the Person, Not the Scan
  
  Tags: Fitness Professionals , Healthy Aging , pain management
  
  Posted: April 10, 2019
  
  By: Charlie Rowe
  
  "MRI's are just anatomic pictures of structures. They do NOT tell me if someone is having pain from MRI findings. I tell patients that it is similar to having your portrait taken. The picture just shows what you look like,
  
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- 9 Nutrition Myths | Part 1
  
  Tags: nutrition
  
  Posted: April 9, 2019
  
  By: Akanksha Srivastava
  
  Looking for weight loss and overall health in the digital age can be a mixed blessing. Technology, on one hand, is a threshold to endless potential weight loss diets, nutrition facts, health and fitness approaches.
  
  But, on the flip side, it
  
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