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- Energy Bars: Which ones are best?
  
  Tags: nutrition
  
  Posted: December 12, 2018
  
  By: Nancy Clark, RD
  
  Athletes have many questions about energy bars:
  Which ones are best?
  
  That depends on your taste buds. The best energy bars are the ones you enjoy eating, settle well for a pre-exercise energy booster, and fulfill your dietary needs.
  
  Are they
  
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- Trade Your Expectations
  
  Tags: Healthy Aging
  
  Posted: December 11, 2018
  
  By: Maurice D. Williams, MS
  
  Trade Your Expectations -- one of Tony Robbins many quotes.
  
  When we look at our lives, there’s often an expectation of how things should go.
  
  We want to be in shape, and we have expectations around that process.
  
  We want financial abundance, and we
  
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- A Mature View on Sugar
  
  Tags: Healthy Aging , nutrition
  
  Posted: December 10, 2018
  
  By: Dr. Joel Fuhrman
  
  Sure, there’s nothing new about saying added sugar is bad for you (regardless of your age). Your mom told you, and your doctor says so, too, but you can’t sugar-coat the truth -- you love the sweet stuff. So what
  
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- Quitting as Self-Care
  
  Tags: Healthy Aging , stress management
  
  Posted: December 7, 2018
  
  By: Lynn Marie Morski, MD, Esq.
  
  A few years ago the term self-care appeared as a means of describing anything that a person does to take care of themselves, like getting a massage, meditating, going for a walk in nature, or taking a relaxing bath in
  
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- Physical Activity and Menopause
  
  Tags: exercise , fitness , menopause , Women's Health
  
  Posted: December 6, 2018
  
  By: Dr. Maria Luque
  
  Menopause is bad.
  
  Exercise is good.
  
  More exercise is the solution!
  
  Is that it?
  
  It’s not quite that simple, although most things you will read will tell you that any form of physical activity is helpful. There is a lot of truth to it.
  
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- Protecting Our Telomeres with Targeted Nutrition and Lifestyle Changes
  
  Tags: Dietitians , genetics , Healthy Aging , nutrition
  
  Posted: December 5, 2018
  
  By: SpectraCell Laboratories
  
  Telomeres are sections of genetic material that form a protective cap at the end of each chromosome in every cell of the body. When a cell divides, the telomere gets a tiny bit shorter, until there is no more telomere left to
  
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- The Mind/Body Connection – Programming For Year Round Success
  
  Tags: exercise , fitness , Healthy Aging
  
  Posted: December 4, 2018
  
  By: Nicholas Prukop
  
  In the fall of each year, as summer fades from our view, we often find ourselves having to work diligently to “restart” our fitness activities in preparation for the holidays – and the year to come. As the seasons change
  
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- Stress – How Does It Affect Our Health?
  
  Tags: Healthy Aging , stress management
  
  Posted: November 30, 2018
  
  By: Dr. Ron Grabowski
  
  Stress is something we are all confronted with every day of our lives. Stress as a specific medical term was first defined by the endocrinologist Hans Selye in 1936 as the physiological adaptive responses to perceived (psychological) or real (physical)
  
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- Personal Trainer and the Healthcare Team
  
  Tags: Fitness Professionals , Medical Fitness
  
  Posted: November 29, 2018
  
  By: Physicians Fitness
  
  Musculoskeletal issues have become the number one reason for physician visits.(1) Doctors are starting to agree that many surgeries may have been unnecessary.(2) The opioid crisis is a symptom of a larger societal issue to be sure, but it appears
  
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- How Much High Intensity Exercise is Too Much?
  
  Tags: fitness , Fitness Professionals , Healthy Aging , Women's Health
  
  Posted: November 28, 2018
  
  By: Debra Atkinson
  
  Are you doing too much high intensity exercise? High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) has been the holy grail of fitness trends for the past several years. Is it the Holy Grail for YOU? Here’s what a recent study says and how to interpret
  
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