Health
Are You a Food Addict?
28 Aug 2019
Earlier this year, I interviewed best-selling author Victoria Moran for a Meal Plan Map blog titled Why Being a Vegan is Good for the Spirit. Victoria and I [...]
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10 Satisfying Snacks Under 175 Calories
7 Aug 2019
For me, three meals a day without snacks is a jail sentence and a dieting plan that’s bound for failure. But you know what? Snacking is not only good for you, [...]
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Food for Thought About Digestion
31 Jul 2019
So many things in life seem to get better with age. Cheese … wine … our financial portfolios (hopefully) … and our maturity – to name a few. One thing [...]
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Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
25 Jul 2019
Your mind is magnificently powerful. Two people can experience the same situation while having completely different feelings, interpretations and outcomes. The [...]
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Lose 20 Pounds In 20 Days … Really?
23 Jul 2019
To a dieter, the promise that you can lose 20 pounds in 20 days is akin to the siren song that led ancient sailors to crash their ships on the rocks. We just [...]
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Fear Takes a Holiday
18 Jul 2019
Before I started slimming down and living healthier through Meal Plan Map, I hated holidays because they forced me to work harder to meet my editorial deadlines. [...]
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5 Simple Ways to Boost Your Heart Health
9 Jul 2019
You might have heard that heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death among both men and women in the United States, but did you know that a healthy lifestyle can help [...]
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Diet-Safe Dining Out Strategies
1 Jul 2019
Dining out is a fact of our busy life. We tell ourselves we will choose healthy options… but do you really know what is – and isn’t – healthy on the [...]
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Dig in to a Healthy New Approach to Eating
28 Jun 2019
Healthy wholesome foods are free of chemicals and preservatives, and in the case of organic, they are grown without the use of pesticides. Sadly, in our culture, [...]
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How We Fuel the Misperception of True Beauty
27 Jun 2019
When I see a talented and beautiful woman like Kelly Clarkson on the cover of a magazine, and the headline is about her weight, it really ticks me off! What a [...]
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Foods That’ll Fix What Ails You
20 Jun 2019
Love to eat? Long to feel better? Up until now, you probably thought your love of food made it tough to feel better. After all, it was your love of food that [...]
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The Heat is on the 6 Worst Summer Treats
14 Jun 2019
The first day of summer is June 21. For the dieter, summer can be the best of times… and the worst of times. You need to be fearful of six popular [...]
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13 Shopping Tips to Stretch Your Food Dollar
6 Jun 2019
I enjoy food shopping. However, more often than not, I come away from my local Walmart or Sparkle with a cart that’s crammed and overflowing with unplanned [...]
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Tossing Together a Few Thoughts About Salad
30 May 2019
How about a salad for lunch or dinner? Well, for many of us, the word salad denotes a bowl of cut greens, sliced tomato, purple Bermuda onion, a slice or two [...]
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Cornerstones of Successful Weight Loss
28 May 2019
In my two decades of writing about dieting, I have interviewed dozens of experts and have come away with a list of the four main truths that all dieters need to know [...]
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7 Tasty Treats Under 50 Calories
22 May 2019
My name is John and I am a snackaholic. Because of this affliction my work lunch often includes a number of between-meal munchies – and, in a somewhat [...]
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Boost Your Weight Loss with These 5 Simple Tricks
20 May 2019
The late, great Tom Petty was pretty much on target when he sang “the waiting is the hardest part.” With that sentiment in mind, here are five of my favorite tricks [...]
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4 Tips for Surviving Spring & Summer Parties
15 May 2019
Millions of party-minded Americans will be hitting the backyard barbecue circuit this summer. These food-heavy gatherings pose special obstacles for the [...]
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Health & Fitness Guru Jillian Michaels Not a Fan of Keto
7 May 2019
In the world of health and fitness, few have achieved as much as personal trainer, businesswoman, author and television personality Jillian Michaels. The California [...]
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A Sugar by Any Other Name…
29 Apr 2019
Oh, sweet mercy! Buying a blueberry pie because it sported a “NO SUGAR ADDED” sticker left me with a bad taste in my mouth when I read the ingredients label [...]
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Embrace a Better Body Image At Any Weight
26 Apr 2019
Swimsuit season in right around the corner and with it comes so many mixed emotions. There’s excitement for the fun in the sun activities. There’s [...]
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Your Weight: The Heart of the Matter
24 Apr 2019
As we’ve previously blogged, being overweight is known to increase your blood pressure – and that can lead to bigger woes, including heart disease, stroke, or worse. [...]
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5 Ways We Fool Ourselves into Diet Failure
17 Apr 2019
They say a fool and his money are soon parted. We say a fool and his extra pounds might be doomed to remain together. When it comes to being overweight, I’ve [...]
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Striking Out at the Ballpark
15 Apr 2019
With baseball season underway, I recently found myself cringing while recalling an ill-fated bus trip to Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia to see the home town [...]
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Expert Offers Tips, Tricks for Eating Better
10 Apr 2019
When your car needs a tune-up you should head to a trusted mechanic; when your body needs a tune-up you should be driven to seek health and wellness tinkering from [...]
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The No-Pressure Way to Beat Hypertension
8 Apr 2019
The next time you find yourself in an elevator with two other people, know that odds are one of you suffers from high blood pressure. Yes, life is full of ups [...]
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Adopt These 10 Traits of Happy People
5 Apr 2019
According to a recent survey, fewer than 1-in-3 Americans claim to be happy. When I read this statistic I asked myself, “How is this possible?” We have so much to be [...]
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A Good Diet is the Best Defense Against Diabetes
1 Apr 2019
Odds are either you or someone you know has diabetes. According to the latest numbers from the American Diabetes Association, nearly 1-in-10 Americans – or about [...]
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Listen Up: 10 Life-Bettering Health & Wellness Podcasts
29 Mar 2019
Hear ye, hear ye … feeling better about yourself is just a click and a listen away. Thanks to a flood of health and wellness podcasts, you can get into the swim of [...]
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Cooking Up a Diet That Works for You
27 Mar 2019
EDITOR’S NOTE: Please join us in welcoming Chef Michael Davis, our newest expert blogger. Chef Michael cut his teeth at Johnson and Wales University where he [...]
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