Category: 30 Day Healthy Lifestyle Challenge
Healthy LIfestyle Challenge Day 30
Putting it all together, now there’s a challenge! Thank You for joining me for the 30 day challenge. Congratulations on becoming a healthier you! Below you will find an overview of the 30 days If their is anything you need to review. Everyday Nutrition: 2-4 Servings of Fruit 4-6 Servings of Vegetables At least 1-2 [...]
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Congratulations on making it to the last challenge. I am very proud of you! I hope you have incorporated some new healthy habits into your everyday life. Consider looking through the list again in a few months to see how many habits are a permanent part of your day. Today’s challenge is to find some [...]
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Top 5 Foods Not to Eat There are bad for you foods, and then there are really bad for you foods. Sometimes the bad food can actually disguise itself as a good food. Be fooled no more! Below I’ve compiled a list of foods that you should try and avoid. This list could be a [...]
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Know Your Score No, I’m not talking about your credit score but your nutrition score! The antioxidant values of foods are expressed in ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) units, a unit of measurement for antioxidants developed by the National Institute on Aging in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). If you are like me and [...]
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Color Variety: What’s on your plate? Eating healthy is important. A big part of eating healthy means eating a variety. Each different plant has something special to offer our bodies. All the different antioxidants, phytochemicals, vitamins, and minerals work together to prevent cancer, cellular damage, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, blood pressure and many other diseases [...]
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Your challenge today is to make garlic a regular part of your daily diet. A clove a day keeps the doctor away! From the allium family, garlic contains compounds found to have anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal activities. Garlic also contains many minerals, vitamins, anti-oxidants, and phyto-nutrients that have proven health benefits. The Facts Each clove [...]
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Tuck your chin! Your challenge today is to work on making good posture a habit. With all the temptation to let your head go forward and shoulders round, it’s a wonder that everyone doesn’t have bad posture and tight shoulders. This is one of the best exercises to align your head positioning with your shoulders. [...]
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Remember the saying you are what you eat? Well, today I want to take it a step forward and say, you are what your food eats, or so the reports are starting to show. Grass fed beef verses corn fed beef have a nutritional panel that almost reads like two different animals. So, your challenge today is [...]
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Beans, Beans and more Beans! Or we can refer to them as legumes if you want to sound fancy. Your challenge today is to start eating some kind of bean everyday! There are many health benefits to regularly consuming beans. High in Fiber High in Protein High Antioxidant Level Packed full of Isoflavones The Facts [...]
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Nuts and no, I’m not talking about your schedule. I’m talking about consuming lots and lots of good healthy fats! Most Nuts: contain B-complex groups of vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B-6, and folates. full of essential minerals like copper, manganese, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and selenium good source of [...]
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Challenge #20 Strengthen Your Core The latest research on training the abdominal and back (core) muscles centers around core stability, instead of core strength. When building a proper core training program, begin first with stability; then once stability is gained, focus on building strength. Your challenge today is to develop a strong and stable core by [...]
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Having fun with grains! Your challenge today is to see how many different grains you can incorporate into your regular dinner routine. Whole grains reduce your risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke and blood pressure, as well as preventing colon cancer and helping you lose weight. Now, with all these sparkling benefits, it makes you want [...]
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Challenge #18 Fish I don’t know about you but I’m a little confused on the fish topic. Eat fish, don’t eat fish, eat this fish, not that fish. So in an effort to get down to the facts, I’ve delved into this fishy business and come back with some clear answers. So, your challenge today [...]
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Challenge #17 What’s your stress level? Crazy right? Unfortunately that’s life. Sometimes it feels like the to do list just gets longer and longer each day. When the body releases too much cortisol in response to repeated stress, it damages cells in the hippocampus, the area of the brain used for memory and learning. [...]
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Challenge #16 How pro are your biotics? Bacteria is often thought of as something bad, but in reality it’s something that needs to be in balance. There is increasing evidence that having the right kind of bacteria in your gut can go a long way in preventing illness and improving your overall health. When the [...]
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Since we have fully established that refined sugar is bad for you, artificial sugar must be better right? Let me first start by addressing all those diet coke addicts out there by saying, please do not become a crazy stalker and plot my death, now on to the facts. Diet sodas and diet products in [...]
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Discover the Foam Roller and Go Beyond Stretching Breaking the injury cycle could be as simple as investing in a foam roller. Working out, although great for your health, can often wreck havoc on your muscles, fascia, and joints. Due to the interaction between the central nervous system, fascia and muscle, stretching just isn’t enough. [...]
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Challenge #13 Lose the Extra Weight So, you set goals, cut back on processed foods, started eating more fruits and veggies, and increased your weekly exercise amount, but you still have your eye on losing some weight, now is the time to get serious. You started on this healthy challenge so now let’s see it [...]
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Challenge #12 Sugar How addicted to sugar are you? To make matters simple. Sugar = the Devil. It hides away in places you least expect it then sneaks out in your body in ways you didn’t prepare for. It feeds cancer cells, diabetes and triglycerides. It decreases strength and energy levels. But… oh it tastes [...]
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Challenge #11 Sleep Each person has a unique number of hours they need to sleep, some being more than others, but on average adults need 7-9 hours. Often times, getting a good nights sleep can be a hard thing to come by this day in age. The challenge today is making sleep a priority! Tips [...]
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