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🍎 Health Tip ~ Wash Your Hands, Repeat Often

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Cheap Cold Protection ~ Hand Washing

Scrub up! Wash your hands for 20 seconds before you cook or eat. Ditto after you use the restroom. It’s one of the simplest, least costly ways to help avoid colds and flu all year long. No soap and water handy?  Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

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🍎 Health Tip ~ Make Fiber a Friend

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More fiber is a healthy diet choice

Whether it’s a bran cereal, nuts, oatmeal or an array of other fiber-filled foods, added fiber can make you feel fuller longer and provide a, well, moving experience (sic).

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🍎 Health Tip ~ Let It Go

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Take Time Off

It’s a time when you can bond with family and friends, which is good for your mental and physical health. People who take more vacations live longer and are less likely to have heart disease and other health problems.

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🍎 Health Hack ~ Simple Way to Cut Calories

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If you think leaving just a little something on your plate won’t matter, think again. It will. Small amounts of uneaten food add up to calories that stay on the plate – not on you.

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🍎 Health Hack ~ Invite This Super Nut Home

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It’s Nuts But Walnuts Are A Super Nut

When it comes to antioxidants, walnuts receive “super nut” status. The antioxidants flow from the abundance of vitamin E, melatonin, and polyphenols within the nut, particularly in the thin skin. In one study, healthy participants who consumed a meal rich in walnuts exhibited protection from oxidative damage of “bad” cholesterol when the refined-fat meal did not offer the same protection. Oxidized “bad” cholesterol is apt to build up in arteries, causing narrowing and hardening. Consuming walnuts appears to reduce this impact.

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🍎 Health Hack ~ Zap the Bacteria on Your Sponges

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All it takes is 1 minute on high in the microwave to kill bacteria on your kitchen sponges. Wet them first so they don’t catch fire, and also check to it doesn’t have a metallic scrub pad. If yours does, put it in the dishwasher instead.

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🍎 Health Hack ~ Ditch the Rigid Diet

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Say Adios to Overeating

Katherine Tallmadge, MA, RD, author of Diet Simple, says the biggest cause of overeating is undereating. “People go too long without eating, and then pig out when they are ravenously hungry.” Rigid diets don’t work for anyone. Include planned snacks in your daily diet to prevent binges. Make sure you allow for treats once a week without feeling guilty. Have a brownie every Friday, and enjoy every bite.

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🍎 Health Hack ~ Work it Inside Out

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Feel Good About Yourself Today

Be sure the people around you make you feel good about you — no matter what your size or health condition. In addition, if close friends encourage you to smoke, overeat, or drink too much, find some new friends who have good health habits and also want a healthier you. Elaine Magee, MPH, Rd, author of more than 20 books, says don’t get hung up on pounds or what size dress you are wearing. “Instead, focus on being healthy from the inside out,” Magee says. “Eat well, and exercise regularly. And remember that you can be sexy and look and feel fabulous and not be thin.”

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🍎 Health Hack ~ Want Good Vision & Healthy Skin?

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Vitamin A is a Go To Choice

Vitamin A supports good vision, healthy immunity, and tissue growth. There are two types of vitamin A: retinol and carotenoids, like beta-carotene. To get more into your diet, focus on orange and yellow fruits and vegetables, like sweet potatoes, carrots, and winter squash. You’ll also get it from spinach and broccoli.

🍎 Health Hack ~ Lower Your Risk for Kidney Stones

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Get Enough Potassium in Your Diet

Potassium is a good mineral for your blood pressure and may lower your risk for kidney stones and bone loss. Your muscles and nerves need it to work right, too. It’s found naturally in milk, potatoes, sweet potatoes, bananas, avocados, and legumes.

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