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Summer fitness fun for kids
School is out for many Florida kids. For many that means lazy days with nothing to do, being stuck inside while parents work, playing video games and eating junk food. Let's Move reports that over the...
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Prevention: the best health insurance
With the passing of the new health care reform, many doctor's offices are turning to "wellness" as a solution. Finally, doctors are recommending prevention over prescriptions! Often when people...
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Breakfast boosts metabolism by 10%
Everyone has heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Even knowing this, most people do not eat breakfast. They "just don't feel like it", "it's too early...
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Will the recent salmonella related turkey recall change your eating habits?
Being credited wtih one death and 77 people reported ill, the recent salmonella outbreak has led to one of the largest recalls in U.S. history. Food giant Cargill pulled 36 million pounds of ground...
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Family dinners linked to good grades, less substance abuse, healthy weight
Most students in Gainesville and surrounding areas will be heading back to school in the next couple of weeks. For parents, this may create a busier days and evenings than the laid back summertime...
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7 tips to avoid the Freshman 15
With Fall classes starting at the University of Florida in less than a week, many students are arriving on campus today. For Freshmen, this is a new way of life, away from the structure of home and...
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Arsenic in apple juice: who do you trust?
Yesterday, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Columbia University thoracic surgeon who gained fame and notoriaty first through books and the Oprah Show and even more so with his own show, The Dr. Oz Show, reported on...
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Healthy Halloween: Candy Alternatives
Halloween is practically here! For the health-conscious, the thought of all that candy going into those trick or treat bags, then into kids hands, and ultimately their mouths is a bit "scary"!Several...
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Recovering from a Halloween hangover
Halloween seems to be a time when people's inhibitions are thrown to the ghouls and they take on an "anything goes" mentality. Parents and grandparents permit staying up late and eating lots of candy...
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Holiday Trimming Tips
It's that time of year again, Thanksgiving, holiday parties and an abundance of not-so-healthy indulgences. How can you stay on your healthy eating plan and still have a good time? It’s all about...
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Tips to avoid holiday weight gain
Seven pounds - statistics say that's what the “average” American gains over the holidays. So, do we just accept that we're average and worry about the additional "seven pounds" on January 2nd...
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Keep the holidays healthy with these recipe swaps
Supermarkets around town have been busy, busy this week and today will be the busiest day of all. Everyone's rushing, picking up those last minute items for their Thanksgiving Feast. For many, the...
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4 Tips to Bounce Back from Thanksgiving
Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone and Christmas is on the way, many folks have probably written the rest of the year off when it comes to their healthy eating or weight loss plans. Don't let...
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Baby steps to a new you
Happy New You friends! Its that time of year when everyone vows to "do something better". The top resolutions are always the same:Lose weightGet organizedManage StressSave more, spend lessMaking...
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5 tips for a long and healthy life: Lessons learned from Betty White
America's Golden Girl, Betty White is preparing to turn 90. At 90, she's still working in television as her career has been through a revival in the last decade. If you've seen her on...
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Paula Deen announces diabetes diagnosis: is she missing the mark?
It probably comes as no surprise to most that celebrity southern chef Paula Deen has been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. Take a look at any of her cookbooks or cooking shows and you will see that a...
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5 natural ways to help protect against cold and flu
Doctors say there have been record numbers of pneumonia cases this season and it is being predicted that a flu virus from northern states will soon migrate down into Georgia and Florida.Here are 5...
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Step out for National Walking Day
Today is National Walking Day, an American Heart Association event that encourages people to get up and moving as a means to prevent America's number 1 killer - Heart disease. Walking just 30 minutes...
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Egg-citing Easter basket treats without all the sugar
It's Easter Weekend! What fun! What would Easter be without baskets filled to the brim with candy treats such as chocolates and jellybeans, all of these usually in the shape of an egg or a rabbit.As...
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14th Annual Bradford County Strawberry Festival
This weekend is the 14th Annual Bradford County Strawberry Festival in Starke, FL. This popular annual festival draws a crowd of over 12,000 visitors. Enjoy a family fun weekend in Bradford County...
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