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Abdominal Crunches
Muscle Group: Abdominals

Couscous with Favorite Roasted Vegetables
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Vitamin a, b, c, D
We all know that we need to get all of our vitamins and minerals each day, right?  But what if you were told that there was a vitamin that we do not commonly get enough of in our daily intake?

Food, a reward or a punishment
So often, we eat for emotional reasons rather than the old biological hunger cues.  Why do we do that?

Children’s breakfast cereal, like eating a glazed Dunkin’ Donut?
If you have heard the recent Today Show clip or other news articles you may be thinking, am I feeding my child sugar for breakfast?

Herbs and Supplements
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FITT Principles for Apparently Healthy Individuals
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends that healthy individuals who are exercising for basic health gains to do 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise most days of the week.