This time of year many people are reminded of the true reason for the season and want to find ways to give back and help their communities. With current world circumstances, it can be a challenge to find meaningful ways to volunteer when traditional means are no longer an option. We’ve pulled together some great… Continue reading Giving Back
Author: Muffin Top Belly Fix Blog
Getting Grateful In 7 Easy Steps
Research has shown that gratitude makes for happier, more optimistic people. Gratitude is a practice of being thankful and appreciative, and a readiness to reciprocate with kindness. If you’re stuck in a rut and feeling low, gratitude may be the route to go! Pull yourself up and add a dose of positivity to your daily… Continue reading Getting Grateful In 7 Easy Steps
Weekly Round Up
Neuroscience Behind The Bipartisan Divide Researchers have linked a brain region to what they call neural polarization. Learn more about how the brain influences how people process political news. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201020150509.htm Latest Dish on Intermittent Fasting Time restricted eating has no effect on overweight people with prediabetes or diabetes, according to preliminary research presented to… Continue reading Weekly Round Up
How to Support Your Endocrine System Naturally
As we discussed in the previous issue, the endocrine system is vital for hormone production and regulation. Hormone imbalance can lead to serious complications, but by offering extra support to the endocrine system, we can reduce or eliminate the risk of hormone imbalance. Here’s how! Tune In Your body will let you know if… Continue reading How to Support Your Endocrine System Naturally
Let’s Talk Hormones
If you’re finding it impossible to drop weight even though you’ve made healthy lifestyle changes, are exercising, and doing all the right things, know that you are not alone. Even when you make all the right choices and do all the right things, it can still not be enough. What Are Hormones? Hormones are… Continue reading Let’s Talk Hormones
Weekly Round Up
Daylight Savings As the clocks fall backwards with the end of daylight savings, some may find it easier to fall back than springing forward in March. Those that may still be affected by the fall back include parents of infants, shift workers and those with mood disorders. Read more here. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/falling-back-is-easier-than-springing-forward-heres-why Nix The Diet… Continue reading Weekly Round Up
S.O.U.L-ful Eating
When people bring up soul food, it often conjures up memories of southern comfort foods like fried chicken, sweet potato pie, cornbread and collard greens. And as tasty as those comfort foods are, they’re just that, comfort foods. The notion of comfort food is that it’s meant to be eaten sparingly, to evoke nostalgia and… Continue reading S.O.U.L-ful Eating
Beat The Winter Blues
A few weeks ago we discussed Weatherizing Your Wellness For Winter. This week we want to delve a little deeper and discuss the mental wellness aspects that the season can change. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a disorder that is characterized by depression occurring at the same time of year. It generally occurs in climates… Continue reading Beat The Winter Blues
Weekly Round Up
CBD Though CBD is touted as a cure-all, there is no research backing this wonder-drug a miracle for disease. It will, however, treat symptoms like pain and nausea in patients who have not extensively used opioid-based pain killers. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/cannabidiol-wont-cure-ailments-but-it-can-help-with-pain-nausea#The-low-down-on-cannabidiol Healthier Diet Slashes Risk of Heart Disease One study published in European Heart Journal… Continue reading Weekly Round Up
How To Know When You’re Burning Out
The rat race that has become the American Way of Life has been shown to be detrimental to mental and physical health and wellness. Long hours, low wages, living paycheck-to-paycheck is the reality for a vast majority of Americans, and most people are one emergency away from financial ruin. Living in this constant state of… Continue reading How To Know When You’re Burning Out