Tag Archives: healthy lifestyle choices

Forgiveness

Learn to Forgive Fred Luskin is the Director and Co-founder of the Stanford University Forgiveness Project. His book, Forgive for Good, provides a readable and helpful account of how you can use forgiveness to get over long-term grievances that sap energy from your life. You can learn to forgive everyone for perceived slights that you…
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Fried Foods

Fried Foods May Not Be Your Friends Say Au Revoir to French Fries Americans like fried foods. Why? Frying often makes food taste better. French fried potatoes are one of America’s common meal items. And how about fried chicken? Or fried eggs? The science underlying the health effects of fried foods is mixed. Recent evidence…
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Develop an Attitude of Gratitude

Grateful people reap emotional and physical benefits You can learn to be more grateful According to Robert Emmons in his book, Thanks!, gratitude means acknowledging the goodness in your own life and recognizing that the source of goodness lives at least partially outside of yourself. Emmons asserts that feeling grateful will create a ripple effect…
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Nurture Your Microbiome

Have you thought about your microbiome lately? Oh, you don’t know what it is? You’re not alone. Which is ironic given the importance of your microbiome to lifelong health and well-being. Your microbiome is a stupendously diverse and interactive collection of microbes living primarily in your large intestine. Some authorities estimate that you have more…
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