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A Teenager's Nutritional Needs

A Teenager’s Nutritional Needs

If you’re worried about your teen getting all the nutrients they need, just provide the same type of diet as you would eat for good nutrition. Notice I didn’t stop at the words you would eat. That’s because many adults don’t have the nutrient dense diet they should have. A teenager’s nutritional needs differ slightly, […]


Layer Up For Fall

Layer Up For Fall

It’s not always easy to know what to wear when you’re exercising outside in McKinney. Sometimes it looks far warmer than it is and you have to go home after a few minutes to add an extra jacket. Other times, you’re prepared for the cold, only to find you’re way too warm. There’s a solution […]


Lifting Weights Could Improve Your Memory

Lifting Weights Could Improve Your Memory

You’ll get more from your exercise time when you include lifting weights. It not only helps promote bone density, builds muscle tissue, burns fat tissue and makes you less prone to injury, studies show it can improve your memory. It’s not only muscle and bone tissue that strength training boosts. It helps boost the development […]


Exercise And Relaxation May Reduce Anxiety

Exercise And Relaxation May Reduce Anxiety

Anxiety, fear and worry are part of living, but there’s a point where those feelings cross the line and begin to control your entire life. It can make experiences that should be fun into ones that you dread and turn those dreaded experiences into nightmares. While it’s not a substitute for professional help for severe […]


Can Exercise Affect Your Gut Bacteria

Can Exercise Affect Your Gut Bacteria

It may not be the topic of conversation over the dinner table, but the discussion of gut bacteria and how it can help your overall health can be quite enlightening. It’s amazing how these tiny microbes either work together or against one another to create a healthy digestive tract or if out of balance, affect […]


Walk Your Way To A Longer Life

Walk Your Way To A Longer Life

If you’re like many people that I meet, you may workout three times a week, but circle the parking lot multiple times to find that perfect parking place that’s closest to the doors of your destination. While working out is extremely important, adding other types of exercise to your daily routine is too. You can […]



Get Stronger While Chasing Away Depression

Get Stronger While Chasing Away Depression

With an epidemic rise in suicide and depression, people are looking for answers and chasing away depression. Unfortunately, there are so many reasons it occurs that finding the one cure will probably never happen. Even medications for depression work differently in each person, causing even worse depression in some. One of the is to use […]


When Is The Best Time To Exercise

When Is The Best Time To Exercise

There’s an ongoing debate surrounding the question of the best time to exercise. Well, I know that the best time to exercise is anytime. Of course, I am joking. There’s a lot of science backing early morning exercise, but there’s also other studies that say no matter what time of day you do it, if […]