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As our society becomes more health-conscious, there has been an increased focus on the importance of exercise. Many people exercise to control weight and get in better physical condition to become more healthy or physically attractive, but exercise and stress management are also closely linked. Exercise can be an extremely ...Read More

Kids and Fitness - Get Your Kids to Move

I don’t know about you, but sometimes it’s hard to get the kids out of the basement and off the X Box. By the time they reach high school, 63% of kids are no longer active.

Keeping Cool when the Weather is Hot

It's summertime and you head outside to exercise, before your session is over, your body feels like it is on fire from the heat. It's not your imagination. Fifteen minutes into your run and your body temperature could be as high as 5° F above normal.

This Month In Insurance

This Month In Exercise

Muscle Soreness: Is It a Good Sign or a Bad Sign?

We have all experienced sore muscles after a workout, but is this something that should be considered pain or pleasure? While you may feel like having sore muscles is a sign that you completed a hard workout, you may find sore muscles to just literally be a pain. So, which ... Read More

How to Warm Up Your Joints to Prevent Injury

Your shoulders are made up of complicated and intricate joints that can easily be damaged while you are working out. Because shoulder injuries are so difficult to heal and certainly painful, you will want to warm up your shoulder joints before working out so you can avoid injuring them. Read More

This Month In Nutrition

The Benefits of Growing Kale at Home

Kale is a popular superfood due to its richness in healthy fiber, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. It is low in calories and free from unhealthy fat, so it is a great source of healthy nutrition for the body. Studies have even suggested that kale can help lower your LDL cholesterol ... Read More

The Dangers of Mass Produced Meat

In an effort for meat companies to reduce overhead and increase profits, they have developed large-scale animal farm factories that now make most of the meat that is sold in the U.S. today. These concentrated animal feeding operations have resulted in repercussions such as an increase in antibiotic-resistant diseases and ... Read More

This Month In Health

How to Avoid Burnout

While people often begin their promising careers with high hopes and dreams, the truth is that burnout is a problem that will eventually arise. In fact, over 50% of doctors experience both emotional and physical exhaustion, lose their perspective, experience depression, and a lose the connection they once had to ... Read More

The Link Between Chocolate and Heart Health

Of course everyone loves to eat chocolate because it is delicious, but did you know that is has many health benefits as well? It can increase your energy and libido level and has also helped cases of diarrhea, syphilis, migraines, and even cancer. Read More

This Month In Lifestyle

The Benefits of Family Meals

Setting aside the time to sit down and eat family meals is an easy and effective way to improve your family's bond and your quality of life. While many people likely believe that sitting down to family meals is a thing of the past, a recent poll shows that 53% ... Read More

How to Stop Mindless Snacking

Have you ever started to eat a snack with good intentions, only to wonder fifteen minutes later where the whole bag went? If you allow your mind to wander off while you are snacking, you may lose track of what you were doing. Read More

How to Improve Your Public Speaking

When people go to see a public speaker, they actually do not expect much. If they are presented with an entertaining and enjoyable talk, it is an unexpected delight. Knowing this is actually advantageous to people who engage in public speaking events because they are then aware that the bar ... Read More