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Healthy lifestyle helps cancer warrior to triumph over disease

“I am cancer-free! Tears of joy!” Dina Zulueta, a wife, mother, yoga teacher, mindfulness meditation teacher, and prime mover of the Save the Trees Coalition based in Pampanga, shared her message of joy with matching happy and crying emojis on Wednesday, March 15, after receiving positive results from her positron emission tomography (PET) scan. It marked the second time she overcame a life-threatening medical situation posed by cancer. Dina’s first bout occurred in 2000 when she had been diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma. Her youngest daughter was just 10 months old at the time, and her initial response was, “Hindi…
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10 Minute Meditation For Instant Relaxation

Are you feeling stressed? Are you facing a difficult time at work or at home? Is your mind constantly thinking negative or multiple thoughts at once? Have you heard of meditation but haven’t tried it yet, or aren’t sure how to get started? This 10 minute meditation can clear your mind, reduce stress and help you feel more in control – and you don’t have to be alone at home to try it! You will really only need the ability to focus on the present moment, noticing when you are distracted by other thoughts. Meditation using sound One of the…
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Life Time Bringing Its Luxury Living Residences to Burlington, Mass. This Spring

Published: Mar. 22, 2023 at 1:33 PM CDT Five-story Life Time Living complex comes together with adjacent Life Time Burlington Athletic Country Club to create a village embracing the Company’s ethos for healthy living CHANHASSEN, Minn., March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Life Time (NYSE:LTH), the nation’s premiere healthy lifestyle brand, is bringing its one-of-a-kind Life Time Living experience to Burlington, Mass. with the debut of luxury-for-lease residences, which are set to open in Summer 2023. Located at 20 Fourth Avenue, construction is underway on the five-story, 167-unit development that will share a campus with the existing Life Time Burlington athletic…
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Scheurer Hospital teaches students to live healthy lives

Scheurer Health is making its way to classrooms across the Upper Thumb to help fight childhood obesity. Through games and activities, Scheurer staff members are teaching first-, third- and fifth-graders how to take better care of themselves. “The kids really love it when we come in, and they get super excited because it helps break up their day,” said Scheurer Health and Wellness Advocate Ben Zaleski, who recently taught an eight-week class at Owendale-Gagetown Area Schools. Zaleski and his colleagues teach a “5210” program, which stands for the amount of time people should spend doing certain activities. According to this…
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What are the secrets to a long, healthy life? — Extension and Ag Research News

I was thinking about longevity the other day. Who doesn’t want a long, healthy life? As I sipped my coffee at church, I was thinking about a research project we are launching at North Dakota State University. I have included the online survey link with this column. My 90-plus-year-old church coffee buddy stopped by and joined us at our table. She usually comments on my column of the week. She inspires me. She lives on her own, drives herself to church and is always dressed stylishly. She’s very witty too. “How do you come up with new ideas for your…
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Eating Chili Peppers May Help You Live Longer—and 8 More Health Perks of This Spicy Superfood

Love a good, fiery chili pepper? Nutritionists explain all the reasons they love you back. Mirrorimage-NL/Getty Images For some people, spicy food is a way of life, with every culinary experience aimed at finding the most delicious, fiery foods. Most cultural cuisines offer at least one dish or condiment that will make a bead of sweat drop from your forehead with every bite, many of them thanks to the use of spicy chili peppers—whether it’s North African harissa, Mexican salsa, or Korean gochujang. We know that it’s delicious, but is spicy food good for you? Without giving too much away,…
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How Can We Stop Overthinking?

How many evenings have seemed endless due to the constant over-analyzing we do in our minds? If you belong to the category of “overthinkers”, you understand exactly what we mean. A simple and innocent thought can very easily become inflated and end up being a torture of our psychology. Most problems are created by ourselves in the first place, due to the fact that we often allow them to creep into us, focusing on the worst case scenario and not on their solution. This is how a person who analyzes everything functions. Except that in this case even an insignificant…
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8 Scientific Benefits, According to New Research

Share on PinterestRecent research provides growing evidence that the Mediterranean diet can improve key aspects of health and increase longevity. FreshSplash/Getty Images The Mediterranean diet has been named the top diet by US News & World Report for six consecutive years. Experts say the diet, which prioritizes produce, lean or plant-based proteins, and healthy fats, deserves praise. A growing body of evidence suggests that the diet has a large number of potential health benefits. The Mediterranean diet has been named No. 1 on the US News & World Report’s Best Diets for the last six years and health experts say…