With the rise of the gig economy, major technological advancements, and more people starting their own businesses or working as freelancers than ever before, it’s safe to say that we’re living in the age of the entrepreneur. But many running scalable businesses need help to balance their professional and personal lives while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. What is the best way to strike a balance? Planning and preparing, and this goes beyond the usual end-of-week check-in—from organizing your errands around a workout or class to optimize your schedule to prepping your weekly meals in advance.
For the busy bodies of…
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11 Tips for Better Digestive Health
5. Incorporate probiotics — and prebiotics — into your diet. Probiotics are the same kind of healthy bacteria and yeasts naturally present in your digestive tract. “They help keep the body healthy by combating the effects of a poor diet, antibiotics and stress,” says Adams. In addition, probiotics can enhance nutrient absorption, may help break down lactose, strengthen your immune system, and possibly even help treat IBS, notes Harvard Health Publishing. Adams recommends that people eat good sources of probiotics, such as low-fat yogurt or kefir, on a daily basis.
In addition to probiotics, prebiotics can help your digestion as…
5 Easy Habits for a Healthy & Happy Lifestyle
Everyone wants to live a happy and healthy life. However, juggling work, family, and responsibilities can make it hard to achieve that goal. In trying to do the best in every aspect of our lives, we end up sacrificing our health, whether mentally or physically, and sometimes we do it for things that are not really necessary. With the fast pace of life, our habits are becoming worse as time passes by; and in our minds, it seems like the road to being healthy is full of obstacles and challenges.
The start of a healthier lifestyle doesn’t require much…
UVA researchers want to help you live a longer, higher quality life
As more people live longer, University of Virginia scientists wonder how society will come to grips with longer, more complicated lives.
University of Virginia researchers have joined a growing chorus of scientists looking for ways to slow or even reverse the aging process. However, as more people live longer, university scientists wonder how society will come to grips with longer, more complicated lives.
Research published by biologist Eyleen O’Rourke and 10 colleagues across the schools of medicine and the biology department suggested a way to extend healthy life in groups of yeast and roundworms. A process that they said could…
Participating in Activities You Enjoy As You Age
There are many things you can do to help boost your health as you age, including making healthy food choices and not smoking. But did you know that participating in social and other activities you enjoy can also help support healthy aging?
As you grow older, you may find yourself spending more time at home alone. Being lonely or socially isolated is not good for your overall health. For example, it can increase feelings of depression or anxiety, which can have a negative impact on many other aspects of your health. If you find yourself spending a lot of time…
Who Kidnapped Days of Our Lives’ Kate On the Fishing Boat?
Well, our Kate questions have finally been answered on Days of Our Lives! ok, some of our questions have been answered. We know, as of the big Friday cliffhanger that Kate is most definitely alive and back on a boat, chopping fish — the same place she was 27 years ago when Lauren Koslow first debuted in the role.
Kate had been missing for a year at the time after her plane went down, and the story heralded the switch from Kate’s original portrayer, Deborah Adair to Lauren Koslow. This time, we didn’t have to wait a year to find…