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Bird’s Nest Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Celebrate Easter with these festive Bird’s Nest Carrot Cake Cupcakes that are super moist, naturally sweetened with maple syrup and applesauce, all topped with a cream cheese frosting, toasted coconut and chocolate candies! Easter is right around the corner and these carrot cake cupcakes make the perfect festive treat! The cutest little desserts that are not only delicious, but make such a great addition to your holiday table. These carrot cake cupcakes are made healthier with whole wheat pastry flour, shredded carrots, coconut oil in place of butter and naturally sweetened with maple syrup and applesauce. The cupcakes are topped…
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Replace these 6 things in your kitchen for a healthy lifestyle

Our kitchens are stocked with both nutritious and healthy food items. Even though unhealthy food items might be a part of our day-to-day life, it is better to cut them off for an overall healthy lifestyle. Initially started with small changes, following healthy habits can help us achieve our desired health and fitness goals efficiently. As such, dietitian Manpreet suggested replacing a few food items from our kitchens with healthier alternatives. Processed vegetable oil with cold-pressed virgin oils Processed vegetable oil, commonly used in our kitchen, is laden with chemicals and is high in polyunsaturated fats. Consumption of vegetable oil…
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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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Life Time Bringing Its Luxury Living Residences to Burlington, Mass. This Spring

Published: Mar. 22, 2023 at 1:33 PM CDT|Updated: 8 hours ago 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…
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Halloween Charcuterie Board – Eat Yourself Skinny

Build the spookiest Halloween Charcuterie Board perfect for your next party! Filled with an assortment of your favorite cheeses, meats, crackers, fresh fruits, nuts and other fun ghoulish treats! Oh how I love this time of year and I had so much fun making this festive Halloween charcuterie board! Whether you are throwing a party or just entertaining a small gathering at home, this spooky spread is sure to be a hit with everyone! A delicious sweet and savory combo of your favorite cheeses, meats, crackers, fresh fruit, nuts and other fun additions. Add spooky decorations and you have the…
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Healthy food on delivery in Delta

LITTLE ROCK — The nonprofit Well Fed and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) East Regional Campus in Helena-West Helena are partnering to combat nutritional insecurity through a food prescription program and research study called Good Food Rx. The initiative, which serves patients at the UAMS Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena, takes a holistic approach to diet-intervention practices, empowering people to improve their health by consuming the right kinds of healthy foods. Patients with diet-related conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity will be given “prescriptions” for healthier, nutritious dietary options tailored to…
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Senior pastor Ivy Butler mentors with power

Editor’s note: For five weeks, we are profiling two women each week who are making a difference in the South Bend region. Whether they are already in the spotlight or escaping much public attention for their efforts, these women are putting in the work to make their neighbors’ lives better. Check them out every Wednesday and Friday through Aug. 4. MISHAWAKA — When her husband, Bishop Rico Butler, died unexpectedly at age 44, Ivy Butler continued to lead the flock that he’d gathered almost 16 years earlier, with some members having left the grips of addiction. Ten years later, Ivy…
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As the planet warms, scientists worry that cases of infectious diseases could spike | WFRV Local 5

NEW YORK (AP) — People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress. Across the planet, animals — and the diseases they carry — are shifting to accommodate a globe on the fritz. And they’re not alone: ​​Ticks, mosquitoes, bacteria, algae, even fungi are on the move, shifting or expanding their historical ranges to adapt to climatic conditions that are evolving at an unprecedented pace. These changes are not happening in a vacuum. Deforestation, mining, agriculture, and urban sprawl are taking bites out of the…