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10 Ways to Start Feeling More Confident About Your Body
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10 Ways to Start Feeling More Confident About Your Body

“Comparison is the thief of joy” is a quote that has most often been attributed to both Christian writer Dwight Edwards and President Theodore Roosevelt. No matter who said it, the statement is true. When you compare yourself to others, it makes you unhappy. It’s tempting to compare ourselves in so many different ways—the shape of…

If You Have One Of These 5 Symptoms, You Might Have Early Heart Disease
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If You Have One Of These 5 Symptoms, You Might Have Early Heart Disease

Preventing heart disease in patients is my main goal, but early detection is the next best thing if you cannot totally block its development. Changes in lifestyle and medical therapies can delay or deny the onset of a heart attack, and almost 80 percent of heart disease is preventable with lifestyle changes. My patients are…

Some All-Too-Common Excuses for Overeating
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Some All-Too-Common Excuses for Overeating

If you’re trying to lose weight, you may be dieting, but hopefully you’re really working on making positive, permanent lifestyle changes. Only lasting changes to your eating and exercise habits yield lasting results. But either way, while you’re dieting or transitioning, you’re bound to suffer some periodic feelings of deprivation. These feelings, as well as…

How Child Sex Trafficking is Big Money in America
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How Child Sex Trafficking is Big Money in America

Child sex trafficking has become big industry across the globe, and in America. World wide, the International Labor Organization estimates that trafficking is now a $150 billion industry. Roughly $99 million of that is from commercial sex trade according to an ILO report, while the remaining $51 billion is from forced labor. Indeed, it has…

A Doctor’s Drug-Free Prescription for Happier Mornings
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A Doctor’s Drug-Free Prescription for Happier Mornings

As seen on NBC News BETTER: If you’re not a morning person, rolling out of bed each day is likely a battle of wills. Your alarm is determined to wake you up, and you’re determined to keep hitting that snooze button. Your daily routine might serve no other purpose than to get you out the…

The Importance of Family Mealtime
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The Importance of Family Mealtime

Two of the best ways to achieve healthier living are through nutrition and bonding with your tribe. Nourishing your body and soul with healthy foods and genuine human connections significantly improves your life. You become happier, healthier, stronger and more fulfilled. You might even live longer. They’re that important! So any opportunity to bring together…

Women: Don’t ignore these 3 subtle heart attack symptoms
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Women: Don’t ignore these 3 subtle heart attack symptoms

Data pulled from WXYZ Heart attacks rank among the leading causes of death in American women and according to the American Heart Association, heart disease in women frequently remains under-diagnosed and under-treated. Although chest pain is the most common symptom associated with a heart attack, women need to pay attention to some lesser-known warning signs…