If you’ve heard it once you’ve heard it a thousand times: Smoking cigarettes is extremely detrimental to your health. From respiratory to circulatory to immune to reproductive, every system in your body is damaged by the harmful chemicals in tobacco.

However, the fact that cigarettes are hurting your body shouldn’t deter you from taking good care of yourself. In fact, incorporating healthy habits into your lifestyle, like good diet and exercise, can help balance out the destruction caused by smoking.  [Read more…]

Are you getting enough variety in your current diet?  Our bodies are designed to thrive with a supply of a number of nutrients. Superfoods are foods that contain a goodly amount of nutrients. They’re also probably foods that you don’t consume on a regular basis – if at all. Here’s how to add more superfoods to your daily diet.

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Growing up I remember my mom and my grandmother always reminding me to eat breakfast.  As a parent I make sure that my children eat breakfast every day. When they get up and get ready for school, they also have breakfast before class starts to make sure they get their day off to a good start. On the weekends we try to eat breakfast as a family because during the week mornings are hectic and quick breakfast options are a must.

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