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Analyzing Antioxidants
Antioxidants can provide an extra layer of protection for your health Written by Andrew Weil, M.D. Antioxidants are micro-nutrients that protect tissues in the body. They do this by blocking harmful chemical reactions caused by oxidation, which is the destructive effect of oxygen (and other oxidizing agents) on the molecular components of our cells. Just …
Courage: The Forgotten Virtue
Written By Taylor Smith | Healthy-Mag.com The Oxford English Dictionary defines courage as the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc. without fear. When you put it that way, courage is something reserved for epic tales of heroism or selfless acts of sacrifice. Courage is something we often …
Diet Soda Dieting
Brand new study says that diet soda may help with weight loss Written By Karli Moats | Healthy-Mag.com When most people want to shed some pounds they also frequently commit to shedding their diet soda addiction. These artificially sweetened drinks have often been said to increase the desire for sweets and halt the process of …
3 Really Gross Things About Bathrooms
A lot of gross things happen in the bathroom. Hopefully, you clean it, but how clean is it really? By Linsy Hunsaker | Healthy-Mag.com We all know the bathroom is gross, but just how bad is it? Pretty bad, so quit reading if you still want to believe your hand-washing regimen leaves you squeaky clean …
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Our guide to wearing the receding hairline and baldness Written by Healthy Magazine | Healthy-Mag.com Forgive the awful pun, but we couldn’t resist. The old saying goes, “you never know what you had until it’s gone” and it’s never more true than when we’re talking about hair. As younger men, we took our hair for …
Why Sports Matter
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.” -Nelson Mandela Written by Taylor Smith | Healthy-Mag.com A Nelson …
5 Weight Training Tips for New Gym Goers
Written by Zach Gee Weight training is one of the most important types of exercise you can do. Its benefits include increased strength, increased power, increased muscle mass, increased metabolism, increased flexibility, improved posture, improved balance and stability, and decreased chance of injury. With all of these benefits, there is a reason why it is …
The Faults of Fear
You’ve felt it, but can you handle it? Written by Michael Richardson Fear is irrational. Easy to say, yes. But then a spider appears on the wall and you lose it, even though the very un-poisonous spider is about 1/1000 of your size. Fear is a lot of things. For some, fear is fun (think …
Be a Goal Getter
It’s Time to Flip Achieving Goals On its Head Written by Taylor Smith Yep, it’s that time again. New Year’s resolutions, new beginnings, fresh starts, call it what you will. We’re talking about goals and this is time of year when it’s one everyone’s mind the most. Lest I regurgitate the same advice that gets …
Making More of Midlife
Why middle age is not the beginning of the end. Written by Taylor Smith Mid-life crisis is a phrase that tends to get bandied about rather too loosely these days, in my humble estimation, but it’s a phrase that’s evolving. The prevailing opinion forty years ago was that the mid life crisis was the result …
