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Fitness Tip: Flavor for Fitness – Eating food that has no flavor makes it very easy to fall off your healthy meal plan. Food doesn’t have to be fattening and bad for you to taste good, so spice it up. Here are some great flavoring alternatives that don’t add bad calories to your healthy meal plan when used with moderation.
a. Mustard
b. Salsa
c. Flavored Vinegars – Balsamic, Raspberry, Red wine, etc
d. Teriyaki or Low Sodium Soy Sauce
e. Any type of your favorite hot sauce
f. Herbs – Basil, Dill, Tarragon, Rosemary, etc.
g. Spices – Cinnamon, Cloves, Curry Powder, etc.
h. Citrus Juices – Lemon, Lime and Orange both juice and Zest
i. Low and No Salt Seasonings – Like Mrs. Dash, etc.

Fitness Tip: Flax Seed Fitness - A great way to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system is by adding flaxseed to your healthy meal plan. Flaxseed contains what is called alpha-linolenic acid which is a fatty acid essential in controlling blood pressure. They have a benefit of helping with digestion; just make sure the flaxseed is crushed for easier consumption and absorption.

Exercise of the day: Ball Waist Rotation Stretch – The Ball Waist Rotation Stretch will help you tone and tighten your oblique abdominal region with the support of your fitness ball.
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Fitness Tip: Go Nuts About Nuts - If you are like most people, you probably love nuts. Recent medical research suggests that Almonds, especially raw and skin on in their most natural state, not only make a nutritious snack, but can also help support a healthy heart by reducing the risk of heart attacks by up to 50%. Just remember though that all nuts are very nutrient dense in calories, so a handful at a time PLEASE!

Exercise of the day: Ball Rise and Shine Intermediate – The Ball Rise and Shine Intermediate is another great challenging lower back exercise movement that will develop your core region with the help of your exercise ball.
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Fitness Tip: Heart Smart Training - Like the ever-mounting hits on tobacco, on the flip side, its nemesis, exercise, continues to attract a growing crowd. Reports by the American Heart Association and others in Club Business International suggest that heart attack patients who exercise regularly had a 40 percent lower risk of death as well as a 50 percent reduction in succumbing to cardiovascular disease after five years as compared to those who didn’t exercise.

Exercise of the day: Ball Band Thigh Blaster - The Ball Band Thigh Blaster is the ultimate quad workout with the use of your fitness bands and exercise ball.

Fitness Tip: Don’t Give it All Back while Away – That vacation you’ve been planning or the business trip you can’t get out of can sometimes have a negative effect on diet and your fitness routine. In fact, sometimes it takes several days or a week to get back into the normal routine and feel like your self again. Although you’re away from home and it’s more difficult to follow your normal routine, you still shouldn’t go all out and blow all the progress you’ve made. Try to get a little exercise everyday and limit the high fat and high calorie foods.