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Fitness Tip: Sugar, Sugar, Sugar – Often people think that by drinking fruit juices or eating low fat fruit made snacks that they are cutting out or eliminating sugar in their diets. The facts are that some fruit juices have more sugar than a soda. Reduction of sugar is important for good quality health and [...]

Here’s your grocery shopping cheat-sheet. Take this with you as a reminder of what to buy and what not to buy. Don’t buy food items that: * Are filled with sugar or high fructose corn syrup. * Are highly processed and contain unidentifiable ingredients. * Are full of fat. Do buy: * Whole, fresh fruits [...]

Fitness Tip: Read Labels Carefully – Don’t be fooled by advertising claiming to be high in whole grains or FAT FREE. Get into a good habit of reading labels on the foods you are ready to buy. While they may have messages such as Low Fat or Reduced Calorie written all over them, when you [...]

Fitness Tip: Weight Loss Real Facts – To lose weight you should cut out 500 calories per day. All you have to do is bump up your activity and shave off a few calories. To increase activity every day: jog for 25 minutes (225 cal.), swim for 30 minutes (230 cal.) or bike for 45 [...]

Fitness Tip: Business Travel Training – When traveling out of town, book a hotel with a gym. It’s the next best thing to training at home. And if there’s no gym, make your own! In lieu of a stair stepper, try the stairs! In lieu of a treadmill, try the sidewalk. In strange areas always [...]