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I. What Is Forskolin? Forskolin has been around for thousands of years and was discovered through the the Ayurvedic healing tradition1. It has long been used to treat various ailments ranging from nervous, endocrine, cardiac, renal, skin, gastrointestinal, to lung system disorders. Its most widespread use though is with the treatment of digestive, skin, immune, […]
Just 15 years ago, the idea of becoming “gluten-free” was a foreign concept for most people. Gluten is a protein that is found in most grains, including wheat, barley, and rye. You can simply think of it as the elastic that holds your bread together, allows it to rise, and keeps it from crumbling the […]
How the Slimfy System Helps People Lose Weight Losing weight isn’t always easy to do and sometimes you may need a boost to help you accomplish your weight loss goals. Weight loss supplements may have varying results, working for some people, but not for others. With a new approach to weight loss, Slimfy can help […]
Approximately 40% of Americans don’t get an adequate night’s sleep on work days. Getting too few hours of sleep is not only detrimental to your impending Monday morning, but also carries negative long-term effects. Some of these include hampering weight-loss efforts, increasing your risk of heart disease, increasing your chance of depression, and hindering your memory-making […]
Scheduling time for yourself is one way to love yourself and to honor yourself. Being a little bit selfish with your time is okay and essential to nurturing our hearts and keeping our minds sane. Most of the time when we embark on a fitness journey, it’s for the reason of wanting to lose weight […]
We all lead incredibly busy lives. Whether you need to get to your next class, catch a bus back home, or pick up your kids from piano lessons, it’s difficult to find time to schedule in gym time for yourself. However, those of you who manage to do that know that you can’t dilly dally […]
Sugar is ubiquitous in a majority of the foods we eat. It’s sneaky, hiding in unsuspecting places like your pasta sauce, your condiments, and the dressing for your salad. In recent years, Americans have started relying more and more on “low fat” foods. These foods, in an effort to keep the taste palatable, are loaded […]
“Criticism is something you can avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” -Aristotle Too often, we come home from our long days of school, work, and taking care of our loved ones and collapse into a heaping mass of exhaustion. However, sometimes this exhaustion is manifested mentally, as opposed to physically. You’re […]
Happiness is something that many of us spend our entire lifetimes chasing. It’s critical to leading a fulfilled and joyful life, and helps improve our immune systems, as well as our day to day interactions with the people in our lives. It’s hard to describe what it feels like without using the actual word itself, […]
“Couples who sweat together, stay together”. If both you and your significant other or spouse are looking to be healthier, or just maintain an active lifestyle, what better way to knock two birds out with one stone than to incorporate something active into your date nights? Exercising can have both a physical and an emotional […]