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  • Healthy Foods for the Holiday Season

    Healthy Foods for the Holiday Season

    by TRENT ROWE, food editor Here’s to Uncle Harry. He’s your mom’s roly-poly brother who always plays Santa because he doesn’t need a pillow for padding. When it comes to dinner his favorite phrase isn’t, “ho ho ho”, but “Please pass the gravy.” It’s too bad too, because Uncle Harry is a really nice guy.…

  • Polk County Initiative Seeking to Instill Healthy Habits in Schools

    Polk County Initiative Seeking to Instill Healthy Habits in Schools

    by CHERYL ROGERS   The Building a Healthier Polk School Health Team is teaching kindergarten through 12th grade students how to live healthier by making wise food choices and staying active.   In an age of video games and fast foods, it’s easy to slip into bad health habits at an early age. But during…

  • Facts and Statistics About Arthritis

    Facts and Statistics About Arthritis

    by ERIKA ALDRICH Florida may not be locked into a deep freeze during the winter months like the majority of the other U.S. states, but The Sunshine State can still experience cold temperatures during the winter months. Those periodic days of cold and freezing weather can spell pain and agony for those suffering from arthritis.…

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  • September STATs

    September STATs

      A Prostate Pick Me Up 60% Percentage decrease in death from prostate cancer in men who drank 6 cups of coffee daily, decaf or regular. Source: 20-year Harvard University Study “While this particular study hasn’t come across my desk, yet, I am aware of a lot of studies in the prevention of prostate cancer.…

  • Healthy Cook: The cure for the common fruit (variety is key)

    Healthy Cook: The cure for the common fruit (variety is key)

    Follow nutrition headlines and it may be tempting to focus on one fruit that’s exciting to health researchers. Unfortunately, the stars of the produce stand can change their rankings as quickly as the front-runners on “American Idol.” One week we’re told to cheer for red grapes; the next it’s cantaloupe. How should a person choose…

  • Don’t look, I’m exercising!

    Don’t look, I’m exercising!

      The Challenge of Going to the Gym for the Body Conscious The locker room isn’t the only scary place in the fitness center. The workout areas present their own challenges for the self-conscious. Just like in the locker room, the fear that others are watching and judging is a very real part of the…

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