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Hollygrove + Eat Fit Dinner, Thursday, January 18th
Pictured: WWL Reporter April Dupre, Eat Fit Dietician Laurn Hulin, and Mackie Eat Fit NOLA Dietitian, Lauren...
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Developing Upper Body Postural Control
Developing Upper Body Postural Control to reduce posterior shoulder weakness and eliminate rounded shoulders, thereby giving you...
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Research Indicates That Cranberries Reduce Urinary Tract Infection Recurrence in Healthy Women
An online article – Cranberry Reduces the Risk of Urinary Tract Infection Recurrence in Otherwise Healthy Women:...
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The Power of Avocados to Increase Cognitive Health
In the September online issue of the open access journal Nutrients, researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA...
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Top 5 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease
According to Heart.org (The American Heart Association), “Extensive research has identified factors that increase a person’s risk...
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Top 5 Ways to Improve Mental Focus with Age
According to The Aging Mind: Opportunities in Cognitive Research by the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on...
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Mackie’s Top 5 Ways to Burn More Calories at Work
In the August issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, researchers from Finland comment that,...
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Fitness in Small Spaces: Toning Abs & Butt
For the last five months, I been overseeing a medically-based performance and wellness enhancement program for a...
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Top 5 Foods to Reduce Age-Related Inflammation
According to the Journal of Gerontology (May 2014), “A pervasive feature of aging tissues and most if...
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Mackie’s Top 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Immune System
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.gov), “While seasonal influenza (flu) viruses can be...
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Mackie’s Top 5 Foods to Reduce Your Cancer Risk
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov), “The U.S. states are divided into groups...
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Mackie’s Top 5 Ways to Reduce Risk of High Blood Pressure
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), “Blood pressure is the force of blood against the...
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Mackie’s Top 5 Ways to Rev Up Your Metabolism
According to Mayoclinic.org, “Metabolism is the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink...
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Top Paths to Weight Loss After 40
It’s certainly no secret that for many people losing weight as they age – especially over 40—seems...
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Mackie’s Top Ways to Control Stress Eating
Physiologic huger is a balancing act between the hormone leptin – produced primarily by visceral adipose (fat)...
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Controversy Over Non-Nutritive Sweeteners (NNS) Continues to Build
A study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on July 17th, as referenced on Medscape.com, noted that,...
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Top 5 Foods to Improve Your Mood
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “Mood disorders represent a category of mental disorders in...
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Mackie’s Top 5 Ways to Improve Your Cholesterol Level
According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – part of the National Institutes of Health...
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Mackie’s Weight-Loss Quiz
1. When losing weight, should you get on the scale often? Answer: True. People, who weigh themselves...
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The Method of Morten: Andersen’s innovations created the template for today’s kickers | Saints | theadvocate.com
When the New Orleans Saints plucked Morten Andersen in the fourth round of the 1982 NFL draft,...
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Exercise Reduces Non-Communicable Disease Risk
The Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health says that, “a non-communicable disease (NCD) is a medical...
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Coffee May Be A Lifesaver
On July 10th Medscape.com reported in a story – “Higher Coffee Intake Tied to Lower Mortality” –...
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Healthy Ways Lower Triglycerides
According to Mayoclinic.org. “triglycerides are a type of fat (lipid) found in your blood. When you eat,...
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Too Much Red Meat Consumption May Increase Disease Risk
According to a study published on May 9th in the British Medical Journal, which was chronicled on...
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Chocolate May Reduce Atrial Fibrillation Risk
In May, WebMD reported on a Danish study (British Medical Journal: Heart) of 55,000 people that found that...
