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Oh your aching feet – Are your shoes putting your health at risk?

Whether inspired by fashion sense or driven by the impulse to ensure your feet stay one-step ahead of the latest fashion trends, women stock their closets with an ample array of trendy shoes.  From classic stilettos to strappy sandals, we shop painfully for the perfect accoutrement to a new suit, or accessory for a dress worn on a special evening out. 

Five-Minute Cooking Feasts

“Five course meals are a weekend treat” says Sally Kramer, an Atlanta-area mom of five. She puts together favorites meals in 5-10 minutes max by keeping crisp salad fixings, wraps, grains, fresh herbs, pastas, and tangy sauces on hand. Read on to see how you can trade hours of cooking into five-minute cooking feasts.

The Brain’s Response to Smell (part 2) Essential Bathing for Stress & Insomnia

6 Stress-Relieving Essential Oils. The best essential oils for stress are chamomile, geranium, lavender, marjoram and rose. “If you’re feeling overwhelmed, these pure oils diluted into bath salts, honey or high fat content milk for bathing, may help zap away heavy loads:”

The Brain’s Response to Smell (part 1) Essential Bathing for Stress & Insomnia

Does stress keep you up at night? You’re not the only one. In fact, according to the Better Sleep Council (BSC), “65% of American’s are losing sleep due to stress, 16% of Americans experience stress-induced insomnia and 26% of women report trouble sleeping at least once a week compared to only 16% of men.”

Alcohol impairs recovery from illness

According to researches from the University of Massachusetts Medical School that collected blood from volunteers to study how drinking alcohol affects monocytes, the white blood cells that are part of the immune system, made an unwelcome discovery. 

Healthy Seeds: Chia

Revered by the early Aztec and Mayan cultures, chia seeds are a superfood packed with fiber, protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and antioxidants. In pre-Columbian times Chia seeds were a main component of the Aztec and Mayan diets and were the basic survival ration of Aztec warriors.

Beat the blues with banana

Who knew there are so many advantages to bananas? Very healthy and important to our daily diet, bananas can even make you feel better. Banana health benefits are comparable to any other type of fruit. In fact, bananas have several positive benefits that many other fruits do not have.

You take care of your “inner” beauty while we take care of the “outer”…

The battle against age-old problems like sagging skin or wrinkles is no longer a problem but a matter of approach. Getting Botox and Wrinkle Fillers has never been as easy as it is today. But if your life is a bit more “organic” and natural beauty is what you appreciate then here is our suggestion, on upkeeping your sensational-looking skin.

15 Snack Ideas To Satisfy Your Cravings Without Guilt – part 1

Stores are full of new products advertised as “Healthy Snacks”. But not necessarily all the products labeled as Healthy Snacks are all that healthy. Here at Wellness we have taken on the challenge to select, taste, compare and provide you with the answers as to which Healthy Snack is worth your Healthy Snacking. 

Fish Oil May Reduce the Risk for Colorectal Cancer

A colonoscopy-based case-control study that included 3,166 polyp-free control subjects, 1,597 adenomatous polyp cases, and 544 hyperplastic polyp cases revealed that dietary omega-3 fatty acid (typically found in fish) intake reduced production of prostaglandin E2 (an inflammatory agent) production. Higher intake Omega-3...