Tips and Tools to Bring HealthCorps to You
Welcome to our Healthy Topics Blog. This is where HealthCorps fans can get the inside scoop on healthy eating, lifestyle tips and what’s happening on the frontlines of HealthCorps. If you like something, leave a comment! We’d love to know what’s on your mind.
The Real Meaning of Food Labels – Read for Your Health
June 18, 2013
Recent dietary recommendations include cutting the beef in your diet and only consuming red meat a couple times a week, if that much. Certainly the cuts of meat you choose should ...
Count Calories Clearly
June 17, 2013
Are you sure you know the number of calories you’re eating and using each day? Having an accurate understanding of your calorie balance will help you lose or maintain weight and ...
It’s Friday Fitness!
June 14, 2013
Quick News Flash: The web site http://www.athleteinme.com offers an exercise converter app that tells you, when you eat a food, how many minutes of exercise is required to burn off the ...
HealthCorps Ambassador, Chef Rocco DiSpirito: Now Eat This!
June 13, 2013
Rocco DiSpirito is a best-selling author of the “Now Eat This!” series, celebrity chef, and owner of the Now Eat This Truck! in New York City, host of syndicated series Now ...
Can food make those allergies even worse?
June 12, 2013
Allergy season is now full throttle. Doctors now know that if you are allergic to specific types of pollen, then eating certain foods can make the allergy even worse.
Here are some ...
Eggs-acting Details about an Egg-cellent source of Protein
June 11, 2013
It’s called the incredible, edible egg, and it’s a good source of healthy protein, but what do all the letters and other nutrition terms mean on that carton of eggs that ...
Makeover Your Meal Experience
June 10, 2013
Often, mealtimes are anything but relaxing; the chaos of everyday life leaves hardly any time to enjoy dinner! However, studies show that a relaxing dinner experience is beneficial to everyone, whether ...
Well and Good Fundraiser Links One Medical and Mercedes Club to Benefit HealthCorps
June 6, 2013
Despite the threat of rain all day, the skies cleared at about 5 pm on Wednesday evening, May 22, as fitness buffs showed up for a special fundraiser at the Mercedes ...
Take Charge! Get the Most out of Your Doctor Visit
June 5, 2013
One of the ways to be involved in your healthcare is to maximize your visits to the doctor, whether they are yearly checkups, follow up visits to treat a condition, or ...
June Health Observances
June 4, 2013
Cataract Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
www.preventblindness.org
Men's Health Month
Men's Health Network
P.O. Box 75972
Washington, DC 20013
(202) 543-6461 x101
(202) 543-2727 Fax
info@menshealthweek.org
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Aphasia Association
350 Seventh ...
Count Calories Clearly
June 3, 2013
Are you sure you know the number of calories you’re eating and using each day? Having an accurate understanding of your calorie balance will help you lose or maintain weight and ...
Kashi Partners with HealthCorps – A “Click and View” Raises Awareness and Donates!
June 3, 2013
Have you ever thought about the concept of “real food deficit?” It’s the gap between what we think a healthy community should be and the harsh reality that most communities face. ...
Banish “Back of the Arm” Flab
May 31, 2013
Part of the key to having a toned body is eating a balanced diet that has the right number of daily calories and exercising. If you want muscular definition, then you ...
Stockton and Fresno Schools Rool Into Spring With H2H Events
May 30, 2013
The Franklin High School, Stockton CA, Highway to Health event proved that a Spring Roll may be the key to luring lots of folks to a community health event! The recipe, ...
Study Says U.S. South is not the Heaviest – Just Honest
May 29, 2013
A recent study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows that, contrary to other surveys and studies, the southern part of the United States is not the region with the ...
Green Tea – Have a Cup (or a few) for Good Health
May 28, 2013
A recent study published in the American Heart Association journal, Stroke, suggests that green tea can help to cut the risk of a stroke. The more green tea consumed by the ...
Go for New Goals
May 27, 2013
To achieve long-term goals, you must also have short-term goals: steps in your health journey that will lead to success. Each time you reach a milestone, set another to strive for.
These ...
Outdoor Exercise Beats Boredom
May 24, 2013
If you love working out in the gym, then keep it up. But one of the reasons people abandon indoor activity is because it gets stale or boring. So taking your ...
H2H Event Beams Ray of Light On Overcast Day At South Street Seaport, NYC
May 23, 2013
Yes it was raining and a bit cool for a mid-May day in New York City, but the Highway to Health Festival at South Street Seaport /Pier 17 went on as ...
Why does my nose run when I exercise?
May 22, 2013
It’s called runner’s rhinitis and it’s a common malady for exercisers, particularly those who run outdoors. When you engage in cardiovascular exercise, you typically begin to breathe faster and take in ...
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