Candace Nelson
In the mountains or water debate, Candace Nelson, MS, CN chooses water every time. She is a licensed nutritionist and loves taking any fitness class that makes her forget she's working out. Read more at candacenelson.net
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Healthy Eating
Healthy Meal Formulas That Waste Less Food
The stats about wasted food are overwhelming. Americans waste 72 billion pounds of food. Much of it isn’t composted, making over 20 percent of the landfill food. Of course, unused food also wastes resources like water to grow. So, there’s room to do better. Luckily, there are plenty healthy meal formulas you can make with […]
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Workouts
Add Some Physical Activity to Your Work Day
The average person spends 8.4 waking hours engaging in sedentary behaviors, like sitting at a desk or in a car and performing seated office work. Do what you can to avoid sitting in the same position for hours at a time. As we continue to hunker down at home, it might feel like you’re moving […]
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Self Care
Create a Nurturing Home Environment This Winter
If you haven’t already packed away your string of lights, you might consider using them to add some light to the dark month of January. Did you know that while we’re gaining minutes of sun, twilight is shorter. That’s why it’s not feeling any lighter–yet. Since long evenings on the deck are still a few […]
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Running
Training for a 5K? Easy Does It
A lot of us put fitness on hold as we stayed #safeathome. If you’re ready to get back out there or get started training for a charity walk or run, Jeremy Yuen, running specialist and doctor of physical therapy at Core Physical Therapy, has tips for hitting the pavement or treadmill. “This is actually a […]
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Healthy Eating
5 Diets That Let You Eat What You Like
Editor’s note: If the pandemic or other life events have you feeling overwhelmed or stressed, now might not be the time to make sweeping dietary changes. Others might find that more time at home is ideal for establishing healthy habits. Please take care of yourself and do what feels right to you. Fad diets lead […]
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Healthy Eating
25 Little Ways to Eat Healthier
I wish I could tell you that if you just drank 6 ounces of a supplement every day, you’d be at your goal weight, immune to infections, and feel energized. Unfortunately, that magical cure hasn’t been discovered yet. The closest thing we have is the dreaded advice to eat healthy foods and get some exercise […]