23 Productivity Hacks To Keep You On Track In 2015
These productivity techniques will keep you on track and happy all year long. Get ready to dominate in 2015 with these helpful hacks!
1. Turn Off Alerts
It's terribly tough to get into your Zen zone when your phone is buzzing every few minutes. Depending on how chatty your phone is, you may get notifications for everything from emails to retweets. It's essential you shut these notifications off! Trust me, you'll see efficiency skyrocket once you tell your phone to shut its blabbering mouth.
2. Ignore the News
As I lengthily discussed in an earlier article about productivity, the news can be a tremendous time sink. The ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
3 Ways to Cook Brussels Sprouts
Think you hate Brussels sprouts? 3 healthy recipes that might change your mind. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
55 Tips to Lose Weight for Good
The secret to permanent weight loss can be found in your daily decisions. It's about switching from diets and quick fix solutions to permanent lifestyle change. We all know someone (maybe it's you?) who wants to lose weight but quit after two to four weeks. Results didn't happen fast enough. Or it wasn't any fun. For whatever reason, you gave up. If you want to finally lose weight and keep it off for good, you have to master consistency and small doable changes. Sound cliché? Something you've heard before? Well, then why do so many people have trouble losing weight? I'm not belittling anyone who has headed down thi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eat your Brussel sprouts! The little round superfood has cancer-fighting potential
YOUR Christmas vegetables could be giving you more than you bargained for, as research finds that the famously unpopular Brussel sprout could help prevents cancer (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The 8 Worst Christmas Foods
SPECIAL FROM Grandparents.com
Christmas foods are notorious for adding inches to your waistline. These smart choices will lessen the impact without depriving you of holiday cheer.
Champagne vs. Eggnog
LOSER: Eggnog
4 oz. eggnog: 178 calories, 9.5g fat, 5.6g saturated fat (4.8g protein, 165.2mg calcium)
4 oz. champagne: 78 calories, 0g fat, 0g saturated fat
Even without adding alcohol, traditional eggnog loses this round thanks to its high saturated fat content and dubious ingredient list; high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oil, and carrageenan are among the questionable foods frequently found in supermarket-bought '...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pizza or Brussels sprouts? How we process food choices
Do you lack self-control when it comes to food? If so, maybe you need to slow down a bit. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - December 16, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Kalettes, Broccoflower And Other Eye-Popping Vegetables For 2015
Kale's days as the superfood-du-jour may be numbered. Next up: Kalettes? It's a cross between kale and Brussels sprouts, and it's one of a few bewitching hybrid vegetables that could go big in 2015.» E-Mail This (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - December 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alison Bruzek Source Type: news
Vegetable Compound May Reduce Mesothelioma Treatment Side Effects
For a cancer as rare and difficult to treat as mesothelioma, innovative thinking is vital to making progress that helps survivors live longer and feel healthier.
While experimental therapies for this disease have harnessed genetically modified viruses, leopard frog eggs and laser-activated drugs, innovation doesn’t always come from exotic sources. Sometimes treatment breakthroughs are hiding in plain sight.
Take the veggies on your dinner plate, for example.
A research team has reported an anti-cancer vegetable compound called PEITC could have interesting therapeutic benefits for pleural mesothelioma patients.
The Nat...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - December 9, 2014 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Joey Rosenberg Tags: Treatment & Doctors Source Type: news
How To Have A Paleo Thanksgiving
By Angela Haupt for U.S. News
The pilgrims -- or the cavemen? On Thanksgiving, paleo dieters honor both. That means a holiday feast revolving around meat, fish, poultry, fruits and veggies -- with no refined sugar, dairy, legumes or grains. While that's problematic for Thanksgiving staples like bread stuffing, a few tweaks can save the turkey-filled day. "Almost any traditional Thanksgiving dish can be modified to become paleo," says registered nurse Katy Haldiman, health director of the Paleo Movement Magazine. Here are menu ideas for your paleo Thanksgiving.
Appetizers
Haldiman ticks off protein-heavy appetizer ideas: ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Well: Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Brussels Sprouts Sliders
Every year at Well, we take the turkey off the table and celebrate the delicious non-meat side dishes, appetizers and main courses that make Thanksgiving the best meal of the year. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 11, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: By TARA PARKER-POPE Tags: Thanksgiving Day Vegetarianism Food Recipes Featured Vegetarian Thanksgiving Source Type: news
Well: Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Brussels Sprouts Sliders
Every year at Well, we take the turkey off the table and celebrate the delicious non-meat side dishes, appetizers and main courses that make Thanksgiving the best meal of the year. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By TARA PARKER-POPE Tags: Thanksgiving Day Vegetarianism Food Recipes Featured Vegetarian Thanksgiving Source Type: news
Well: Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Brussels Sprouts Sliders
Every year at Well, we take the turkey off the table and celebrate the delicious non-meat side dishes, appetizers and main courses that make Thanksgiving the best meal of the year. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 11, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: By TARA PARKER-POPE Tags: Thanksgiving Day Vegetarianism Food Recipes Featured Vegetarian Thanksgiving Source Type: news
Broccoli could 'hold the key' for treating autism
Conclusion
This randomised controlled study has found sulforaphane – a chemical found in broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower – may have beneficial effects for some people with ASD.
The study did not test the effect of eating these vegetables themselves – instead, it tested an extract made from broccoli sprouts. It was unclear exactly how many vegetables you would have to eat to achieve the same dose of sulforaphane used in this study.
The main limitation of the study was the small number of selected participants. All participants were male, aged between 13 and 27, predominantly white and had mod...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Mental health Neurology Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Brussels Sprouts, Quinoa Pilaf, and Cauliflower and Broccoli Au Gratin
Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, shares recipes for Thanksgiving side dishes: Brussels sprouts with bacon, quinoa pilaf with cranberries and pecans, and cauliflower and broccoli au gratin. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - August 28, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
