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Why breakfast is an important part of healthy eating | Gustafson
For the longest time, nutrition experts have emphasized the importance of eating breakfast. But while numerous studies have…
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Older adults more vulnerable to effects of bad relationships | Gustafson
Being in a relationship that has soured or become dysfunctional is stressful and can take a serious toll…
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Eating right for healthy skin | Gustafson
Beauty may only be skin deep, as the 1966 hit song by The Temptations famously reminds us, but…
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The true causes of obesity remain elusive | Gustafson
Despite of modest gains in the fight against the obesity epidemic in recent years, health experts still don’t…
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Just the right amount of stress | Gustafson
Being regularly overworked and stressed out likely leads to health problems long-term, but feeling bored or having too…
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How dietary needs change with age | Gustafson
Healthy aging entails multiple aspects, among them eating right, exercising regularly, and preventing mental decline. Achieving some of…
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Extreme longevity – progress or worrisome prospect? | Gustafson
Alexander Imich is officially the oldest man alive. A few weeks ago he turned 111, still living independently…
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Baby Boomers could be healthiest generation ever, if only … | Gustafson
Older Americans have a much better chance to enjoy many more years of good health and vitality than…
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Food poisoning most often from restaurant visits, study finds | Gustafson
Americans love to eat out, preferably several times a week, according to the Nation’s Restaurant News, a publication…
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The right diet | Gustafson
When people hear the word “diet,” most think of calorie restriction, deprivation, making up for past indulgences, and…
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Bottling up negative emotions can be just as harmful as acting on them | Gustafson
Having been born and raised in England, I am intimately familiar with the habit of keeping a “stiff…
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Eat less, live longer? | Gustafson
Finding ways to extend the human lifespan by observing certain diet and lifestyle regimens has been a centuries-old…
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And you thought you were eating right already | Gustafson
Most of us already knew about the importance of eating more fruit and vegetables to stay healthy and…
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Keeping consumers guessing about healthy eating | Gustafson
Although there is certainly no shortage of nutritional advice today, most consumers remain painfully confused about the quality…
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Is the public not confused enough yet? | Gustafson
It was the kind of report news outlets pounce on because it apparently offers one of those ‘gotcha’…
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Those pesky wrinkles, inevitable or cause for concern? | Gustafson
The skin is the body’s largest organ, and because it is the most visible, it usually gets the…
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Great plans for retirement, but how much will materialize? | Gustafson
In the 2002 movie, “About Schmidt,” a recently retired insurance agent (portrayed by Jack Nicholson) goes on a…
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Is it me or is it just SAD? | Gustafson
I’m generally an upbeat person, not given to bouts of sadness or melancholy, and, luckily, I’ve never suffered…
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Education, the best protection against obesity and related diseases | Gustafson
With growing wealth in many developing countries around the world, diet and lifestyle changes are showing dramatic increases…
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For better or worse, relationships have enormous effects on health | Gustafson
Loving relationships can produce countless benefits in terms of both mental and physical well-being. Unfortunately, a successful marriage…