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Eating These Foods Improves Your Outlook

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If you’ve been reading Health Watch, you know it’s not exactly a secret… Eating the right fruits and vegetables is one of the easiest—and most effective—ways to protect your health. We’ve told you before that adding more of them to your diet could be the key to adding healthy years to your life.1 Now a new study reveals more surprising benefits to eating these foods.… Read More

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Five Ways Sugar Sabotages Your Health

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You know how dangerous sugar is. It doesn’t help matters that eating sugar is physically addicting. But the damage goes beyond weight gain and cavities. Those are just the beginning. The truth is it can lead to some serious—even deadly—conditions.

Here are five little-known ways sugar sabotages your health:

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Five Shunned Foods You SHOULD be Eating

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You already know about the most dangerous meals you can order at a restaurant… But there are some foods out there that get an undeserved bad rap. They’re delicious, satisfying, and—most important—good for you. The problem isn’t, a lot of people aren’t getting them in the right form. They may even be avoiding these foods completely.

Here are the top five shunned foods that you SHOULD be eating.… Read More

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The Five Unhealthiest Meals You’ll Find in ANY Restaurant

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It’s nice to have a night off from cooking every now and then. And going out to a restaurant to celebrate a special occasion can be fun. But eating out may be doing way more harm than you think…especially if you’re ordering one of these monstrous meals.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) recently revealed their “Xtreme Eating Awards” for 2014.… Read More

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The Real Reason You Can’t Lose Weight

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, General Health, Weight Loss

Health Watch readers know the importance of a good night’s sleep. It’s one of the easiest ways to support—even boost—your overall health.

Even one night of interrupted sleep can throw you off the next day… But it may be doing more harm than that. Over time, poor sleep might even cause your brain to shrink. That’s just if you’re not sleeping through the night.… Read More