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Plant-Based Milk Alternatives

Body, Nutrition

In recent years, milk has come to take on multiple meanings. Made from nuts, seeds and vegetables, plant-based milk alternatives have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years because of their nutritional values and low impact on those with lactose intolerance or digestive disorders.

No matter if you are a vegan, vegetarian or are just experiment with a keto or plant-based lifestyle, plant-based milk is a healthy choice that can easily be made at home in a variety of different flavors. 

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5 Tips to Easily Uphold a Healthy and Balanced Diet

Body, Nutrition

Why is it so important that we stick to a healthy and balanced diet? Has the whole world fallen prey to a marketing fad, or is there something truly beneficial to eating greens, lean proteins, and healthy fats? Without a shred of doubt, it’s the latter.

Eating healthy is the foundation, the pillar of self-care and a thriving, prosperous lifestyle – a lifestyle that will allow you to live out your true potential and become the person you deserve to be.

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5 Signs of High Blood Sugar You Shouldn’t Ignore

Body, Nutrition

High blood sugar is something that occurs when the amount of sugar (also known as glucose) in your blood elevates. Food is the main way we get glucose into our bodies. Almost everything we eat will have some sort of impact on our blood sugar levels. Foods that contains a high amount of sugar or carbohydrates tend to increase blood sugar levels a lot more than food containing more fat and fiber. Our bodies will maintain high blood sugar by releasing insulin from the pancreas. However, some people can develop a resistance to insulin, known as type 2 diabetes, which means you will be at risk of developing a dangerously high blood sugar level. Here are five signs that your blood sugar is starting to get too high.

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Health Goals You Can Actually Stick to in 2019

Body, Movement & Fitness, Nutrition

Goals are a tricky thing. Setting them up is easy, following through is harder, and then actually sticking to them for a long period of time seems almost impossible. We’ll vow to go on a diet and exercise every day, we’ll promise to take much better care of ourselves, and then our initial energy and enthusiasm will quickly wither away after a few weeks or months. 

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5 Healthy Ways to Break a Weight Loss Plateau

Body, Movement & Fitness, Nutrition

First of all, acknowledge that you are beautiful just the way you are and that you shouldn’t pursue a slimmer physique if aesthetics is what you’re concerned with.

Eliminate the toxic beauty standards imposed by the mass media, and strive to make 2019 the year of complete and unadulterated self-love. Does that mean that you shouldn’t try to lose weight? Not necessarily.

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