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The Best and Worst Foods for Better Sleep
By now you probably think you know the rules for getting a good night’s sleep: Turn off the electronics; create a cave-like environment that’s cool and dark; actually go to bed at a respectable hour....
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An Olympic Hopeful Shares Her Top Tips on Fitness, Food, and Finding Your...
Being an athlete, my overall wellness is extremely important. It took me years to actually figure that out, and how to love my body and make it strong. When I found the right motivation, exercise,...
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7 Resolutions You’ll Actually Keep
Have you made your New Year’s resolution yet? Not surprisingly, U.S. News reports that 80 percent of resolutions fail by the second week of February. This year, why not set yourself up for success by...
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7 Hangover Cures Chicago Restaurant Pros Swear By
New Year’s Eve is around the corner, which means it’s high time to gear up for one of the biggest nights of the year. The only problem with an hours-long celebration punctuated by Champagne, confetti,...
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A Quick Guide to Make Your Wellness Resolution Count
Planning a healthy New Year’s resolution? Don’t get caught in the typical mad rush, changing your routine and crash dieting to lose weight, only to find that it’s not working for you. If you want this...
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The Truth About Detox Diets
In an era of health buzzwords, fad diets that slip in and out of the limelight, and so-called superfoods, it becomes increasingly difficult to navigate the minefield of supposed “healthy eating.” One...
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Are Your Mood and Diet Making You Sick? How to Heal Yourself Naturally
Mood swings, pants that no longer button, pain, embarrassing digestive woes, spaciness — while these symptoms may seem like minor disturbances, they can also be your body’s way of telling you that...
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10 Easy Happiness Boosters That Will Bring You Joy
Regularly engaging in stress-reducing mental exercises is like an emotional detox, disrupting habitual negative thought patterns, promoting joy, and enabling the body to thrive. Regardless of your...
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The 8 Best Teas For Your Health
Hot tea gets a month to call its own in January, which is perfect timing given the cold temperatures and snow bomb cyclones. Plus, we’d be shorting hot tea (and your health) by only giving it a day —...
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How to Relax in Chicago This Winter — Locals Share Their Secrets
With the holidays behind us, it’s officially time to take a deep, long breath. To celebrate this blissful season of R&R, we asked local small business owners to share how they slow their roll....
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How to Replace a Harmful Addiction With Healthy New Habits
Have you decided to start the new year by committing to overcome a harmful addiction? One of the greatest challenges faced by those in recovery is dealing with the feelings of deprivation. Suddenly,...
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Could You Be Experiencing Perimenopause? What It Is and 10 Ways to Cope
Every day, women in their forties tell Dr. Lauren Streicher that they aren’t sleeping well, are feeling moodier than usual, and that they, along with their partners, are frustrated by their low libido....
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28 Simple Ways to Improve Your Heart Health
February is American Heart Month, which is an opportune time to show your heart some much-deserved TLC by picking up some healthy new habits. First, though, here’s a primer on why the heart gets a...
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7 Trainer-Approved Workout Tips That Get Your Heart Pumping and Blast Calories
You know squats tone your legs and crunches target your core. But what workouts are best for your heart? The short answer: aerobic exercises, aka cardio. That’s because aerobic exercise can decrease...
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13 Easy Ways to Practice Self-Love Every Day
The phrase self-love often gets mixed up as a synonym for pampering. Don’t get us wrong — mani-pedis, sipping on a glass of wine, and setting aside time for a luxurious soak in a bubble bath are all...
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Would You Have Surgery Awake? Here’s What It’s Like
“There was fun 80s music playing and the doctor and I talked the whole time that he was doing my surgery,” Stephanie Delorm of Vernon Hills says cheerfully about her recent hand surgery. When given the...
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16 Scary Things That Happen to Your Body When You Don’t Get Enough Sleep
When you crawl under the covers and fall asleep at night, your body and brain go to work, essentially running a critical reboot process. Most of the good stuff happens when you’ve reached a deep sleep,...
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Awesome Asparagus Recipes: 5 Easy Ways to Enjoy Spring’s Superfood
Lean, green, and packed with vitamins and minerals, asparagus stands as spring’s most powerful veggie. Low in fat and calories — one cup has less than 30 calories — but high in fiber, asparagus boasts...
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How to Burn More Calories During Your Favorite Workouts
It’s no wonder High-Intensity Interval Training, aka “HIIT,” workouts have become so popular. These workouts alternate intense bursts of heart-pumping exercises with short periods of rest, putting them...
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How Tattoos Give Strength to Breast Cancer Survivors: One Local Mom’s Story
How does one take the physical scars from a double mastectomy and turn them into something beautiful so that they no longer serve as a reminder of the emotional scars? For 37-year-old North Shore mom...
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