Tag: Healthy Living
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How Being Bilingual Rewires Your Brain
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Having the ability to speak more than one language is probably one of the…
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Fried Foods Linked To Increased Mortality
For some of us, fried foods are meals solely reserved for cheat days or unending bus rides. However, for the remaining majority, fried foods are quick, cheap meals to be regularly enjoyed at lunch and dinner times. In fact, more than a third of American adults enjoy fried-food every day (1). While previous studies have…
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Make Your Own Hair & Scalp Massage Stimulator Oil
For most people, our hair is a feature to which we are willing to donate a fair amount of time, energy, and money in order to keep it in shape – one’s hair is one’s crown, after all. But how often do we even give a thought to our scalp – or the role it…
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9 Good Things That Happen From Drinking A Daily Glass Of Wine
We’ve all heard that a glass of wine a day keeps the doctor away, but just how factual is it? With the growing need to adopt a healthier lifestyle, drinking alcohol can leave us feeling guilty. Thankfully, emerging research continues to highlight the benefits that come from moderately consuming alcohol. In fact, consuming a glass…
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Leisure Sickness: How Does It Work & How To Avoid It?
If over the past holidays you realized that sometimes you felt a little under the weather – perhaps more so than before you went off work – you are definitely not alone, and there is a reason for this feeling. Getting sick just as you go on a long-awaited holiday happens to be a medical…
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Quinoa As A Superfood: Could It Be The New Coconut?
Touted as the ultimate, multifunctional health elixir, the love for coconut continues to grow. Whether it’s been used as a skincare ingredient or oil, the health-driven desire for coconut doesn’t seem likely to fade. However, the recent growing preference for the grain that is quinoa has begun to rival that desire. What is Quinoa? Quinoa…
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Make Your Own Tomato Chutney: Fresh And Flavorful
When talking about authentic, truly South African dishes, what naturally comes to mind is rooibos tea, Cape Malay-style curry, biltong, bunny chow, freshly baked rusks, and milk tart – these are elements that will simply not be found in the same manner anywhere else in the world. One item that is usually used to complement…
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We Test Out The Oxygen Facial: Is It Hype Or Hope?
If you have been wondering how you could give your regular facial a bit of an upgrade, you may want to think of giving your skincare a breath of fresh air. To be more specific, the ingredient to consider is 98% pure oxygen, paired with hyaluronic acid – in a treatment widely hailed by celebs…
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Healthy Habits to Adopt: Here’s To A Better You in 2019
The start of the year comes with new energy and refreshed plans on living better and being healthy. Unfortunately, the new year, new me high tends to quickly fizz outcome February and you’re left feeling disappointed and demotivated. Thankfully, there are resolutions that aren’t daunting but effective in helping you maintain your health throughout the…
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Calisthenics Workouts: Why Everyone Should Be Doing It
The sight of calisthenics athletes doing amazing pull-ups and incredible muscle-ups may be a deterrent for you to try out this form of exercise. You might be thinking that it would be impossible for you to ever succeed in performing these calisthenics exercises, so why even try? But while these moves do require immense strength…