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Tim Laielli, 34, freezer-preps 16-portion meals for his family to save time and money.Frozen food last a lot longer, and a chest freezer allows him to store many different meals at once.Buying ingredients in bulk is cheaper, and freezing gives his family more flexibility with meals.For many parents, cooking for…
Deborah Szekely is 102 years old and works three days a week.She attributes her fitness and plump skin to her lifestyle.She shared the things she does that have helped her reduce wrinkles and sun spots. From looking at her, you wouldn’t guess Deborah Szekely is 102 years old. Three days…
Alaias Bertrand tried to lose weight with restrictive diets, which left her feeling like a failure.Attitudes around weight loss are shifting away from fad diets toward an overall healthy lifestyle.Bertrand made simple lifestyle changes that she actively enjoyed, which resulted in weight loss. Before Alaias Bertrand lost 75 pounds and…
A high-protein diet can make it easier to lose weight sustainably. BI fitness reporter Rachel Hosie uses her “4/5” rule to eat enough protein without tracking food.A dietitian called the approach “sensible” and “relaxed.” As an active person, I know that eating a high-protein diet helps me feel and perform…
An office worker got ripped and transformed his fitness in seven months with a few simple changes to his diet and exercise routine.London-based Alec Knebeg, 41, works for a bank and said he had spent years hitting the gym with little to show for it.”I’ve always been somebody who went…
You should probably worry less about tiny changes to your blood sugar levels, and more about the rest of your routine, according to a doctor.But Dr. Deena Adimoolam, a specialist in diabetes, obesity and endocrinology, doesn’t buy into the hype.”I do not see a use of tracking blood sugar for…
When Gayle Pagano turned 53, it was like a switch was flipped.Suddenly, without changing her diet or exercise habits, she started to gain weight, her joints ached, and nothing felt right. Blood tests suggested that she had prediabetes.Doctors wrote off her symptoms as part of getting older and undergoing menopause,…
After packing up the car and filling the dorm room, my husband and I became new empty nesters.As we struggled to adjust to our new normal, I was suddenly reminded of the classic book “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” It has been a while since…
My husband and I have traveled with our five kids countless times across the US, Canada, and Newfoundland. We have camped in national parks and visited amusement parks.Although family vacations should be a break from the stresses of life, some trips were more stressful than others.Disney World was our most…
Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health looked at data from more than 130,000 American nurses over nearly four decades of follow-up.They found that people who ate about a quarter of a serving of processed meat daily (about two servings a week) on average had a 14%…
