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Feb
Strengthen Your Immune Defenses – The Top Foods that Boost Your Immune System
Immunity is a critical aspect of our overall health. The immune system is the body’s natural defense mechanism against infections, diseases, and other harmful substances. It is vital to maintain a robust immune system to prevent illness and ensure optimal health.While there is no single food or supplement that can instantly boost your immunity, a healthy diet that includes immune-boosting
24
Mar
5 Steps to Maintaining a Healthy Work-Life Balance
Most Americans spend the majority of their time working, thus neglecting the demands of their personal lives. It’s important to consider work-life balance as a cycle rather than a one-time achievement. In essence, work-life balance should comprise the following steps: Pause and Rethink Take a break from everything and evaluate your life. This will help you achieve mental clarity, allowing
17
Sep
3 Sleep Myths You Should Stop Believing
Even in the modern age with all of the information we could possibly desire at our fingertips, myths about all subjects still exist. There are many misconceptions about sleep and getting to sleep that people believe to be true, which can negatively impact their lives. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of common myths about sleep you should stop believing
5
Mar
How Food Quality Affects Your Gut
How Food Quality Affects Your Gut You have heard it before – you are what you eat! If that is true it makes sense to pay attention to the quality of food that you put into your body. Food Quality When you think of food quality you may think of the characteristics of food such as the appearance, texture, and flavor,
17
Dec
Stress and Weight Loss Resistance
Is Stress Sabotaging Your Weight Loss? Being in a chronic state of stress affects weight loss both directly and indirectly, by sending the body into “survival mode” and diverting the body’s systems away from the essential daily functions needed to keep our metabolism and energy systems operating efficiently, chronic activation of the stress response leads to illness, inflammation, insulin resistance
2
Oct
Drink up: Why Hydration is Huge
Dehydration: The Challenges and Benefits of Staying Hydrated. About 70% of the earth is covered in water, and we have seen the severe effects of drought on delicate ecosystems. Similarly, our body is also a delicate ecosystem that also depends on water for optimal functioning. What Does Water Do? Our bodies are about 60% water and losing
18
Jul
10 Ways to Boost Metabolism!
At Genesis, we’ve built a team of health and wellness professionals whose life’s work it is to help people like you feel better and live better. This edition of our blog includes content from our Metabolic Specialist/registered dietician, Heather Fitzgerald. Heather is passionate about helping clients unlock the key to not only weight loss but helping clients build a
5
Apr
Meaningful Meditation
Meaningful Meditation Many people claim that they don’t have enough time to meditate. They have too many things that must be accomplished every day and don’t have any time for meditation. However, that is the very thing that necessitates meditation. While there are various practices, including transcendental meditation, mindfulness meditation, breath awareness meditation, and others, for me, meditation is
24
Dec
Holiday Survival Guide
The holidays can be brutal on your health. Especially when the parties get into full swing! Not only are you most likely to consume food you normally wouldn’t but the anticipation of these social gatherings can cause extra stress and anxiety. Top that off with cutting into your precious 8 hours of sleep and you have a recipe for not feeling
