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  • How to Cope with Holiday Stress: 5 Pro Tips

    How to Cope with Holiday Stress: 5 Pro Tips
    How to Cope with Holiday Stress: 5 Pro Tips It may be the "most wonderful time of the year." But let's be honest – holidays are stressful. Even those who exude holiday spirit have more on their plates than any other time of the
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  • How to Get Vitamin D in Winter

    How to Get Vitamin D in Winter
    Vitamin D is one of the most important micronutrients in the human body. It is essential to bone health and the immune system. The body creates Vitamin D when the skin is directly exposed to sunlight. This makes it easy to maintain Vitamin D levels in the spring and summer. But, in the winter, humans struggle to produce the “sunshine vitamin.”
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  • The Beauty of Artichokes: 5 Benefits and Fun Facts

    The Beauty of Artichokes: 5 Benefits and Fun Facts
    Artichokes are immature flower buds of a thistle that are loaded with vitamins, fiber, minerals, and antioxidants. Technically a plant, artichokes are often considered a vegetable. Once eaten as a delicacy by the elite with honey and vinegar, today they are popularly eaten in dip, risotto, stuffed, and soup.
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  • When is Cold & Flu Season?

    When is Cold & Flu Season?
    When Is Cold & Flu Season? In the United States, Cold & Flu Season peaks throughout Fall and Winter. Cases of the flu tend to rise in October, and surge from December through March. Common colds begin as early as August and
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  • The Importance of Vitamin D

    The Importance of Vitamin D
    Vitamin D, also known as the “sunshine vitamin”, is a fat-soluble vitamin that is naturally found in a few foods, added to others, and available in supplement form. It is also produced in the body when the skin is exposed to UV rays from sunlight. It is considered a major player in keeping the body healthy and strong. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium, which is one of the main building blocks of bones.
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