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How Dehydration Affects Your Body Composition

You’ve probably heard or read about how you can survive for weeks without food but that you can only survive for days without water. Your parents probably told you repeatedly when you were young to drink at least eight cups of water a day. Water is known to help cleanse out the toxins in your body and to quench your thirst on a hot summer day. But what role does water play when it comes to body composition?

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10 Protein-packed Recipes With Only 5 Ingredients Each

Busy people don’t always have time to prepare time-consuming recipes with lots of ingredients. Searching high and low for obscure ingredients is rarely fun when you have a million other things to do. What you need are some simple, quick, high-protein recipes you can make with only a handful of ingredients.

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Tips and tricks on how to stay healthy this flu season!

This winter it seems like everyone is getting sick! Whether it be strep, the stomach bug or the dreaded human influenza virus.  It is important to take care of your body’s immune system as it is your “army” that works day and night to defend your body against foreign invaders whether it is germs — bacteria virus, parasites — or cancer cells.  Below are some tips on how to help fuel your “army” and boost immunity.

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