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Get Outside, Get Happy!

1/27/2016

It can also:

Improve your outlook.
Improve your focus
Strengthen your immunity.

If you can't make it outside, don't worry. You can fake it by looking at scenic, natural landscapes. Keep these beautiful pictures where you will see them often - on your desk or as your monitor background.

For more information:
http://news.health.com/2014/09/29/health-benefits-of-nature/

Get Your Guacamole On!

1/24/2016

Avocados are good for your heart, so don't feel guilty about that guacamole!

Spinach May Help Reduce Stress!

1/22/2016

Spinach is low in calories, yet high in vitamins and minerals that your body needs. Spinach contains magnesium that helps reduce the effects of stress on the body by keeping your blood pressure from spiking, says Beth Reardon, R.D., director of integrative nutrition at Duke Integrative Medicine in North Carolina. By eating 3 cups of spinach, you consume 40 percent of your body’s daily magnesium needs.
1 cup of raw spinach contains:

7 calories
0 grams fat
0 grams cholesterol
24 mg sodium
1 gram fiber
1 gram protein
56% daily value of Vitamin A
14% daily value of Vitamin C
5% daily value of Iron
3% daily value of Calcium
It also contains Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Thiamin, Riboflavin,Vitamin B6, Folate, Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper and Manganese.

Eat up!

Get Outside, Get Happy!

Get Your Guacamole On!

Spinach May Help Reduce Stress!

Tonya Cruz

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