Season of the Harvest

If you have ever grown a garden, one of the best parts is to enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of your labor. Fall is a great time for planting vegetables that can provide many of the nutrients you and your family need. It is often recommended to get 5 to 9 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. What better way than to have some of it come from your own backyard. Many types of green leafy vegetables and squash including a winter squash that we know as pumpkins are planted and harvested in the fall... Read more from Helium.com. 

Happiness is a state of mind.

Abraham Lincoln said," Most people are about as happy as they make their minds up to be." Our minds gather information and make decisions from the facts that we process. So if we gather information about  a certain topic such as happiness, it can be a great tool to our understanding it in our continuing pursuit of it. Things like our outlook, age, where we live, exercise, and our health are factors in determining happiness...
Read 20 amazing facts about happiness @ familyhealthgiude.co.uk

Food relationships matter

Perhaps you have heard that our nation is overfed and undernourished. Our eating habits have changed since even our parents generation. There are several reasons which include eating more fast food, eating more processed foods, portion size and much more. All of these factors plus a lack of exercise can lead to health issues such heart disease, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure arthritis, some cancers, and even mental health.
 Dr. Heather Tick practices Integrative Medicine, is an author, and was a member of the USANA Scientific Advisory Panel last year. She recently wrote about our our relationship to food.

Our Relationship with Food is Broken- Dr. Heather Tick.

The United States, despite being the most overweight nation in the world, is also undernourished. Canada is not so far behind. Part of the problem in North America is our relationship with food.
Most North Americans have left behind the traditional ways of eating of their ancestors and opted for over processed, manufactured, chemically altered, genetically modified products that have little in common with food...Read more from heathertickmd.com


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How is your Liver?

Oct. is liver awareness month and it is a good time to learn more about the second largest organ next to your skin. Your liver is like an oil filter on your car, it filters almost everything in your blood stream. Any thing you put in your mouth goes through your liver and then to other organs.You liver also breaks down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Toxins build up in your body when the liver is not functioning right. If left in that condition, it can lead to short term and long term health issues.
Hepasil DTX from USANA can give your liver to help it needs to detoxify itself and you ultimately your body.
Read more about the science behind Hepasil.

Hepasil also contains Tumeric which is a spice from the ginger family and is found in curry... Read more about tumeric from the Linus Pauling Institute.

Vitamin D May Prevent Tooth Loss

There is news about Vitamin D almost weekly lately. A recent study shows that adequate vitamin D levels may help reduce the risk of periodontal disease, which in turn reduces the risk of tooth loss...Read more from USANA Essentials of Health.

Exercise anyone can do.

If you want to start exercising there are several ways to get started. Many people join a gym, Some get a personal trainer others buy the latest and greatest workout machine from a late night infomercial, or you can exercise on your own or with a friend. The basic exercises have been around for years and are still good choices. Click on the links for some good old exercise basics.

Learn to do a proper push up and increase the reps.  Push ups explained by ehow.com.

Sit ups are one exercise where everyone has a different opinion of their value and different ways to do them... Read more from answers.com

Jumping Jacks are good for adults and kids... Read how from e how.com

These will work on different parts of your body. You will also be able to drop and give someone twenty on demand.