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Choosing healthier foods is easier than you may think. By changing just a few eating habits you can make a big difference to your diet. Making small changes to your diet is the healthiest and most achievable way to lose weight. Your first step is to eat fewer foods high in calories, fat, salt and sugars and swap them for something healthier.

These low-calorie alternatives provide new ideas for old favourites. When making a food choice, remember to consider vitamins and minerals. Some foods provide most of their calories from sugar and fat but give you few, if any, vitamins and minerals. With all of the unhealthy foods and ingredients surrounding us, eating healthy can be really difficult. It doesn’t have to be though! Almost every unhealthy food has a healthy alternative that can match its taste and add nutrition to your diet.
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Sour Cream vs. Greek Yoghurt
Chocolate Chips vs. Cacao Nibs
Milk vs. Almond Milk
Flour vs. Coconut Flour
Rice vs. Quinoa
Potato Chips vs. Air-Popped Popcorn
Croutons vs. Almonds
Regular Bread vs. Pita Bread
Vinegar vs. Lime Juice
Vinegar is a very common cooking ingredient, but doesn’t really give you much nutrients. You can get an instant health boost buy using lime juice instead of vinegar in your recipes. The lime juice will give you calcium and folates you wouldn’t get from vinegar.

After you try some of these out and see what you think, we’ll share some of our favorite recipes soon!

Be the healthiest you can be!

Dr. Josh

Golf is ballistic, it involves sudden moments of exertion. It is also a one-sided movement: Golfers swing 75 to 100 times from one side of their body, which can frequently cause muscle imbalances and overuse injuries. Most casual golfers will assume that there’s something wrong with their swing when they experience pain or even when they have bad games. Poor swing might be the cause of these issues but it’s more likely a sign of body weakness and inflexibility.

Take a look at your physical fitness before consulting a swing coach. Chances are, to achieve a better game on the green is a better off-the-course training that will allow us to be more flexible and mobile to execute a proper swing. Here are the best basic exercises that will help you build power in your swing, stabilize your shoulders and improve mobility in your hips.
1) seated rotations
2) standing ys
3) 90/90 stretch
4) handwalks
and many more!

Learn to test your strength and weaknesses. Try this test to see if you need help getting ready for sports season this Spring. Click the link here

Simple Sitting Test Predicts How Long You'll Live | DiscoverMagazine.com Flexibility, balance and muscle strength are key indicators of longevity.

Think about the quotes you see on Instagram: “Go hard or go home,” “The only workout you regret is the one you skipped,” or “Unless you puke, faint, or die, keep going.” We’re here to tell you that these clichés are a load of crap. In fact, sometimes, they can be dangerous. There certainly are times you should skip the gym and rest up, or at least dial down the intensity a few notches. And one of the best reasons to do so is if you’re feeling pain when you’re lifting.

The problem is, lots of people don’t see the problem with pushing through a session if they’re in pain. After all, lifting weights is supposed to hurt, right? Not exactly. While some muscle soreness is to be expected in the day or two after when you’re pushing heavy weight, nagging pain during exercise needs to be addressed ASAP.

Ignoring weightlifting pain can result in additional inflammation and trauma to the tissue in and around the joints. It can also lead to more chronic degenerative issues over time including wear and tear of the joints and cartilage, degeneration of the tendons, and early-onset arthritis.

Balance. Do you have it?

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