exercise

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Working Out

Should You Exercise When You Are Sick? The winter cold and flu season may try to knock out your new year’s plans to get or stay healthy, but the good news is you can fight back.   Dr. Jayson Loeffert, a sports medicine physician at Penn State Health, said it is typically
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Winter Workout

8 Unconventional Exercises & Their Benefits Does the cold weather make you want to hibernate? As temperatures drop, lethargy is all too common. You don’t want to jog around the block when it is freezing and blustery outside, after all.   Fortunately, you can embrace
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Dieting

Intermittent Fasting — Foolproof or Fad? Fad diets and exercise routines seem to come and go as often as the refrigerator calls out to people looking to lose a few pounds. The latest method gaining traction in some circles is intermittent fasting. Rather than restricting how much
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