Make Or Break Holiday Festivities by Staying Hydrated The Fourth is nearly here, and we’ll all be spending it in our own way. Whether you’re on the Mall, at a backyard BBQ, on the beach or hiking the Appalachian Trail, there’s one thing we all need to have a happy Fourth — Read More

Don’t Let Healthful Eating Go on Vacation The kids are out of school, the weather’s getting warmer and for many of us that means road trip! Unfortunately, when we’re traveling, it’s easy to fall into the habit of sending our healthy eating habits on vacation, too. Jacklyn Van Read More

How to Play it Safe in the Surf As some of you who follow my writing may know, I am a diehard Beach Bunny. You wouldn’t know it from looking at me – a lifetime in D.C. has equipped me with a wardrobe of black suits and button down shirts, but I can be happy wearing black at the Read More

Prevent Skin Cancer With Sunscreen Use Skin cancer occurs more often than all other types of cancer combined. There are three common types of skin cancer. The most common type, basal cell carcinoma, will be diagnosed in Americans 2-3 million times in 2013. The second is squamous Read More

D.C. Chefs Slim Down for Charity Fifteen of Washington, D.C.’s celebrity chefs and mixologists are facing off beginning Monday to see who can lose the most weight while raising funds for the American Cancer Society. The 12-week Fit for Hope challenge culminates at the ACS’ Read More

How to Have a Healthy Garden There’s something kind of magical about gardening. It burns calories without feeling like exercise, sates our desire to create and nurture something, and even the most die-hard vegetable haters can be charmed into eating a tomato or a pepper if they Read More