Nutrition Corner

5 Nutrition Label Red Flags, According to Dietitians: Dietitians warn us of certain nutrition label red flags that we may want to watch out for the next time we are at the store.

5 Superfoods To Include In Your Healthy Food Chart For Glowing Skin: Incorporate these foods into your diet and watch how they transform your skin like never before.

Recipe for The Day

Mini Cinnamon Crunch Banana Bread Is the Easy, Inflammation-Fighting Breakfast Recipe We’re Baking on Repeat: Find how to make a healthy cinnamon crunch banana bread recipe at home using pantry staples, like oats, bananas, and yogurt.

Lifestyle & Fitness Focus

Start Using These 5 Daily Habits to Boost Your Happiness: Reduce stress and take control of your happiness with these seven daily habits.

• Make relaxation a routine: Very few things in life are promised, but stress-free times are unfortunately guaranteed. There will be times when you feel overwhelmed or stressed out. However, you can control how you respond to the strain. Implementing relaxation techniques into your daily routine can help you manage stress.

• Practice gratitude: Including gratitude in your life is a way to create a positive outlook on your life. More than that, it has tangible benefits for your mental health, including reducing stress, lessening depression symptoms and boosting your mood.

• Value social interaction: Sharing our time with others is sometimes just what we need to boost our mood or change our perspective on things. By making time for friends and family, you will decrease feelings of loneliness and ensure you have an emotional support system at your fingertips.

• Take care of your physical health: Mental health is directly tied to physical health -- one cannot flourish without the other. The three main areas to target for 2023 are sleep, nutrition and exercise.

• Monitor your social media intake: Our phones are our lifelines. Most of the time, they're beside us, keeping us connected to the outside world through calls, texts and social media. The hours spent scrolling through social media, comparing ourselves to the snapshot of perfection people post, can seriously impact our self-view and stain our mental health.

Brain-Boosting Diet: 4 Foods to Improve Memory

• Berries: Berries are rich in antioxidants, including flavonoids, the pigments that give berries color. These colorful substances may help protect the brain from age-related memory loss.

• Fatty fish: Fatty fish is rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Research has shown that they increase blood flow to the brain, improving cognition.

• Eggs: Eggs contain B vitamins and the nutrient choline. B vitamins may ward off cognitive impairment, and choline is linked to memory improvement.

• Avocados: Avocados contain healthy monounsaturated fats. These fats help reduce the risk of hypertension, which is associated with cognitive decline.

5 tips to prioritize fitness in a busy schedule

• Plan ahead: If you know you’re busy, plan everything ahead. Make exercise part of your weekly schedule just like you do with class, meetings, etc. – and make sure you’re always prepared to execute your workout. Bringing a change of clothes with you and packing an extra snack are two easy ways to make sure you’re ready to follow through with your plan.

• Prioritize movement throughout your day: Make sure that you’re intentionally moving throughout the day. For example, park your car a little further and walk to class or work, or take the stairs instead of the elevator.

• Make your routine a habit: Keep your workout schedule consistent. Setting habits takes time, but just like everything else, your workouts will become a habit the longer you stay consistent.

• Find the time that works best for you: Are you a morning person or a night owl? Take this into consideration when planning workouts. Selecting a time that you will enjoy the most allows you to associate your workouts with positive feelings.

• Try different forms of exercise: When it comes to staying motivated, some days can be more challenging than others. When that happens, try to make your workouts fun by adding some variety to your routine.

4 best ab exercises you can do with sciatica

• Forearm Plank: We recommend sticking to a regular forearm or high plank rather than dipping into plank variations. By practicing good form, you can keep your spine properly aligned and neutral rather than placing stress on the lower back. Planks also activate all the major muscles, including ones in your chest, shoulders, arms, hips, back, glutes, quads and hamstrings.

• Stability Ball Wall Sit: The isometric exercise requires core activation and stability to hold the sit while working the quads, hamstrings and hips in a supported position.

• Bird Dog: Bird dogs work the core, including the erector spinae muscles that support the spine, the glutes, abs, hamstrings, upper trapezius and deltoids.

• Stability Ball Knee Tucks: Without flexion or extension of the lower back, those with sciatica could do this exercise safely while hitting the core muscles hard.

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