Nutrition Corner

25 Best-Ever Fat-Burning Foods — Eat This Not That: These fat-burning foods contain certain nutrients that research has shown can aid in body fat loss and overall weight loss.

20 Low Carb Vegetables to Incorporate Into Your Diet: We put together a complete list of low carb veggies that you can use as a resource when forming a healthy diet plan.

Recipe for The Day

Curried Pork & Vegetable Stir-Fry: Ginger, cardamom and curry powder are just some of the many spices that lend flavor to the pork in this 30-minute dinner.

Lifestyle & Fitness Focus

Eat for Energy: 4 Foods To Fight Fatigue

• Hummus: Hummus is one of the best foods that give you energy. They are full of fiber, which slows down the digestion and absorption of the carb into sugar, providing a steady increase of blood sugar and energy.

• Seeds: Seeds can help you feel full longer and help the body balance its nutrient levels, giving you more energy. We need a balance of micro and macro nutrients to properly fuel our bodies.

• Carrots: Carrots have the benefit of being a vegetable with a healthy amount of natural fruit sugar and are a great, pure carbohydrate for a quick energy boost.

• Salmon: Salmon is another great source of energy-giving protein and is among the richest natural food sources of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 plays a significant role in energy metabolism.

Manage your lung health with these three common food items

• Honey: Honey is known to break up the mucous that is obstructing your airway and reduces inflammation in the bronchial tubes. Pure honey relieves cough, moistens intestines to smooth stool and alleviates pain.

• Pears: It helps to regenerate bodily fluids, quench thirst, calm the heart, lubricate the lungs, relieve restlessness, promote urination, clear heat, promote detoxification, lubricate the throat, dissolve mucus, and relieve cough.

• Scallions: The white bottoms support the lungs with their warm and spicy essence, while the green tops nourish the liver. They open up circulation to the lungs, chest, and skin.

5 simple morning routines that will make you happy every day

• Drink a Glass of Water: After a long night’s sleep, your body is often mildly dehydrated in the morning. Dehydration can make you feel tired and sluggish. By drinking a glass of water first thing when you wake up, you’re rehydrating your body and helping it function better.

• Plan Your Day: Take a moment each morning to plan your day. It doesn’t have to be detailed, just a rough outline of what you want to achieve.

• Be Kind to Yourself: Treat yourself with the same kindness and understanding you’d offer a friend. It’s a small change but it can make a huge difference in how you feel about yourself and your day.

• Limit Your Screen Time: I set a rule – no screens for the first hour after waking up.

• Listen to Your Favorite Music: Research has shown that listening to music you love can actually release dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with feelings of pleasure and happiness, in your brain.

The 5 Best Lat Exercises to Build a Stronger Back

• Elevated Plank Row: Use the bench to train your lats in a different way—and get your core more involved too. You'll give the lats and mid back plenty of valuable work, if you position yourself properly.

• Seated Cable Row: This is one of the foundational back training exercises and a great place for beginners to start.

• Incline Dumbbell Row: With your chest on the bench, all you can do is pull. This will hit your lower lats, which are sometimes neglected during other pulling movements.

• Dumbbell Row: This is one of the first variations novice lifters learn. You simply hinge forward, place one arm on a bench or rack for balance, and grasp a dumbbell in the other arm. Keep your torso steady as you bend your elbow and use your back muscles to pull the dumbbell up toward your ribcage. Dumbbell rows involve a host of back muscles, but if you want to focus on your lats here, aim to get a good stretch at the bottom of the motion.

• Barbell Row: Fixed moves with both arms can maximize the amount of weight that can move. This move is a staple in most bodybuilders, athletes, and probably your routine by this point.

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