Consuming too many calories can foil the weight loss efforts of even the most dedicated walkers. These five easy food swaps will help you cut calories, eat healthier and make every stride count.
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Even as the days are starting to get longer Canadians are still getting dramatically lower levels of sunshine and its ability to produce vitamin D in our skin. In the summer months getting ten to fifteen minutes of sunlight on your face, arms and legs about three times a week helps you meet your daily requirement, but according to Liz Pearson RD ‘Canadians would have to sit naked on their roofs from mid-October to mid-April and their production of vitamin D would only be minimal.’
Freezing your butt off and scaring the neighbours as you lay naked on your roof is no way to get a minimal amount of the sunshine vitamin. Considering that 90% of Canadians are vitamin D deficient at some point during the winter months we need to pay more attention to this all-important vitamin.
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Eating is an expensive habit. And if you’re anything like me, then food probably consumes a significant portion of your budget. On average, American families spend $9,478 a year on food alone — that’s 13.3 percent of their total household budgets, according to a recent survey by the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
To help you get a grip on this tasty but often expensive cost-of-living, here are five ways to cut the fat from your grocery bill.
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