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Replacing unhealthy eating habits with healthier ones can be difficult, especially if unhealthy habits are all you have ever known. One key to making lasting improvements in your diet is to make changes in stages. Start with a small, simple change and stick to it for a week. After mastering one change, add another. Here…

 At some point throughout the summer, most of us will spend time outside with family and friends at a picnic or backyard barbecue. If you aren’t careful about handling foods during cookouts, you’re putting yourself and others at risk for potential food-related illnesses. Stay safe with these simple tips: Wash cooking equipment, dishes and…

Mental health plays a huge role in your overall health and well-being. It affects everything, including how we think, feel and act, and helps determine how we make healthy choices and cope with stress. Because it’s such a crucial component of your health, it’s important to focus on maintaining or improving your mental health. Here…

While our work can be rewarding, it can also be stressful. This stress can lead to mental and physical health issues if left unchecked. This video offers 5 tips to help reduce your stress in the workplace and improve your overall wellness. For more information on individual health insurance or business wellness programs, contact one…

Staying both physically and socially active as you get older can oftentimes be a struggle. Getting involved in a sports team or club can be very beneficial to your overall health and social well-being. Here are just a few of the benefits. Promotes a Physically Active Lifestyle Going to the gym can get repetitive and…

You are likely familiar with the terms “generic” and “brand name” prescription drugs. But do you know what a drug formulary is? Like a generic drug, it can also save you money. The following article will help you understand all three terms. Drug Formularies If you belong to a health maintenance organization (HMO) or your…

Sometimes we overlook just how much our mental health plays into our overall wellness, especially when it comes to heart health. The heart and brain greatly influence the functions of one another, and communication is always happening between the two. This is especially true when we're stressed. Short-term stress can actually be good for us,…

Your well-being is dependent upon a lot of different factors, and achieving total overall well-being is a bit more complicated than it may seem. Well-being refers to being in a state of alignment and overall happiness and health. It encompasses many different facets of your life, but we want to help you focus on four…

Diabetes is a condition in which your body doesn’t properly process food for use as energy. If you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its own insulin as well as it should. This chronic disease is the seventh-leading cause of death in the U.S. and the number one cause…

A wellness program is an organized program intended to assist employees and family members in making voluntary behavior changes that reduce their health risks and enhance their individual productivity. Wellness programs vary widely in design and may offer opportunities or incentives for improving health and wellness, such as increasing fitness, losing weight, managing chronic health…