Kick Start a Healthy Life – 10 Tips you can Start Today

By Lindsey Forkun BScN, PHN

 

1)      Eat more…

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Is Your Horse a Partner?

By Lindsey Forkun, www.LFEquestrian.com

 

There are many different styles of training and working with horses. Some people fawn over their horses with praise and affection, others take a more military style approach with defined boundaries and little affection, and most people fall somewhere in between.

 

Natural horsemanship professes a balance of boundaries and praise. Horses that…

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10 Tips to a Healthier You, Tip 10



Know Your Weaknesses – most people have sweet or salty tooth with foods

they just can’t live without. I love pumpkin pie fudge, salt & vinegar

chips, and the occasional chocolate. Having indulges once in a while is

okay – you don’t want to deprive yourself and then end up gorging weeks

later. Instead try to give yourself small portions. For me, I buy the… Continue

Natural Horsemanship in the Grand Prix Ring – is there a link?

By Lindsey Forkun, www.LFEquestrian.com

 

Natural horsemanship is a training phenomenon that has been gaining popularity all over the world. Primarily it seems that mostly Western riders and pleasure riders are the ones to pick up this new technique, but what about the English and Jumper riders? What about in the Grand Prix Show Jumping…

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10 Tips to a Healthier You, Tip 9



Get Rid of Trans Fat – trans fat is just plain awful and extremely artery

clogging. Health Canada recommends that you avoid more than 0.5g per day. Trans fat is in a lot of

processed and prepackaged foods, but it is also in a lot of butter and

milk products. Check labels carefully and avoid this artery clogging fat

that will kill you in time. …

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10 Diet Tips to a Healthier You, Tip 8



Avoid Eating Out – eating out is tricky business, sometimes you can

think you are picking healthy options, and yet they are full of calories

and fat. Just the other day I was at a restaurant and thinking of ordering

the vegetarian pad thai – until I found out the chicken fingers and fries had

less calories because the pad thai had 1900 calories even though it was

noodles,…

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