Health and Fitness

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Bacon has always been popular, but now it’s the standard by which many express affection with the ubiquitous online meme: I love you more than bacon.
It’s considered by many to be the ultimate food indulgence, but according to Dr. John Salerno, a protégé of “Atkins Diet” creator Dr. Robert Atkins, bacon is one of the healthiest foods you can eat.

In modern day life, most of us strive to achieve everything in balance. We aim to create enough time and energy for our work, friends, family, hobbies, social life, rest and play.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could provide an equal amount of our dedication to each of these aspects of life?
Things aren’t always that easy, but there are steps we can take to help balance out the distribution of our devotion.
When we are imbalanced, we suffer both mentally and physically.

Our feet take a daily pounding from the shoes we wear, the way we walk, the activities we enjoy (e.g., running), or simply from inactivity.  
Most of us underestimate the effects tired, tight, misaligned, and inflexible feet, ankles, and toes can have on the rest of us.
Arch, hip, and back pain are only some of the side effects of neglected feet.  

If you have spent considerable time at the gym, you have probably witnessed the dreaded rounded shoulder inwardly rotated arm position on one of your muscled gym mates.
Or maybe you have seen it in yourself: a slouched shoulder slumping that no bit of correcting seems to help long term. Like the person at the gym, maybe you need to start taking better care of your chest.  Doing so will not only improve your posture but also set you up for success in many yoga poses that require flexible chest muscles.