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October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and unfortunately the disease is far too common among several of my family members. I am challenged by this, because as a Certified Fitness Nutritionist (CFN) and Specialist in Exercise Therapy (SET), I strongly believe that living an optimum healthy life is greatly...Read More

Dining at 9:00 or 10:00 pm, although a standard practice in Egypt, I could not adjust to the time even after living and touring the country for close to a month. In June 1995, my husband Stephen and I were married and we had hoped to honeymoon in Egypt, but...Read More

His body physique was strong, fearless, and yet his blond hair and blue eyes made him gentle and once you got to know him, one of the kindest souls you’d ever want to meet or know. He did not have any filter, talked incessantly and would get so fixated on...Read More

“Eat c’mon, have a lil’ more,” the mantra I would hear from my Italian family and relatives while growing up.  So, it wasn’t surprising that some of them now battle chronic diseases such as diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, gastric esophagus reflux disorder (GERD), overweight issues; and...Read More

1. Get out there and play Today, adults and kids are overweight due to sitting for endless hours with tech toys, watching TV, and eating over-sized packaged foods. Adults and kids, need to get outside and “play” as often as possible. Increased physical activity catapults the body’s metabolism to speed...Read More