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02/15/2024

Wednesday Wellness Tip #21 - Love your liver!

Everything you eat or drink, including medicine, passes through the liver.

Ray Chung, MD, medical director of the liver transplant program at Massachusetts General Hospital, says keeping your liver in good shape is all about maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Don't drink a lot of alcohol, which can damage the liver and lead to the swelling or scarring that becomes cirrhosis, which can be deadly.

Eat a healthy diet and get regular exercise. This helps keep your weight under control, which helps prevent nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition that leads to cirrhosis.

Watch out for certain medicines. For example, acetaminophen (Tylenol) can hurt your liver if you take too much.

Learn how to prevent viral hepatitis. It's a serious disease that harms your liver.

Get tested for viral hepatitis. Because it often doesn't cause symptoms, you can have it for years and not know it.

Don't touch or breathe in toxins. Some cleaning products, aerosol products, and insecticides have chemicals that can damage your liver.

Be careful with herbs and dietary supplements. Some can harm your liver.

Drink coffee. Research shows that it can lower your risk of getting liver disease.

A healthy liver should only have a small amount of fat. Too much fat in your liver may harm your liver and is associated with type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and shortened life span.

Show yourself, and your liver, some love!

Check the link below for additional information.

https://www.webmd.com/hepatitis/ss/slideshow-keep-liver-healthy

02/07/2024

Wednesday Wellness Tip #20: Next week, try going Meatless on Monday.

Reducing your consumption of meats, especially red meat, can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. You don't have to quit eating meat entirely but going without meat 1 or 2 days a week can have a noticeable benefit on your overall health. Not only can going meatless at least once a week have a positive effect on your health, it can also save you money with the rising price of groceries, especially meat products. To ensure you get adequate protein you can instead eat beans or legumes.

Fun Fact: Meatless Monday is not a new idea! These days it is mostly used as a way to improve health, but Meatless Monday has been around since WWI, when citizens were asked to forgo eating meat at least once per week in order to save much needed resources throughout our country.

For more information on how you can make Meatless Monday a part of your routine, and read more about the health benefits, visit the following link.

Meatless meals are an easy way to eat healthfully and save money.

01/31/2024

Wednesday Wellness Tip #19: Start your day with positive affirmations!

Saying positive self-affirmations can be a great way to start your day. Positive affirmations can reduce stress and improve overall wellbeing. They can be used at any time of day, such as morning, night, or in times of stress.

Some affirmations to try:
I love myself.
My possibilities are endless.
I can make a difference.

What are some other affirmations you could use? Drop a suggestion in the comments.

For more information about positive affirmations and how they can effect your wellbeing, visit the linked article.

What are the benefits of practicing positive affirmations? There are many benefits, including a stronger sense of self and overcoming fear and self-doubt.

01/24/2024

Wednesday Wellness Tip #18: Give someone a compliment!
Today, Wednesday January 24th is National Compliment Day
There are many mental and physical health benefits to giving someone a compliment!

1. Giving compliments increases your happiness.
2. Giving compliments makes you grateful.
3. Giving compliments strengthens your interpersonal relationships.
4. Giving compliments increases your stress resilience and physical health.
5. Giving compliments creates a ripple of positivity.

For more information, read the full article on Case Western Reserve University's website.

Chances are, you’ve had days where things don’t seem to be going your way—but then you receive a compliment from someone that turns your day around. While compliments may seem simple, they can have a large impact on you and the people around you, creating a ripple of positivity.  But why is t...