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Butternut squash soup is a healthy yet comforting dish that is especially popular in colder seasons. Image Credit: AnnaPustynnikova/iStock/GettyImages Butternut squash soup is a healthy yet comforting dish that is especially popular in colder seasons. Serving nutritious sides with this soup can make it into a balanced meal. Simply prepare more vegetables and protein to eat with butternut squash soup to increase your nutrient intake. Advertisement This vegetable soup is also a great way to meet your recommended servings of vegetables....

The oil extracted from cloves boasts high antioxidant levels. Image Credit: Andres Victorero/iStock/GettyImages With their warm, sweet taste and unique aroma, cloves are used in cuisines worldwide. This versatile spice is ideal for marinades, sauces, meat dishes and desserts. The oil extracted from cloves boasts high antioxidant levels, but it also comes with its share of side effects. Advertisement Cloves and Your Health This spice comes from Syzygium aromaticum, a tree native to Indonesia....

Chicken is a great food to eat if you want to lose weight. Image Credit: Floortje/iStock/GettyImages When it comes to finding a diet for losing weight and working out, there seems to be only conflicting information. At some point, you might just feel like giving up rather than sorting through all the varying advice. Advertisement However, it is possible to find the a diet to support your weight-loss and workout efforts that will make you feel and look fantastic....

You have to figure out why your toenails smell in order to nix the odor. Image Credit: d3_plus D.Naruse @ Japan/Moment/GettyImages There can be many things that bring the funk to your feet — and that includes your toenails. Advertisement Just like your feet, your toenails are stuffed into the sweaty, dark environment of shoes, which is a breeding ground for bacteria and fungus that leads to infection, Jacqueline Sutera, DPM, board-certified podiatrist and foot surgeon in New York City and New Jersey, tells LIVESTRONG....

Women in a yoga class are stretching their necks. Image Credit: 4774344sean/iStock/Getty Images Exercising the muscles of your throat can help prevent the snoring that’s annoying your partner, make swallowing food easier, give you a leaner and more appealing appearance and keep you looking young. There are more than 50 pairs of muscles in your throat that help you swallow food including your tongue, the muscles of your pharynx and the sphincter muscles that push the food toward your stomach....

Combining some plyometric exercises with strength moves will get your heart rate up while building muscle. Image Credit: Prostock-Studio/iStock/GettyImages If you have goals of running faster, jumping higher or lifting heavier, combining plyometrics with your dumbbell routine is one of the most effective ways to increase strength and power through explosive movements. Advertisement What's great about plyometric exercises is that they activate your fast-twitch muscle fibers, so they allow you to reach significant height and speed....

Full-fat unsweetened yogurt is a good source of fat for vegetarians. The ketogenic diet is a high-fat diet that restricts the daily carbohydrate intake to 10 to 15 grams and the daily protein intake to 1 gram per kilogram of body weight. Meat and fish are among the main sources of fat. This can make it difficult for vegetarians to follow a strict ketogenic diet. However, dairy products, eggs, soy products and vegetable oils are good sources of fat for vegetarians following a ketogenic diet....

Read food labels to help you find supplements that work with your diet plan. Image Credit: Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images Even though many people with diabetes struggle to lose weight, some may have the desire to gain. Supplements may help you get the calories you need to gain the weight. But as with all your other food choices, it’s important to consider the total carbs in the supplement and how it might fit into your diet plan so that your blood sugars stay within the normal range....

Excessive neck fat often occurs with obesity. Image Credit: Motortion/iStock/GettyImages Although a fat neck can be caused by several different factors, one of the main reasons for it is the same reason for excess fat anywhere on the body: excess body weight and obesity. A thick neck can be caused by or contribute to certain health conditions, and can signal an increased risk of heart problems. Advertisement ​Read more:​ Can You Lose Neck Fat?...

Doctor taking patient's blood pressure Image Credit: Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images Inversion therapy is used to apply pressure to the spine. Participants lie down on an inversion table and are turned upside down. Benefits of this therapy may include improved posture, better blood flow and relief from back pain; however, negative effects and potential dangers are also associated with inversion therapy. Advertisement Eye and Ear Pressure Because inversion therapy causes elevated pressure in the eyes, people with glaucoma or retinal detachments may experience increased pressure on their eyes, which can exacerbate the condition and even cause bleeding from the eyes....

Hard-working muscles often metabolize glucose by lactic acid fermentation. Human cells have two strategies for burning glucose, or blood sugar, to liberate energy. The more commonly used of the two strategies -- aerobic respiration -- requires abundant oxygen. Less commonly used, because it yields approximately 15 times less energy per glucose molecule, is an anaerobic strategy, called fermentation, which does not depend upon oxygen. When human cells ferment glucose, one of the products is lactic acid....

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Whether you use a shrug bar or not, you're still working the traps. Image Credit: gradyreese/E+/GettyImages You won’t be shocked to hear that shoulder shrugs work the shoulders — this time, it really is all in the name. Whether you’re shrugging with dumbbells, a barbell or a pulley, you’re squarely targeting the traps. Advertisement But just because shrugging is an isolated movement — meaning it employs just one joint movement — that doesn't mean its benefits are isolated to just the trapezius....

Wearing the right shoes can help relieve tight shins while running. Image Credit: evrim ertik/iStock/GettyImages In This Article Why Your Shins Hurt When You Run Treatment Prevention On a Treadmill Top-of-Shin Pain or Tightness Whether you're training for a race or looking to improve your heart health, you don't want tight shins when running to derail your workouts. Also known as shin splints, that tightness may feel like throbbing, splintering or other pain along the lower part of the front of your legs....

A parent is eating with his child. Image Credit: Thomas Northcut/Photodisc/Getty Images Worrying about your child’s health is normal to some extent; all parents worry from time to time. In particular, the intimate details of a child’s digestive system can be a source of concern for new parents who are not accustomed to the wide range of bowel habits that are considered normal. Understanding what to expect ensures that you to know when to worry about your child’s bowel movements and when to sit back and relax....

Weightlifters may experience a puffy face from taking creatine supplements. Image Credit: Willie B. Thomas/DigitalVision/GettyImages Your body produces creatine in the kidneys, pancreas and liver. You also ingest creatine each time you eat meat and fish. At the time of this publication, the University of Maryland Medical Center reports that Americans spend about $14 million each year on creatine supplements to build muscles and improve athletic performance in high-intensity sports such as weightlifting and high jumping....

Popping can occur with stretching when gas is released from joints. Image Credit: Hero Images/Hero Images/GettyImages If you’re hearing a snapping or popping sound when you stretch your rib cage, it is most likely your breast bone or sternum popping. Your first seven ribs are connected to your sternum and held in place by ligaments and cushioned by cartilage, all of which move together when you stretch. Advertisement According to Drs....

A salt-like substance in a bowl next to other spices. Image Credit: jeka1984/iStock/Getty Images Nine out of 10 Americans take in too much sodium, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). And while we understand that cutting back on salt can help our wellbeing efforts, many of us don’t want to compromise the flavor of our food — a caveat that can send us scurrying to find a salt substitute....

The grape diet is the product of research done by Basil Shackleton, a twentieth century photographer and author whose development of the grape diet was once considered a cure for cancer (this was later disproved, although the diet can aid the body’s fight against cancer). It uses the vitamins and chemicals found in grapes to cleanse the body, boost metabolism and help you lose weight fast. It’s not uncommon for dieters to lose several pounds in a week or less on the grape diet....

Fresh herbs on a chopping board. Image Credit: ewkazuk/iStock/Getty Images Whether too much sugar was added because of an incorrect measure, faulty sugar container or a recipe that just isn’t to your liking, food with too much sweetness can be hard to eat. However, there are some things that can be done based on the type of food being cooked to salvage a dish. Unfortunately, it may be impossible to save some dishes where three or four times the amount of sugar called for is added....