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Meal Plan (September 23-September 29)

posted September 21, 2019 by Gina

A free 7-day flexible weight loss meal plan including breakfast, lunch and dinner and a shopping list. All recipes include calories and Weight Watchers SmartPoints®.

Meal Plan

It’s another great week for meal planning! A few favorites on the menu this week Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas makes enough for two nights, Chicken and Mushrooms in Garlic White Wine Sauce a favorite in my house and Fish Florentine has been my most popular recipe this year!

If you’re new to my meal plans, I’ve been sharing these free, 7-day flexible healthy meal plans (you can see my previous meal plans here) that are meant as a guide, with plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food, coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc or swap recipes out for meals you prefer, you can search for recipes by course in the index. You should aim for around 1500 calories* per day.…

Employer kindness can improve performance and mental health

Mental Health

If pay raises and reduced hours are not options at the moment for employers, there are other ways to help improve employees’ mental health and performance — including small gestures of kindness.

Kindness on the part of the employer can boost employees’ mental health and productivity, according to a new study.

A study from Penn State University, in State College, PA, found that a simple gesture of kindness from employers, in the form of fresh fruit added to employees’ daily lunches, was a morale booster and improved employees’ mental health.

The researchers summarized their findings in the International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics.

“An ultimate solution to improve worker performance and health could be big pay raises or reduced workloads, but when those solutions aren’t feasible, we found that even small offerings can make a big difference,” says Bu Zhong, Ph.D., an associate professor of journalism at Penn State and the first author of the paper.…

Beta-blockers for anxiety: What to know

Mental Health

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Penis pumps and how to use them

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Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Scallops

Healthy Food

Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Scallops are so easy, made with just two ingredients! Elegant enough to impress guests yet easy enough to make any weeknight for your family.

Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Scallops

Scallops are so meaty and delicious, and take just minutes to cook which makes this a perfect fast weeknight dish. Making them in the air fryer, the scallops come out perfectly juicy and tender on the inside, with crisp golden bacon on the outside in under 10 minutes. If your not a scallop fan, you may also like these Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites.

I have been craving bacon wrapped scallops forever and finally decided to test them out in the air fryer. Playing around with them in my kitchen, I found partially cooking the bacon before wrapping the scallops gives you the best results for perfectly cooked scallops and crisp, bacon.

Helpful Cook Tips

For perfectly cooked scallops, be sure to pat the scallops dry.

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7 Email Strategies to Attract More Nutrition Clients

Fitness

Email marketing is a wildly successful channel that still reigns supreme. You might think that social media tops the list of most effective sales channels, but it’s actually email that gets the job done.…

Why a Resource Like NutritionFacts.org is So Necessary

Nutrition

In a study of the dietary advice given by newspapers in the United Kingdom, “no credible scientific basis” was found for most claims. Indeed, “[m]isreporting of dietary advice…is widespread and may contribute to public misconceptions about food and health”—and potentially not only the public.

Scientists like to think they are not influenced by popular media. One study decided to put it to the test. The New York Times reports on scientific research each week, and researchers found that the studies covered by the Times end up being cited in the New England Journal of Medicine more than those that don’t. Seems like the popular press does indeed have an impact on science? Not so fast. That’s just one potential explanation. Perhaps outstanding studies are more likely to be picked up by the media and, independently, more likely to be cited. It’s possible the Times was just earmarking important science and its publicizing of that research didn’t have any effect on how often it was cited in future studies.…

WHO: Global suicide crisis calls for widespread preventive action

Mental Health

Ahead of the World Mental Health Day on October 10, the World Health Organization are drawing attention to the high rates of death by suicide worldwide, calling for more preventive action across all countries.

The WHO warn that suicide rates are very high around the world, and urge all nations to implement prevention strategies.

September 10 was World Suicide Prevention Day, and to mark the occasion and spread awareness of the global suicide crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched a campaign — called “40 seconds of action.” The campaign will culminate on October 10 — World Mental Health Day.

In 2019, the WHO decided that their focus would be on suicide prevention. The organization point out that suicide has become the second most common cause of premature death among teens and young adults — from ages 15 to 29 years old — in particular.

“Despite progress, one person still dies every 40 seconds from suicide,” notes WHO’s director-general, Dr.…

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AFPA Graduate Spotlight: Sara Haley, Prenatal and Postnatal Fitness Specialist

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During the last 25 years, we’ve certified over 110,000 professionals. To celebrate our 25th year in business, we’re selecting 25 grads to showcase this year. Meet our next featured grad, Sara Haley, an AFPA Certified Prenatal and Postnatal Fitness Specialist.…