The healthiest way to lose weight is neither crash diets nor bursts of exercise. The body likes slow changes in terms of food and exercise.

Avoid These 7 Emergency Planning Mistakes

Cintas Corporation, providers of first-aid and safety products, identify seven mistakes businesses make during emergency planning.

Between bags of candy and spooky celebrations, October 31 is a favorite day for many children and adults. However, the festivities aren’t all fun and games for children. This Halloween, protect your little ghost or ghoul by following these safety guidelines.

Cooking Spaghetti Squash

I love the fall partly because of the weather but all because I love fall fruits and vegetables like apples, pomegranates, endives, spinach, pumpkins and squash. One of my favorite forms of squash is the spaghetti squash. It is higher in beta-carotene; the orange variety is also bit sweeter than its paler counterpart, although both have a mild flavor that is easily enhanced by the food served with or on it. A foodies dream, a four-ounce serving of spaghetti squash has only 37 calories.
This is one simple recipe for spaghetti squash that I found a long time ago but changed some ingredients to make it a healthy side or a great main dish instead of using traditional noodles.

September 14^th was Lenawee United Way’s “Day of Action”. Over 300 people donated their time on over 40 different projects throughout Lenawee County. While rain made video more complicated than usual, local photographers donated their time and expertise by providing hundreds of quality snap-shots. Watch a compilation our compilation of this amazing day-

I remember when I was a kid I would race off the bus after school, run right in the kitchen and grab junk food to eat because I was so hungry. I would not eat the healthy dinner that my mom cooked for me because I was so stuffed from the ice cream, candy and chips that I ate after school.

Kapnick's Health Coach Corner

I think it’s great to support children’s interest in cooking for a few reasons. Here’s why, it fosters their creativity and it is a hands-on activity, cooking helps kids understand where food comes from and how it’s made, which can help healthy kids grow into healthy adults, and well, it’s one more pair of hands to help mom and pop in the kitchen!

Going down the road of fitness is not always the easiest road to travel. It takes a certain level of discipline and determination to decide daily that one will make healthy choices. Let’s be honest, when everyone on your job is going for pizza at lunch and you have your healthy baked chicken breast and steamed vegetables it can be discouraging. Also, when you’re on a journey of fitness and your family isn’t, the journey can seem long and lonely. This is why fitness should be and can be a family affair. When you find a partner for your fitness journey, the journey becomes even more fun, exciting and rewarding. Your family can be the best fitness partner when approached properly. Becoming a Drill Sergeant may not be the best way to approach it. However, incorporating small fitness ideas into your daily life could prove to be helpful for the entire family.