By Sally Cameron This green quinoa salad with spinach, cilantro, lime and cucumber is healthy and refreshing. I enjoy it for lunch. It’s also great as a side dish with chicken, fish, shrimp or seared scallops. Feel free to taste and add more lime, cilantro or a little extra olive oil to suit your taste. ...

BY EMILY MAIN rodale.com A new study reveals that regular exercise improves your heart’s ability to beat. RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—We all know that exercise is good for the heart, but scientists have never fully understood exactly why. One theory, tested in a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health, is that exercise ...

Whenever possible, buy organic, locally grown, unprocessed foods. For meats, try to only buy grass fed, hormone and antibiotic free products. Note items marked with an ” * ” are especially healthy and listed on Dr. Amen’s “50 Best Brain Foods” list.”         Acorn squash Apples* Apricots Artichokes Asparagus* Avocados* Bananas* Bell ...

By Rick Warren “He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones. He has besieged and surrounded me?with anguish and distress. He has buried me in a dark place, like those long dead .… And though I cry and shout, he has shut out my prayers.” (Lamentations 3:4-6, 8 NLT) We ...

By Sally Cameron The perfect no-cook dessert for friends and family: fresh strawberries with a sweet and tangy sour cream dip made with vanilla and honey. What could be easier. Look for the Green Valley Organics brand of sour cream. It’s rich and thick, more like the French sour cream called Creme Fraiche. It you can’t find ...

Published on Jun 19, 2012 Unhealthy lifestyles have brought on a social epidemic of “diabesity,” says author Mark Hyman, and community-driven solutions may be the only way out.

In January 2008 my husband lost his job. With that, we lost our group health insurance and were plunged into the “individual” insurance market. We ended up with a plan that we could barely afford for our family of five. It carried an $8,000 a year premium price tag with a $12,000 deductible. Translation: all ...

By Rick Warren “I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” (Philippians 1:6 NLT) In the book of Philippians, Paul uses the word “joy” 16 times in just four chapters. As a prisoner in a Roman ...

Don’t have a lot of time to get fit? Exercise expert Sean Foy gives you a workout that works in 10 minutes.

by Kay Warren thrivingfamily.com It’s been said that opposites attract. In my marriage, that couldn’t be truer. My husband, Rick, is definitely a Tigger — an optimistic extrovert and a glass-half-full kind of guy. On the other hand, I am an Eeyore, introverted and convinced the glass is half empty. As a young, dating couple, ...