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Remember when health podcasts were just starting out? That was us!

Health Power has been empowering listeners to live their healthiest lives for over a decade, and we’re still going strong. We’re old school in the best way possible: no fads, just facts. Host Lisa, with her Master’s in Public Health and 26 years in health media, offers time-tested wisdom and practical strategies to help you truly thrive.

On Health Power, you’ll discover:

Evidence-based guidance: Straightforward facts for a healthier you.

Holistic well-being: Connecting mind, body, and spirit.

Sustainable habits: Practical steps for lasting change.

Insightful discussions: Expert interviews that cut through the noise.

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How Self-Care is a Key to Being an Empowered Young Woman Jun 08, 2016

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In a chaotic world, where airbrushed perfection is beauty, can you find your true beauty?Do you remember your first kiss? Your first heartbreak? Your first bra? The first time your best friend betrayed you?
Beautiful: Being an Empowered Young Woman peels back the truth behind becoming a woman in a chaotic world where airbrushed perfection is beauty... when, in reality, beauty is who you are.
This revolutionary book offers strategies to help young women cope with contemporary issues, like body image, the media, relationships, competition, sex and peer pressure. It explores the way adolescents see and talk about themselves, and answers the big questions young women are afraid to ask.
Author Naomi Katz offers truths about conquering adolescence and cultivating a unique sense of self. Weaving together narratives of real teens, Katz, a teacher who has worked with young women all over the globe, provides inspiration for growing girls looking for guidance in an increasingly complicated world.

Do's & Don'ts of Vitamin Use For Ultimate Self-Care Jun 08, 2016

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Could your vitamin be putting your health at risk?According to a study at Harvard, over 80% of men and women take some kind of vitamin supplement on a regular basis.
But, in spite of their best efforts, they may not be getting the nutrition they think due to the common mistakes that people make. Or, worse yet, these individuals may be putting their health at risk.
Taking doses that are too low, in the wrong combination, or even at the wrong time of day can all mean you don’t get the nutrition you expect. You also have to keep in mind the interactions of certain medications, such as diabetes medications and acid reducers.
What are the "do's and don'ts" of vitamin use?
Sarah Hiner, President/CEO of Boardroom Inc., joins hosts Andrea Donsky and Lisa Davis to explain the difference between more expensive vitamins and cheaper, big-box store vitamins, as well as certain interactions you may want to consider.

Simple Summer Self-Care Detox Improves Skin & Energy Levels Jun 08, 2016

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Summer is a great time to finally shake the cobwebs of the cooler, darker spring and winter months.Summer is a great time to finally shake the cobwebs of the cooler, darker spring and winter months.
One way to do that is with a summer detox.
Christine Horner, MD, FACS, joins hosts Andrea and Lisa to share her favorite ways to detox in order to improve your skin health and energy levels.

Take sips of warm/hot water throughout the day. This purifies the skin, keeps your digestion going and helps with elimination.
Support your liver. Mushrooms stimulate the detoxification enzymes in the liver and also support your immune system. Artichokes, dandelion leaves, dandelion root and milk thistle help the liver as well.
Up your antioxidants with superfoods such as lychee, goji berries, and acai berries.

Carol Alt: Will the Modeling Industry Ever Change? Jun 08, 2016

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When Carol Alt was at the height of her modeling career, she used two staples to maintain the slender physique the industry required: coffee and cigarettes.When Carol Alt was at the height of her modeling career, she used two staples to curb her appetite and maintain the slender physique the industry required: coffee and cigarettes.
She wasn't necessarily suffering from an eating disorder, but she also didn't have the nutritional knowledge on how to keep that physique and still be able to eat food. No one was teaching models how to eat properly.
Has that changed at all?
Young women are still very, very thin and many of them are damaging their health to maintain that size. Plus, the increasingly small size of models sets an example for the industry.
Yes, some girls are naturally thin. But many are also using unhealthy tactics to achieve the "model thin" look.
Carol joins hosts Andrea and Lisa to share her thoughts on the current state of the modeling industry, as well as what needs to change to ensure the health and safety of young women (and men).

Mastering Your Mind & Letting Go of Old Beliefs For Ultimate Self-Care Jun 01, 2016

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Your old beliefs can be a huge hurdle in living a happy and healthy life.Your old beliefs can be a huge hurdle in living a happy and healthy life.
Past experiences can become ingrained in your mindset and prevent you from realizing your best self. Whether those experiences were instances of bullying from others or self-inflicted chastisement, they can have life-long impacts.
The key is to release those past experiences and stop repeating the same old story.
Shaman Isabella Stoloff suggests three simple tips for mastering your own mind:

Look on the bright side. Become a watcher of your thoughts. Have a conversation with yourself... is it a conversation you'd have with a friend?
Become your own best friend.
Enlist creative imagery. Manifest images that make you feel good, rather than wallow in the ones that bring you down.

Isabella joins host Lisa Davis to share tips for letting go of old beliefs.

MCTs: Rapid Fuel for Mind & Body For Ultimate Self-Care Jun 01, 2016

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Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCTs) have numerous health benefits, ranging from improved cognitive function to better weight management.For centuries, Eastern cultures and Ayurvedic medicine have prized coconut oil as an elixir of life, known to maintain long-lasting energy.
Coconut oil contains Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCTs), a form of saturated fatty acid that has numerous health benefits, ranging from improved cognitive function to better weight management. Utilizing unique metabolic pathways, MCTs deliver rapid fuel to your mind and body, giving you energy to do what you love.
Sioma Waisburd is the Founder of Whole e Nature and WonderFUEL, the first ready-to-drink MCT coconut oil beverage that is organic, non-GMO, and vegan. He joins host Lisa Davis to share the many health benefits of MCTs.

Uncovering the Clues of Your Food Cravings For Ultimate Self-Care Jun 01, 2016

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Are you eating because you're hungry? Or, are your cravings taking over your body?A study out of the University of California-Davis found that "eating "mindfully" and cultivating a heightened awareness to the body's signals when you crave certain foods decreases emotional eating.
You can win your internal battle with emotional eating by paying attention to what you eat as you're eating, how it makes you feel, and realizing when you're eating to satisfy a hunger, a habit, or an unsatisfied emotion.
Why does this matter?
Anyone battling binge eating, sugar cravings, or other types of emotional eating can attest to the difficulty of breaking free from overeating patterns. We become side-tracked by day-to-day life in a non-stop world that makes us live in our heads and ignore our bodies. This means you miss vital clues to your well-being. You stifle many of your physical and emotional needs with your go-to quick fix: food.
By objectively investigating your food cravings, looking for the underlying reasons of our "hunger," noticing how certain foods make you feel, and more, you can discover a new perspective and a way to break old eating habits.
Lisa Lewtan, Founder of Healthy, Happy & Hip and author of Busy, Stressed, and Food Obsessed, joins host Lisa Davis to share how you can start to loosen the grip your cravings have on you.

Clearing Emotional Clutter For Ultimate Self-Care Jun 01, 2016

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Getting the clutter off your desk or tidying up your space can be a cleansing task. But, what about all the emotional clutter that resides in your mind?Getting the clutter off your desk or tidying up your space can be a cleansing task.
But, what about all the emotional clutter that resides in your mind?
Emotional clutter is truly invisible; not readily recognizable like the papers and magazines that pile up.
It may come from past childhood experiences or trauma, worries about the future, or simply the day-to-day chaos of life. This clutter keeps you from embracing the present moment and performing in those moments.
It's not easy to keep your mind clean. Research suggests that the average mind tends to wander about 50 percent of the time and has about 75,000 thoughts in the course of the day. There are so many distractions and choices to make in modern-day lives, so it's important to filter out those thoughts. How many are accurate and relevant? How many are just old toxic thoughts or a result of your brain on autopilot?
Donald Altman, LPC, author of Clearing Emotional Clutter: Mindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What's Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformation, has coined the term "inner Facebooking," which is a metaphor for how we make mental posts in our mind. Notice these mental posts and how they make you feel.
Where you place your attention and the thoughts you have can actually rewire your brain. This is something you can do in just a few minutes a day.
Donald also encourages what he calls fidelity to the moment or faithfulness to one moment. This involves uni-tasking instead of multitasking. Wash your dishes just to wash them, not to get that task out of the way. Notice how the water feels on your skin, the artistry of the plates. When you're on a walk, just walk. Embrace the scenery.
Listen in as Donald explains how you can start to rewire your brain and embrace the beauty of the present moment.

Conquering the Stress of Superwoman Syndrome (and the Need for Self-Care) Jun 01, 2016

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Your body needs some stress to function at optimal levels, but too much stress can wreak havoc on your systems.Contrary to previous belief, women have a stronger fight or flight response than men when faced with stressful or dangerous situations.
Your body needs some stress to function at optimal levels, but too much stress can wreak havoc on your systems.
The thought of "handling your stress" is somewhat of an impossible task, because stress is a physical event that occurs; a metabolic response.
Here are just a few of the physical responses that occur when stress hits your body:

cortisol levels go up
immune system is altered
lipid profile changes
store more fat and lose muscle
insulin response diminished
sleep is affected negatively

James B. LaValle, RPh, CCN, joins host Lisa Davis to explain exactly what happens when you're affected by chronic stress, as well as effective ways to reduce the stress in your life.

Mindful Eating for weight loss and through the Proper Self-Care May 25, 2016

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Eating mindfully can get you out of that "good food/bad food" mindset.We all eat, and we all eat mindlessly at times.
But, when this leads to painful and constant struggle over most meals and many foods, it may be time to consider other ways of relating to your eating, yourself, and the many, many food choices you face each day.
Mindful eating is simply another powerful way of relating to your experiences of food, your relationship to your body, and the joy that is possible in savoring your experiences.
Eating mindfully can get you out of that "good food/bad food" mindset.
Jean Kristeller, PhD, creator of the NIH-funded Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT), says one way to think of mindful eating is to cultivate your inner gourmet. You might realize the foods you thought you loved aren't all that wonderful anymore when you truly tune in to taste.
Jean also explains the difference between self-regulation and willpower. Self-regulation is about balance, not struggling with yourself, and recognizing both your hunger and your fullness. Willpower disconnects you from all the experiences that give you true feedback.
By eating mindfully, you can get back in touch with a sense of fullness or a sense of what is "enough." Fullness shouldn't be a result of stuffing yourself.
Listen in as Jean joins host Lisa Davis to discuss how mindful eating can help you achieve a variety of health goals. She also shares some details about the MB-EAT program.

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