Author: Kathryn Jost

A recent study found that strength training boosts your metabolism and fat burning capabilities for up to 2 days after a workout.

Learning dance steps challenges both the mind and body. Dancing can burn 200-400 calories per hour, depending on intensity, and learning new dance steps will sharpen the mind.

Dyes and chemicals used to flavor and preserve junk food, require a lot of extra vitamins and minerals from the body just to metabolize and detoxify them.  Because junk food has no nutrients in it, the body must use its precious stores of nutrients to digest junk food.

Remember to scrub your hands thoroughly several times a day.  Up to 80% of all colds, flu and other common illnesses are spread through touching.