Mayo Clinic Tips: How To Eat Healthy On-The-Go
Bella Breakdown Anyone who is busy knows that eating healthy while on the run seems next to impossible. But, it doesn’t have to be. Living a busy life doesn’t mean you have to forfeit your healthy lifestyle, all it takes is a little bit more planning and meal preparation. If you can afford to take the time to plan ahead with your diet and nutrition, you will see changes and you will feel much less stressed while running around. Kate Zeratsky is a registered Mayo Clinic dietician nutritionist, and she has some great tips on how to stay healthy...
Postpartum Depression: Not Just the Baby Blues
Bella Breakdown You’ve waited nine months, and your new baby finally has arrived. But a few weeks later, instead of feeling joy and contentment, you experience anxiety, sadness, episodes of crying and guilt. You may be suffering from postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is defined as mood symptoms or anxiety that presents in women from 3 weeks to up to a year after having your baby. Postpartum depression is different than the “baby blues”, which only last about 2 weeks. Postpartum depression is considered normal, happens to a lot of women and can have a varying degree of severity. In...
Adult Coloring Books: Trendy & Therapeutic
Bella Breakdown You may have fond memories of curling up with a box of crayons and a coloring book as a kid, but coloring is no longer just child’s play. More adults are turning to coloring as a way to relax. As Vivien Williams tells us in today’s Mayo Clinic Minute, it can help us focus and stay in the moment. Mindfulness-based stress reduction is a way of tuning out the chatter in your life. We all know that our bodies need rest. Coloring might provide you with a way to give your brain a rest, as well. Stress...
