The New Year is a great time to make resolutions about improving your health and wellness, but as we all know, it can be really tough to stick to your resolutions, especially when it’s January and it’s cold outside. But now that spring is here, perhaps it’s a good chance to revisit some of the top health and wellness trends for 2012 and see how these fit into your lifestyle for the rest of the year.

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There was a great interview on NPR’s “Fresh Air” recently about the surprising health benefits of yoga. Western science/medicine is learning more about the health benefits of this ancient spiritual practice. Yoga is not just about flexibility and meditation, it can also lower your blood pressure, improve cardiovascular function and lower the risk of various diseases.

Eli Broad, a science writer for the New York Times, has written a new book called The Science of Yoga, which explores the history, risks and rewards of yoga. There is much more to yoga than most people might expect.

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People all over the world drink over 2.25 billion cups of coffee each day. Coffee is one of the world’s most popular beverages and one of the world’s most-traded commodities. Over 150 million Americans drink coffee each day, consuming over 22 gallons of coffee per year, per person. People love coffee for the caffeine, the flavor, the stimulating effects, the ability of the drink to focus the mind and sharpen the intellect. But what is all this coffee actually doing to our health? Is coffee “good for you” or “bad for you?” How can we find out?
There have been many studies conducted about the health effects of coffee, but these studies often have unclear or contradictory results. Some studies show that coffee benefits our health or reduces the risk of certain diseases, while other studies show that coffee has health risks as well.
Here are a few of the overall benefits (and possible risks) that science seems to have discovered in coffee (Source: Wikipedia).

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One of the most surprisingly entertaining and informative books I’ve read during the past few years was “A History of the World in Six Glasses,” by Tom Standage. This book is a history of six of humanity’s most popular drinks: beer, wine, liquor, coffee, tea and Coca-Cola. It discusses how each of these drinks were discovered/invented and how they came to be widely consumed.

There are interesting stories about the history and health effects of each drink, as well as the broader social trends that made each drink popular at each point in time. There’s a lot we can learn about human health and wellness by taking a closer look at these Six Glasses.

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A few years ago I read a really great book that helped change my perspective on food. It’s called “In Defense of Food,” by Michael Pollan, and it takes a new look at the fundamental assumptions that many Americans make (without even realizing it) about our diets.

According to Pollan’s book, many Americans are suffering from health problems (ranging from high blood pressure to diabetes to heart disease, cancer and stroke) that are caused or made worse by the “Western diet” – full of fat, meat, salt, sugar and processed foods.

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After watching this interview, you might want to think twice about whether your family is protected or not.

We recently had the opportunity to speak with funeral director of IRA Kaufman, David Techner. He offers some very personal, insightful, and interesting stories on his life and his experience with the deceased. As it turns out, his experience is far-more rooted in the lives and families of the deceased than the actual deceased.

Check out the video interview below. After watching, you’ll probably want to consider acquiring changes to your life insurance (or getting it if you have no life insurance at all). If that’s the case, reach out to us at MyInsuranceExpert.com – we’ll take care of all your life insurance needs!

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Do you want to improve your health? Do you want to lose weight, get physically fit, or help counteract the effects of various health conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes? What if we told you that there was an easy treatment already available to you that could help reduce your health risks and improve quality of life at almost any age, with almost any health condition?

Dr. Mike Evans, a specialist in preventive medicine, made an amazing YouTube video discussing what is the #1 thing you can do to improve your health (the video is below).
He discussed an amazing, simple treatment that has been proven to have the following beneficial effects on people’s health:

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One of the most important health questions that people get asked when they apply for life insurance is, “Have you used a tobacco product in the last 12 months?” If you answer “Yes,” that means that in the eyes of your life insurance company, you qualify as a smoker, and that means that your life insurance company is going to expect you to pay a higher life insurance premium than you would have to pay if you were a non-smoker.

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Many people think you need to get a full physical exam as part of getting approved to buy life insurance. But the truth is, you don’t. Some life insurance products don’t require a physical, and for the ones that do require a medical check, we can take care of it much faster and easier than a full-fledged physical at your doctor’s office.

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