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Is Constantly Measuring Activity Derailing Fitness Goals?
Perhaps Santa left a Fitbit under your tree and you are still figuring out how to use it. Or you are using it everyday without fail to track your activity. Either way, Baptist Health cardiologist Dr. Scott Davis has some new research with surprising results.

Keeping The Weight Off
At the beginning of every year, countless Arkansans make resolutions to lose weight, and a few succeed… initially. All too often, those trying to drop a few pounds take on excessively restrictive diets to achieve their desired weight. Slowly though, the constant feeling of deprivation begins to be too much, and old habits creep back in. As a result, nearly 65% of those who lose weight regain all they lost within three years.

A Guide for Your First Trimester
The first trimester of pregnancy is exciting, full of questions – and for many women – a little overwhelming. Those who have never had a baby don’t know what to expect, and women who have often experience different symptoms than before.

Gardening in Arkansas, part 2
Q: Is there really a difference in the nutritional value between fruits and veggies picked ripe (benefit to growing your own) and those picked early and ripened in the delivery truck?
A: Fruits and vegetables will always be more nutritious when they are picked ripe. Produce tends to lose it’s nutritional value over time. Each day a product sits….

Gardening in Arkansas
Q: Is there really a difference in the nutritional value between fruits and veggies picked ripe (benefit to growing your own) and those picked early and ripened in the delivery truck?
A: Fruits and vegetables will always be more nutritious when they are picked ripe. Produce tends to lose it’s nutritional value over time…

Beat the Holiday Blues
Do the holidays stress you out? The holiday season may bring you joy, but it might also be a time that causes you to feel overwhelmed or anxious. Factors that can contribute to holiday blues include facing the loss of a loved one, being away from family and friends, feeling isolated from others, complicated family dynamics, and financial hardship, to mention a few.