Resolution: Health!

Dec 22, 2010

Happy New Year!

As a decade comes to a close, we'd like to personally thank each and every one of our followers for your support and feedback, which keeps us eager to provide you with the latest in health information.

In 2011, we look forward to launching new programs that will keep you entertained with highly credible programming from HealthiNation.

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Above all, we wish you all a happy, healthy holiday season.

Resolution: Health

Each year millions of people make resolutions, and nearly as many end up breaking them. Once the glitz of the New Year has subsided we tend to revert back to our old ways...

This year, don't become just another statistic! Get a head start in the right direction with our Smoking Cessation and Better You: Weight loss series.

Healthy New Year's Cocktails

from EatingWell.com and HealthiNations' own resident mixologist, Talia Carr

Ring in the New Year while gaining the health benefits of pomegranate and cucumber with these fabulously tasty cocktails!

Pomegranate Cosmopolitan
Yields one serving - shaken, not stirred.

1 1/2 ounces each pomegranate juice and vodka

4 teaspoons lime juice

1 tablespoon Cointreau

1 1/2 teaspoons ginger juice

1/2 teaspoon sugar

The Cucumber Mint "HealthiTini"

yields one serving

2 slices of cucumber

2 mint sprigs

3 oz vodka

Muddle cucumber and mint with sugar, add vodka

QUIT SMOKING

Smoking is a nasty habit that is very difficult to shake and while it's no surprise that smoking is tied to long-term health complications such as lung cancer and COPD, millions of Americans continue to smoke each and every day.

Our series, Smoking: Quit Now offers expert strategies paired with lifestyle changes that will make the transition easier. So why not quit now? It's never too late....

LOSE WEIGHT

Weight loss has always been a touchy subject. Within the media, women and men are often portrayed as being stick thin, but in real life, 60 percent of Americans are actually overweight.*

So what's the best way to diet in order to achieve a healthy weight? Learn more in our Weight Loss series.

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Reviewed by Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Parikh

SOURCES:

*http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/overwt.htm