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Staying Hydrated
How much water do you drink? I used to be so bad about drinking water. I’m positive that in law school when I had a choice between buying a bottle of soda or buying a bottle of water, the soda won every time. That’s because when we’re busying working or studying it’s so easy to overlook healthy habits (and start bad ones). Needless to say it was a rough three years… Then I graduated and I started buckling down on my health and really made it a priority. This included increasing my water intake. I went from drinking no water, to drinking at least three liters a day. Four liters on a…
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Balanced Diet: Tasty and Healthy Shrimp Tacos
One of my big pet peeves is the idea that food from Mexico and Central/South America is the height of unhealthiness. I have even read articles about doctors shaming patients when they make blanket statements that all that X ethnic-style food is bad. In reality, there’s so much fresh vegetables and fruits in “Latino” cuisines that you can make healthy dishes or just add a few alternatives and make favorite dishes a little healthier. This Friday series of a well-lived life is about eating healthy, while still getting to enjoy the comfort food many of us were raised on. Now, I’m by no means an extensive cook or an expert in clean-eating…