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With air pollution, harmful pesticides and an unhealthy diet, your body is probably full of chemicals and poisons that you don’t even think about. If you want to detox your entire body, mind, spirit and life, turn to this list, which has over 100 ideas from medical professionals for removing the poison.

Keep these 10 tips in mind each day for a regular detox session.
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If you are one of the minority of people who regularly go to a gym for exercise, then congratulations! It means you have the right priorities and terrific discipline. But it’s fair to say that at times, even for committed exercisers, motivation often flags, and there are days when it requires a Herculean effort just to put on your workout clothes and walk through the gym doors.

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David L. Katz, MD, sorts out the healthy, the harmful, and the hype.

Dear Dr. Katz:

I’ve put on a lot of pounds recently, and sex seems less pleasurable. Can weight gain affect my sexual response?

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Traditionally, the medical community has focused on reversing the acute illnesses associated with aging—cancer, heart disease and stroke. But to add serious, high-quality years to your life—years when your body continues to work at its peak level—you have to lower your risk for all diseases. And the only way to do that is by slowing the aging of cells.

Rather than treating your body as a disposable product, this 14-day plan will teach you to take care of it in a way that keeps it performing like new. The following two weeks of tips, quizzes, shopping lists and action steps will prepare your mind and body to make lasting changes.

Why 14 days? Because that’s how long it takes for many healthy behaviors to become healthy habits.

Get the full details of The 14-Day Plan to Staying Young at Oprah.com.

Small changes to inoculate yourself against the Big C.

Consider this number: 10 million. That’s how many cases of cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year. Now consider this number: 15 million. That’s how many cases of cancer the World Health Organization estimates will be diagnosed in the year 2020—a 50 percent increase—if we don’t get our act together.

Most cancers don’t develop overnight or out of nowhere. Cancer is largely predictable, the end result of a decades-long process, but just a few simple changes in your daily life can significantly reduce your risk.

Here are 31 great tips:

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It’s the start of another year, and you probably have the best of intentions for losing that extra weight. This year, make good on your promises to maintain a healthier lifestyle. These simple fitness and diet tips will motivate and inspire you to lose those pounds—and keep them off!

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What seems to have gotten lost in the enthusiasm for vitamins is the fact that too much of vitamin intake can, indeed, be bad.

Risks include:

• Liver abnormalities
• Birth defects
• Reduced bone density
• Nerve damage to the arms and legs (from very high intake of supplements)
• Nausea
• Cramps
• Diarrhea
• Kindey stones
• High calcium levels in the blood
• Hemorrhage (only from supplements and fortified food)
• Kidney stones from supplements; renal insufficiency

Source: Oprah.com

Losing just 10% of body weight can cut the pain of osteoarthritis of the knee by 50%.

Source: Johns Hopkins University