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Think you need to work out 2 hours each day to get fit? Fred Hahn shows us how to get more health bang for our fitness buck with just 30 minutes per week of strength training.

As you sit down to a Thanksgiving dinner with your family and delicious low carb foods, take a moment to consider how the low carb lifestyle has changed your life! Dr. Eric Westman, co-author of Cholesterol Clarity and The New Atkins for a New You shares what he is thankful for as he looks at the evolution of the low carb lifestyle.

Each year we come full circle back to the holiday season. For the next 5 months, we must live through Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Valentine's Day. When you plan your holiday meals, will you just say "No" to certain things or will you budget your food? Be aware of your options and prepare now for the season.

Primal Cravings by Megan McCullough Keatley and Brandon Keatley is full of Paleo comfort food recipes for foods we crave, such as burgers, pizza, crackers, and chips for example, as well as many healthy recipes that will become favorites.

In our society we accept hair changes as a part of the aging process. Yet that doesn’t stop us from experiencing the horror that comes with the discovery of too many strands in their brush or large clumps of hair collected in the drain. Sagdrina Jalal offers us three activities to improve the health look of our hair during the winter months.

As a child who was chubby, had major food cravings, ADD, OCD, and PCOS, Misty Humphrey know too well the connection between food, behavior, and poor health. In this article, Misty shows us how to create special, fun, and healthy holiday traditions with our kids.

Most people will pair apples with cinnamon. But in the Alsace-Lorraine region between France and Germany, a common fall dish involves stuffing a bird with apples, pears, onions, and herbs. I’ve translated some of these flavors into an unusually light dinner roll that will go nicely with your Thanksgiving dinner.

Sometimes we can get all pumpkined out. I have several in my family that simply don’t like pumpkin pie. Try serving this slightly tart Cranberry-Almond Panna Cotta instead.

We’re going with savory, seasonal flavors in this month’s Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Sautéed Pumpkin, Kale & Sage recipe.