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New Report Shows Workers Have Positive Outlook, Despite Savings Woes

A new report shows that today’s workers plan to live a long, healthy life–many expect to live to … [+] 100 or older. With longer lives, more than half of workers wish to stay employed beyond age 65. Transamerica Institute Today’s workers plan to live a long, healthy life–many expecting to live to 100 or older. With a longer life, more than half of workers wish to stay employed beyond age 65. And, while 73% of workers have a favorable view of aging, they lack confidence in their ability to achieve financial security and face competing priorities that make it…
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Orthorexia: Understanding and Overcoming an Obsession with Healthy Eating

Healthy eating is a goal for many people.(Getty Images)However, sometimes this avid interest crosses over into an eating disorder called orthorexia nervosa, which is an extreme obsession with healthy eating that often leads to malnutrition and impairs daily functioning.First coined in 1997, the term orthorexia describes an unhealthy, highly restrictive diet based on nutritional quality rather than quantity like most diets. This condition can become a detriment to someone’s mental and physical well-being. Their ability to live and enjoy life is hindered by the limitations placed on them by their own strict dietary rules. These rules interfere…
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New Matcha Mind cafe opens in Portobello’s Brighton Place

Owner, Zoe McKenna has created a vast selection of Match drinks from the ‘Golden Tummy Honey’ (honey, turmeric, Matcha) to ‘Matcha Made in Heaven’ (Matcha, pink pitaya, coconut milk, vanilla, maple). Photo: Anastasia FastaScotland’s first matcha inspired bar opened its doors in Edinburgh last week, selling a variety of hot and cold drinks that its owner says is a much healthier alternative to coffee. Edinburgh entrepreneur, Zoe McKenna, first discovered the wonders of matcha a few years ago with plans to open a unique Matcha café being a ‘background thought’ for the last year. Now the mother of three…
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