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Is Your Diet Sabotaging Your Wallet? Or, Worse –...
Americans spend a whopping 40 billion dollars each year on weight loss programs. And 97% of these people will gain back everything they have lost – if not more.
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By Alan Freishtat
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Why Do I Feel Guilty When I Exercise?: Learning...
Reconciling the soul-body split.
Feb 2, 2012
By Pesach Sommer
![When Less is More: What Chanukah Taught Me About Good Health](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Scale-w-Apple.jpg)
When Less is More: What Chanukah Taught Me About...
Fewer menorahs in my home reminded me that there were more menorahs elsewhere - in the homes of my children and grandchildren. Less here was more, as I realized it often...
Dec 28, 2011
By Alan Freishtat
![Exercise and Your Mental Health – Part IV](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Weight-Loss.jpg)
Exercise and Your Mental Health – Part IV
With or without complementary medication, exercise is an effective tool in treating mental illness.
Nov 30, 2011
By Alan Freishtat
![Exercise Your Body to Shape Up Your Mind](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Exercise-Mental-Health.jpg)
Exercise Your Body to Shape Up Your Mind
You'd be surprised how much that 30-minute jog does for your mental health.
Oct 30, 2011
By Dr. Michael Bunzel & Alan Freishtat
![10 Steps to Living a Longer – and Better – Life](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Healthy.jpg)
10 Steps to Living a Longer – and Better...
Spend time with friends and play more Sudoku? Those sound like lifestyle changes we can handle.
Sep 13, 2011
By Alan Freishtat
![The Frum Celiac (Finally!)](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Wheat.jpg)
The Frum Celiac (Finally!)
It's tough to have celiac disease. But it's tougher to have it alone.
Aug 31, 2011
By Moshe Zahler
![Affliction from Within: Celiac Disease in the Jewish Community](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Gluten-Free.jpg)
Affliction from Within: Celiac Disease in the Jewish Community
Part one in a two part series. Next week’s feature article will include The Kosher Celiac, Safety in the Kitchen, Cooking Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Recipes and additional useful websites Please note: Shira...
May 18, 2011
By Shira Galston
![A Story of Hope](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Pills.jpeg)
A Story of Hope
At fourteen, I was drawn to a small group of older students in my yeshiva. They were clearly the “in crowd” and didn’t sweat the small stuff; small meaning homework, tests,...
Mar 16, 2011
By David A.
![Eating Disorder and Orthodoxy](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Eating-Disorder.jpeg)
Eating Disorder and Orthodoxy
The higher-than-average incidence of these disorders in the Orthodox community calls for action.
Dec 27, 2010
By Kate Bigam
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