Weight Loss Improves and Strengthens Intimate Relationships

When people think about weight loss, they typically think about the health benefits. However, new research has found that for the majority of people, weight loss impacts not only the physical body, but personal relationships as well. According to recent findings by North Carolina State University and University Texas at Austin, when obese individuals lose weight, their relationships often improve. The results indicated that most of the couples enjoyed vastly improved communication. They reported that before the weight loss their conversations about the topic were ineffective. They would discuss needing to lose weight but never followed through, or they avoided the topic altogether. After the weight loss, however, the couples reported that it was easier to openly discuss the topic. The majority of the participants also reported feeling closer to their partner, both physically and emotionally. They experienced more loving and positive interactions, and fostered a happier relationship ov
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Healthy Foods That Prevent Overeating

Individuals who struggle with their weight often report difficulties finding a balance between eating until they are comfortably full, and overeating until they don’t feel well. There are a variety of factors that contribute to this challenge, but one of the main causes is a diet lacking in foods that promote fullness. To resolve this, I recommend incorporating the following high-protein, satiety-promoting foods into your diet, and assessing how they affect your snacking and overeating habits: Eggs or chicken. Eating eggs or chicken for breakfast or an afternoon snack is a terrific way to prevent overeating. In addition to being nutrient dense and low in calories, these foods will keep you full for a longer period of time and reduce your desire for unhealthy snacks. High protein shakes. Incorporating a high-protein shake into your diet is a great way to manage your calorie intake. They make an easy breakfast and will keep you full until your next meal, but make sure you read the lab
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Weight Loss Surgery Lowers Your Risk Of Developing Type II Diabetes

For years the medical field has seen incredible results in treating type 2 diabetes with weight loss surgery. I’ve personally treated countless patients who no longer needed their diabetes medication after undergoing a weight loss procedure. Now new research shows that in addition to reversing type 2 diabetes, weight loss surgery can also significantly reduce your risk of developing the condition to begin with. For this study, researchers selected 2,100 obese individuals without diabetes who had undergone weight loss surgery. They then matched them for age, sex, BMI, and blood sugar levels with 2,100 obese individuals without diabetes who had not undergone weight loss surgery. After seven years, the obese individuals who had bariatric surgery had an 80% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than the control group that had no form of surgical intervention. This is something everyone should be aware of, as it’s important to know the negative effects excess weight has on your heal
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What’s The Best Diet For Weight Loss?

I came across this and wanted to share with all of you before the holiday season approaches.  According to a recent study by the Journal of the American Medical Association, the best diet for weight loss isn’t necessarily low-carb or low-fat. It’s whichever diet you are able to stick with. In an analysis of data from 50 trials including 7,300 individuals, significant weight loss was observed with any low-carbohydrate or low-fat diet, with a very small weight loss difference between the diet programs. These findings support what doctors like myself have been telling our patients for years: There is no such thing as nor is there a need for a one-size-fits-all approach to dieting. If you intend to adopt a new diet, the one you’ll find success with is the one you can commit to for the long term. Furthermore, while you will lose weight with a strict diet or by cutting out entire food groups such as carbs or fats, it’s not necessary or healthy. Doing so can result in nutritional de
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Your Weight Can Increase Your Risk Of Breast Cancer

New studies indicate that the link between weight gain and breast cancer is stronger than previously thought. According to the American Cancer Society’s latest research, women who are obese or overweight face a significant breast cancer risk when compared to lean women. Their studies found that women who gained 55 pounds or more after age 18 had almost a 50% greater risk of breast cancer, and women who gained 22 pounds or more after menopause faced an increased risk of 18%. Studies looking directly at postmenopausal breast cancer found that the risk is almost 1.5 times higher in overweight women and about 2 times higher in obese women. Furthermore, obesity is a risk factor for Type II Diabetes, which some studies have linked to a modestly increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer. With such an established link between weight gain and breast cancer, your best option for reducing your risk is to lose weight and take immediate steps to improve your health. Here’s how to get sta
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SEO and SSL Security

This month, our team spent time working on a new SEO strategy that we wanted to share with our readers:  SSL Certificate for your website.  One of the leaders in SEO plugins for WordPress, Yoast, inspired us to take the step for our agency website, and we wanted to first understand how difficult it was going to be and also what kind of benefits we might have for doing this. The Basics of SSL SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer.  Its the security technology that establishes an encrypted link between a web server and a browser.  So all data that is passed between both is private and integral. SSL has... The post SEO and SSL Security appeared first on Nivo Media Group.
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How Businesses Can Build Customer Loyalty Online

With your competition only a click away and the average consumer reporting less brand loyalty than ever before, it’s never been more important – or difficult – to get your customers to stick with you for the long term. In order to foster loyalty in today’s marketplace, you need to start by treating your current customers really well. And the easiest, most effective way to do this is by turning your attention to your online audience. Here’s how to get started: Connect with your customers online Respond to complaints and negative reviews in a timely manner. Reach out to your customers on social media and let them know that you’re... The post How Businesses Can Build Customer Loyalty Online appeared first on Nivo Media Group.
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The Top Digital Marketing Strategies for 2015

As the current year comes to a close, it’s time to make sure your marketing plan for 2015 is on target and focused on the strategies and objectives that will reap the greatest returns. At Nivo Media Group, we’ve always ensured success by planning ahead and meeting each January with the coming year’s latest marketing strategies. We encourage our clients to do the same, which is why today we’re sharing the five digital marketing trends we predict will be king in 2015. We’ll be employing them beginning January 1st, and we advise you to do the same.  And we d like to add a little humor with some Mad Men GIFs... The post The Top Digital Marketing Strategies for 2015 appeared first on Nivo Media Group.
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Increase Your Small Business’s Online Visibility

Implementing a multifaceted marketing plan to increase your online visibility is one of the best things you can do for your small business. Not only will a well-formed strategy allow you to connect with new audiences, if it’s implemented correctly it will set you apart from the competition. And most importantly, increasing your visibility online means it will be easier for your target market to find you, become loyal customers, and spread the word on their social networks. When developing a strategy to make your small business more visible online, here are the four key components we recommend investing the majority of your resources in: #1. Target the right keywords... The post Increase Your Small Business’s Online Visibility appeared first on Nivo Media Group.
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The New Small Business SEO Strategies

As a digital marketing agency, we encounter countless small businesses that still employ outdated SEO strategies, such as favoring quantity of links over quality and stuffing keywords into their content without concern for readability. Unfortunately, mistakes like these don’t account for the way search engines currently operate, and they are why so many small businesses are not increasing in ranking or visibility. Luckily, this is a fairly straightforward problem to rectify. You simply have to update your SEO strategy so that it’s in alignment with how search engines currently work, and your ranking, visibility, and business will improve. To help you with this, we recommend incorporating the following SEO strategies... The post The New Small Business SEO Strategies appeared first on Nivo Media Group.
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Turn Any Situation into a Great Opportunity

Throughout my more than thirty years of experience as the CEO of a large company, I’ve learned that the best business opportunities often disguise themselves as extraordinarily difficult situations. Time and time again, I have witnessed devastating failures lead to enormous successes, and difficult situations transformed into golden opportunities.

As an entrepreneur, the setbacks and failures you face today create the foundation for your future success. That’s why it’s so important to leverage every single situation to your advantage by being prepared, developing a strategy, and moving forward with a realistic plan.

Here’s how to find the opportunity in any situation and turn it into the best thing that ever happened to you:

• Before you act, weigh the situation. Look at your situation from all vantage points. Don’t assign blame, but accept responsibility where it is due and enforce accountability. This step is important because it gives you the greatest leverage for determining the outcome.
• Respond quickly and with a level head. Maintain a positive outlook and avoid catastrophizing. Deal with the facts and focus on what you can change.
• Seek the opportunity. There is an opportunity in every single situation, and as the leader of your company, it is your job to find it, accept it, and allow it to lead you to success.
• Do not hesitate. When you see an opportunity, take it. Even if it doesn’t “work”, you will grow from the experience. And you can take that situation and turn it into another opportunity, and another. This is how success is created.
• Value growth above perfection. Things are going to go wrong and you are going to encounter challenging situations. Perfection is not an attainable goal, but consistent growth is. Whenever you are faced with a problem, always look at how you can grow from it. What can you learn? Where can you take these lessons? How can you move forward with integrity, always looking to the future?
• And finally, remember that every single successful entrepreneur has encountered thousands of failures and setbacks over the years. Success is possible no matter how many challenging situations you’ve faced, as long as you’re skilled at turning them into opportunities.