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The Sustainability of Alaska Seafood

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The 2015 dietary guidelines stress the importance of fish consumption, but there are still misconceptions swirling around about the seafood industry. What exactly is farm-to-table seafood, and is it sustainable? I had the opportunity to learn firsthand about the Alaska seafood industry by taking a sponsored tour of the breathtaking state and even getting on a fishing boat to catch my own fish. About Alaska They say everything is bigger in Texas, but it’s even bigger in Alaska! The state commands 34,000 miles of tidal shoreline. To give you some perspective, the Atlantic Coast (from Maine to Florida) is about 2,000 miles, whereas the Alaska Coast is about 5,500 miles. But there’s just about one person per square mile actually living in Alaska. (If you applied this population density to Manhattan, you would have about 37 people living on the entire island.) And because of its exceptional fishing waters, the state produces more than half the nation’s wild seafood harvest by volume. T

An Overlooked Cause of Back Pain

Tips for Picking the Right Sports Bra + Moving Comfort Giveaway

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Good morning! If you’re a long-time reader, you probably remember me writing about sports bras more than a few times over the years. I have a few tried-and-true favorites, but I’m always on the hunt for the next best one. I recently had the opportunity to chat with the bra team at Brooks about some new styles that were just released this summer (one of which I personally tried and reviewed below). They also offered a number of tips for picking the perfect sports bra since finding the right one is sometimes a little tricky, so I shared them with you guys below. To celebrate the launch of the new Moving Comfort sports bras (FYI: Brooks owns Moving Comfort, who, in my opinion, makes the best sports bras in the business), I am giving away a sports bra of your choice to one lucky reader! Details below. TIPS FOR PICKING THE RIGHT SPORTS BRA Try on LOTS of different styles and sizes . You never know what you’ll like! Speaking of size, get professionally sized at a lingerie or de

Farewell Summer, Hello Four

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This post is sponsored by Chobani Guess who turns four years old today!?!?!?!? And yesterday I walked him into his preK classroom. Sniff, sniff. It’s been a big week! Mazen is not a little tot anymore, and he literally gets bigger every day! We had a really busy summer. Mazen traveled to Bald Head Island, San Diego, Hillsborough, South Carolina, the Outer Banks, and attended three different camps. This last final week of summer I didn’t schedule a thing . Matt and I just wanted to spend as much time doing fun activities as we could before school started. And boy did we pack them in! Chobani sent us a care package full of yogurts to fuel us up for this final week of summer. We eat a LOT of yogurt in our house – from the cup, squeezed out, in smoothies, to cool off oatmeal, or as popsicles. Chobani products are made with only natural, non-GMO ingredients, and have n o artificial preservatives, sweeteners, or flavors. The Kids products are made with real fruit and have less than