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Have you noticed the term nightshades popping up more and more online and in social media?

Maybe you've heard of them, but don’t know what they are?

Hint: it’s not the shade in your room over your window that you pull down to make it darker.

Rather this is a group of vegetables that meet specific criteria and fall under the nightshade family of food.

They include things such as eggplant, coloured peppers, tomatoes, potatoes and chili peppers.

Here are my favourite:

Many of us regularly assume that it only counts as exercise if it is in the gym or we are breaking a hard sweat.

And while it’s true that these are both ways to exercise and are indeed good for us, it’s not the only way.

Increasing research is showing that simply walking may be enough to aid in weight loss, encourage better mood and mental clarity, and decrease risk of several health problems.

Here’s what you need to know about putting one foot in front of the other.

Tired of feeling tired?

Do you struggle to get to sleep or feel like you never wake up feeling well rested?

Sleep plays a critical role in our overall health and wellness, in fact, often more than we give it credit for.

Give sleep the credit it deserves by focusing on fixing these four things which may be hindering your sleepy time success!

If you are on a quest to build strength, gain muscle definition and improve your physique, you may be frustrated by what seems like slow progress: it feels like you have been doing it for long enough to have results, and yet, nothing.

Don’t despair: you may be making one of these simple mistakes, and a little tweak to your training can bring you the results you want.

If you are used to feeling tired and de-energized every day by three or four in the afternoon, you may think it is just part of your normal, and have come to expect it every day.

And as a result, you are armed and ready each afternoon with your coins for the office vending machine or a quick trip to the café next door, where they know the time you arrive and exactly what you order.

But here’s the thing: by the time you hit the slump, trying at that time to fix it is too late!

That ship has sailed.