Archive By Section - Healthy Living
THE GREAT OUTDOORS — With temperatures rising and summer in full swing, there are plenty of opportunities for family adventures. Whether it’s an afternoon at the lake, a hike to your favorite waterfall or a multi-day trek in the Boulder Mountains, these outings tend to create lasting memories.
June 28, 2016
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Grant Olsen
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
THE GREAT OUTDOORS — For many outdoor enthusiasts, camping is synonymous with tents. After all, tents have been around for centuries. They have a proven track record when it comes to portability and protection from the elements.
June 19, 2016
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Grant Olsen
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
GLENDORA, California — It seems that when mountain lion videos appear on YouTube, they usually involve pulse-pounding rescues or encounters. Not so with a recent video from California-based photographer Robert Martinez.
June 12, 2016
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Grant Olsen
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
PENSACOLA, Florida — For many anglers, bananas are forbidden fruit. Bring them out on your fishing boat and you’ll doom the trip, or so goes the popular superstition.
June 09, 2016
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Grant Olsen
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
PERTH, Australia — While smartphones have become increasingly sophisticated over the years, most people consider them useless once they break. An angler in Australia decided to disprove this theory by rigging a broken iPhone with a treble hook and filming the ensuing action.
May 30, 2016
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Grant Olsen
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
When many people think about the benefits of going on a hike, they focus on burning calories and improving physical health. However, there are a lot of benefits for your mental well-being as well.
May 14, 2016
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Kitt Wakeley
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
FINGAL HEAD, Australia — The biggest limitation of surf fishing has always been the inability to reach fish that are further out than you can cast. Another challenge is locating schools of fish from your vantage point on the shore.
May 08, 2016
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Grant Olsen
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
THE GREAT OUTDOORS — Spring adventures often bring an accompaniment of rain. While a light drizzle can be an absolute pleasure during a hike, it can cause major discomfort at higher elevations where the temperatures are cooler.
May 05, 2016
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Grant Olsen
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
This started off as a column listing all the reasons running has made me a better mom. Rummaging through old post-race photos looking for inspiration, I realized my own mom took almost every single picture. Out of 43 marathons, my mom has been at over 30 of them. Rain, heat, wind, her camera always ready, sometimes catching all the good and a lot of the bad.
May 03, 2016
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Kim Cowart
Deseret News
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Healthy Living
THE GREAT OUTDOORS — Though there may be a snowstorm or two lurking in the future, we’ve reached a point where good weather has made outdoor adventures more consistently available. Basically, you can hang up the snowshoes and start breaking in your hiking boots.
May 02, 2016
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Grant Olsen
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
FLORIDA — The State of Florida is no stranger to invasive species. And because many of these uninvited animals are wreaking havoc on the local ecology, conservation officers in Florida arrange annual events like the Python Challenge to encourage people to get involved in the eradication efforts.
April 28, 2016
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Grant Olsen
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
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April 19, 2016
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Kim Cowart
Deseret News
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Healthy Living
TOPEKA – Last year 60 percent, more than 12,000, of the calls to the Kansas Poison Control Center involved medications, or pharmaceuticals. The Kansas Poison Control Center and Safe Kids Kansas want to remind all adults to keep medications (both prescription and over-the-counter) locked up, out of sight and out of reach of children. Parents should also talk to their teens about the importance of following directions on dosing for all medications.
April 13, 2016
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Special to the Tribune
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Healthy Living
You can have your wild parties and your beautiful beaches. When spring rolls around, all I want are garbage bags, Windex, and a good duster.
April 05, 2016
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Kim Cowart
Deseret News
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Healthy Living
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, South Africa — Competitive cyclists are accustomed to racing one another. But a popular YouTube video shows just how strange a race can get when an ostrich decides to join.
March 23, 2016
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Grant Olsen
KSL.com
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Healthy Living
