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Articles by Julie Starr, MS, RD, LDN Work + Life
Work + Life
Work + Life
Do you often find yourself standing at the vending machine, weighing the pros and cons of choosing one nutritionally void snack item over another? Do you wonder why vending machines for hospital staff never seem to offer any healthy options? With the wealth of nutrient-dense, tasty and healthy snack items available on the market today, there is no reason why you should be stuck at work with nothing good to eat. The best way to beat the vending machine blues is to get in the habit of keeping great snack items on hand, both at home and at work. Here is a comparison between some typical vending machine choices and their healthier counterparts.
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You just walked in after a stressful night shift and you head straight to the refrigerator. You’ve been eating alternately salty and sugary snacks for 12 hours, not to mention drinking an entire pot of coffee, and now your stomach doesn’t know if it wants to boycott food or devour a double bacon cheeseburger. What you do know is that you’d like to get some rest. So what should you grab to eat?
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Emergency physicians, with their long shifts worked entirely indoors,
could be at a risk of Vitamin D deficiency. This might not seem like a
big deal, but it has been linked to more health risks than you realize.
Research suggests that a few short intervals of exercise (adding up to 30 minutes) throughout the day will have the same health benefits as one continuous 30-minute period of exercise. That’s good news for busy emergency physicians everywhere. Here are three quick exercises that can be performed in the doctor’s lounge when the emergency department is quiet.
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