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In this week’s Fitness Facts, Jo Gott lists the foods that are best to eat if you’re trying to lose weight. This is your opportunity to find out which vegetables are cruciferous.

In this week’s Mental Health Vitamin, Dr. Deb Wade has the last of her three-part series on relationships and marriage. She has some interesting thoughts about what it really means to say, “I do” — and what it certainly doesn’t mean.

In this week’s Fitness Facts, Connie Colbert has an extensive look into a problem that affects one out of every 12 adults in the U.S. and kills 90,000 Americans every year — alcohol abuse. This is Alcohol Awareness Month, and a big part of it is to point out the stigma that still surrounds alcoholism and substance abuse in general.

In this week’s Mental Health Vitamin, Dr. Deb Wade dives into Part 2 of her three-part series on marriage. Today, she has advice on what to do when there’s conflict — because there most certainly will be conflict.

In this week’s Fitness Facts, Connie Colbert lists a long list of signs that sadness actually could be full-on depression. The number of people in the U.S. who suffer from depression is staggering.

In this week’s Mental Health Vitamin, Dr. Deb Wade begins a three-part series on relationships and marriage. She draws from the Song of Solomon to explain the different ways men and women approach intimacy.

In this week’s Fitness Facts, Connie Colbert explains the differences between a cold and allergies. “If you feel as if you are always getting sick with a cough or head congestion or you have a persistent cough that will not go away,” she writes, “it is time to see an allergist.”

In this week’s Mental Health Vitamin, Dr. Deb Wade shares her excitement about the start of baseball season and applies it to our everyday lives. “I firmly believe,” she writes, “that sports offer many life lessons and are a microcosm of life.”

Members of the College of Education are praying for Joe Popma, an adjunct faculty member since 1994 who is battling cancer. Popma, who has been teaching for 66 years, worked as faculty in GCU’s first distance learning program, which delivered content via VHS tape, and helped develop GCU’s first online program, M.Ed. in Education Administration. He also was a faculty supervisor for teacher candidates as well as principal interns.

In this week’s Fitness Facts, Connie Colbert provides details about temporomandibular joint dysfunction — pain in your jaw. There are many ways it shows up and many effects it has, and the best way to find out if you have it is to visit a dentist.