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  The Best Healthy Living Blogs of 2021     Living a healthier life might seem like a tall order — the nutrition, the exercise, the inner happiness! But having some friendly advice at your disposal, whenever and wherever you need it, makes it easier and more fun. With just a click, these awesome blogs filled with tips, tricks, and personal stories will inspire you on your journey to wellness. Delish Knowledge Think of this as healthy vegetarian cooking, made simple. Writer Alex is a registered dietitian, and her ingredient shopping tips and cooking videos — check out the one for vegan paella! — are the next best thing to an office visit. Vegetarians or anybody curious about the lifestyle can consider this blog their starter kit for plant-based recipes that range in ingredients and complexity. The Real Food Dietitians This blog is for people who love their Instant Pot, slow cooker, and Whole30 plan. It features recipes for each, plus tips for meal prep efficiency. Not only...

  Using the Humanities to Help Heal A hospital in Spokane is using literature, poetry, music, and art to build better doctors. bY.JAMIR INAMDAR The first time Travis Hughes encountered this passage was immediately before one of his daily patient rounds as a medical resident at Spokane’s Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. That might seem like an unusual moment to start thumbing through the classic novels of American literature. But this was actually a formal, albeit casual, session called A Daily Dose of the Humanities. “Daily Dose” is an ongoing educational initiative that’s part of the Providence Internal Medicine Residency program, and is designed to enrich the curriculum at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Spokane. During these regular ten- to fifteen-minute morning gatherings, medical students and residents like Hughes as well as their mentors are invited to share a work of visual art, music, or literature with the larger group. They then take the remaini...