{"id":988,"date":"2014-07-07T17:13:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T00:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/landguppy.com\/blog\/?p=988"},"modified":"2014-07-07T17:13:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T00:13:41","slug":"good-things-come-small-packages-come-small-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/landguppy.com\/blog\/good-things-come-small-packages-come-small-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Good things come in small packages &#8212; and come from small steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/landguppy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/exercise.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-989\" src=\"http:\/\/landguppy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/exercise-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"exercise\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/landguppy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/exercise-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/landguppy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/exercise.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week for my Health123.com blog, I look at the power of small changes and how, over time, they can have a big positive impact. It&#8217;s not just intuitive truth, but scientifically proved.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A lot of the literature and idea-banking of small changes is about diabetes, in part because it is such a huge problem, but also because it appears so responsive to taking incremental positive steps. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/diabetes\/expert-blog\/diabetes-lifestyle\/BGP-20056535\">Mayo Health blog post<\/a>\u00a0covers how little things can both impact your health post diagnosis, and even prevent it from becoming a part of your medical record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Health 123 isn\u2019t alone in the quest for doing more by doing a little over and over again. Vancouver Canucks president Trevor Linden is the face of a <a href=\"http:\/\/dontchangemuch.ca\/about\/\">new organization<\/a> focused on men\u2019s health that\u2019s committed to making small changes, too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more about some of the studies, and get some tips for making small changes <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.health123.com\/2014\/06\/30\/small-change-of-the-week-the-beauty-of-small-things\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week for my Health123.com blog, I look at the power of small changes and how, over time, they can have a big positive impact. It&#8217;s not just intuitive truth, but scientifically proved. 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