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reading food labels
I’d like to start this article off with a bit of humor, enjoy these fun nutrition facts: 1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. 2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. 3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks…
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Exercise for your body shape
Exercises for your shape Fierce lyrics by Lady Gaga like, “God makes no mistakes, I’m on the right track baby I was born this way,” attest to that no matter your shape or size, genetics determine the shape of our bodies and we have to make the most of it. There are ways to create your specific body type into the shape you…
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Relaxation for Women
Women’s health, what a great topic. There are so many ways to address this idea to help us realize the power and joy we all have within ourselves. Relaxation is something we all should take more advantage of, but we as women find it much too easy to worry, often times about the silliest things. And when we aren’t…
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Helper's High
3 bone chilling ghost and a night of sleepless terror turned Ebenezer Scrooge on to a man that knew the feeling of the ‘helper’s high’. In the movie “A Christmas Carol” we saw a grumpy, rude man’s world get turned upside down and turned into a sweet, caring and extremely happy man. Fiction right? Maybe not, there is more…
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Greek Vs. Regular Yogurt
I have the joy of meeting new, interesting, and fun people every day. I have also been blessed with the ability to build relationships based on my articles in this paper. Recently, I had a woman, who reads this article weekly, ask me the other day if I had tried Greek yogurt. I had not tried it, but she began to tell me…
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why Diets Fail
The first thing you lose on a diet is brain mass. Diets drive us crazy, why do we constantly do this to ourselves. Hearing the word “diet” is depressing. I instantly start thinking of all the foods I can no longer have, how hungry I’m going to be, and how I won’t be able to savor that double chocolate molten lava cake for…
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Food as Fuel
Are you tired, drained, struggling to keep the yawns at bay, or experiencing the 2:30pm slump? Wondering where your energy went? No matter how you put it, you’re searching for tape to help hold your eye lids open. I bet when you feel like this you grab a soda, some coffee, or a candy bar from the vending machine to give…
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Super foods
Can you imagine that there are actually foods powerful enough to help you lower cholesterol, reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer, not to mention, for a little extra, mother nature has through in these super foods the ability to put you in a better mood. These life changing superfoods are available right now in…
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Energy make over
Ever have those days when you feel exhausted before your day even starts, and you almost want to cry at the amount of things you know you have to do that day? You aren’t the only one that feels that way. Part of the problem is we have set our energy bar so high that we expect ourselves to fit more and more into our time.…
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muching while you cook
I like to watch shows like Hell’s Kitchen or Rachel Ray 30 Minute Meals. Everyone samples their food before they send it out, just to make sure it tastes the way it should. Watching them do that and wanting to be a good cook myself, I am able to convince myself that snacking while I cook is the thing I should be doing if I…
