How many times have you heard a startlet credit her fabulous body with good genetics or a busy lifestyle. You know, "I swear, I eat junk food all the time! I just don't put on any weight!" Well, I don't know about you, but I generally want to punch those girls. You know, good for [...]
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Want to slow down the aging process? Who doesn't! Just the same, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who wouldn't like to live for as long as they possibly can. Well, based on research out of King's College in London, one way to help make this happen is to make sure you're getting enough [...]
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Following close to 50,000 men for more than a decade, Japanese researchers uncovered a potential link between green tea and the reduced risk of prostate cancer.
But, it appears as though it takes drinking quite a bit of the tea . Men who consumed five or more cups of green tea daily had the greatest risk [...]
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There are many known benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, including, but not limited to, improved brain function, reduced risk of heart disease, improved vision, and helping to maintain a healthy immune system. There are also many known sources of omega-3; from many types of fish to dark green vegetables and walnuts. What isn't as readily [...]
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Whether your apple of choice is a Granny Smith, empire, gala, red delicious (which, in my opinion, are ironically the least tasty of all apple varieties, but I digress ...), or McIntosh, it doesn't make too much difference as far as your health goes. The important part, so it would seem, is to make sure [...]
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While you should always strive for a healthful, balanced diet in order to give your body the nutrients it needs, it's even more important when you're trying to get (or are) pregnant. Prenatal supplements can give your body the extra nutrients it needs.
Prenatal vitamins contain essential nutrients for pregnancy, including folic acid. Folic acid is [...]
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When it comes to being healthy the term "green" has more meanings these days than it used to. We can be healthier by incorporating more greens in our diet and the planet can be healthier by our efforts to be "greener" in an environmental sense. The Daily Green put together a plan on how we [...]
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Double dipping, is it a big deal or isn't it? One of the great controversies of life, it seems, got an answer on Friday when Bethany wrote that yes, it IS a big deal.
So for all intents and purposes it really is like putting your whole mouth right in the dip, but bad manners never [...]
Many Americans wonder how Europeans are able to stay so relatively thin (comparatively speaking, anyway) when they are known for sometimes eating less-than-healthy foods. To begin solving this mystery, it's first worth mentioning that many Europeans' diets are more healthy than you realize; foods such as fish, olive oil, red wine and many others are [...]
Feeling the heat in the evening after you've had a long day at work and the kids have had a long day at school? Feel unprepared to prepare that nutritious meal as a result?
There is less time to cook now that there has been in a past generations, but there are ways to have dinner [...]