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Back in college, I was putting away my lunch things when my housemother stopped me. “Are you going to put that can back in the fridge?”
I blinked at her. I looked down at the can. “I only used half of it.”
“Put it in a container, then!” [Read more…] about Are Your Food Storage Containers Safe?
Raise your hand if you eat three meals a day, with no snacks in between.
Yeah, my hand isn’t up, either.
I snack all day long instead of having proper meals. I used to think that was a good thing. Keeps my metabolism revved up and so forth. [Read more…] about A Diet Plan That Keeps Pounds Off Permanently?
Crossword puzzles are for old people.
I knew this to be true, because the only people I saw doing crossword puzzles were my grandparents. I can still picture my grandmother sitting in her armchair with the newspaper precisely folded, pencil in hand and brow furrowed, pausing periodically to sip her morning coffee. [Read more…] about Crossword Puzzles Won’t Stave Off Dementia, But This Will
Give me a break. I’m a modern woman, not Paleolithic.
You’ll never catch me in a cave. I don’t look good in animal skins. I prefer to pick my berries at the grocery store.
So why are about 3 million Americans eating like cavemen? [Read more…] about 4 Things No One is Telling You about the Paleo Diet
You want to live forever? Great!
Clear out a cupboard for all your supplements, and plan on spending the equivalent of your current food bill on popping pills.
Clear out another cupboard in the bathroom for all the creams and potions you’ll be applying [Read more…] about What It Takes to Live Forever
For years, I lived with a boyfriend who ate the exact same things I did.
If anything, he ate better than I did. He didn’t have my sweet tooth. I couldn’t resist a few cookies a day, while he snacked on pumpkin seeds and tomatoes. Yet he put on weight and I didn’t. [Read more…] about Why You’re Not Losing Weight
Let’s talk about lignans.
You know about the benefits of antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids, and fiber. You know that your diet should be rich in all three.
But did you know there’s one simple addition you could make to your diet that would give you antioxidants, omega-3s [Read more…] about If You’re 40 or Over, You Should Be Taking This
How can you attract a man looking like this?
Just look at your reflection in the mirror. Remember what you looked like back when you weighed hardly anything?
Knowing what you know, would a man look at you and find you attractive? [Read more…] about Will Losing Weight Help Find You Love?
Do you have aches and pains, problems sleeping, and way too much stress?
Then relief might be as close as the supplement aisle.
Massage therapist Rita Woods found that her clients were having a hard time relaxing. [Read more…] about Get Relief from PMS, Stiffness, Stress, Migraines
It came as a shock.
All my life, I’d believed that cheddar cheese was orange.
It was orange! That’s how you distinguished it from mozzarella. [Read more…] about Why Cheddar Isn’t Orange and Other Food Mysteries
I was sitting at a table with a group of remarkable women.
One was a cancer survivor. Another was hypothyroid. One had fibromyalgia, and several others suffered from arthritis.
All were here at this women’s health event for one reason: [Read more…] about Stay Healthy with the Anti-Inflammatory Diet
American cuisine came as a bit of a shock.
I hadn’t been gone that long—20 years, give or take—but stepping off that plane into a world of monster muffins, 30-oz drinks, and endless crinkly packages … well, my eyes went as wide as the waistlines.
Things had changed. [Read more…] about The Simple Snacking Secret that Loses Pounds Painlessly
I had the sweet tooth from hell.
As a teenager, I thought nothing of eating cookies for breakfast.
They weren’t just any cookies. They were healthy cookies. [Read more…] about 5 Ways to Control Your Sweet Tooth
Vegetables.
That boring old stuff that grows in the ground.
You know you’re supposed to eat your veggies. You try. You have a side salad or boil up some beans. There are always something green on your plate. Your mother would be proud. [Read more…] about Can Eating Like This Make You Live Longer?
I don’t know how people go to work without their blender.
Eight hours without the ability to make delicious, frosty smoothies at the push of a button? Just throw me in prison with some bread and tap water, why don’t you?
It sounds like I’m joking. [Read more…] about They’ll Have to Pry My Blender Out of My Cold, Dead Hands
