Your brilliant life starts now
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
I’ve ended my relationship with gluten.
It’s not that gluten isn’t attractive. The smell of freshly baked bread wafting from the oven is still as lust-worthy as ever. And don’t get me started on homemade chocolate chip cookies.
But gluten and I don’t get along. [Read more…] about Goodbye, Gluten: Why Breaking Up with Bread is Hard to Do
What’s the first thing you reach for when you wake up in the morning?
A glass of water?
Or the switch to the coffee maker? [Read more…] about Replace Your Morning Starbucks With This Powerhouse Beverage
Call me antisocial.
But sometimes you have to put feeling good first and shrug off what other people might say.
And when we’re talking about: [Read more…] about Pick Up This Antisocial Habit and Bid Goodbye to Illness
