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If you’re going to dance, you’d better do it well.
Otherwise there’s an audience ready to laugh you off the floor.
That’s not much of an incentive to take up dancing, even if studies are showing that it can help you beat the advance of age. [Read more…] about Dance Your Way to Happiness & Health
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?
Alopecia is a word that strikes fear into my heart.
You see, I have a family pattern of thinning hair. And it’s not on the men’s side.
It’s on my mother’s.
[Read more…] about Why Women Lose So Much Hair
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?
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 don’t want to stink.
So of course you put on deodorant. Every morning, without fail, for as long as you can remember.
My mother bought me my first deodorant about the same time I got my first bra. [Read more…] about Does Deodorant Cause Cancer? Natural Alternatives that Work
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
It’s all in the voice.
I can watch a video of some doctor in a white coat, informing me intelligently what I need to know to live a better life.
And then I click away. I forget what I’ve learned within milliseconds. “Oh, look at that cute cat video!” [Read more…] about 5 Minutes a Day to Happiness, Health & Wealth
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
Are you like me?
You hear the alarm, throw your arm out hoping to hit the snooze button, and fall out of bed. You stumble to the bathroom and dial the shower up to its hottest setting. After a cup of coffee, you grab your keys and hope you’re awake by the time you make it to work. [Read more…] about The Morning Habit that Gives You a Perfect Start to Your Day
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 had so much more time when I had insomnia.
I’d wake up in the middle of the night, slip downstairs, turn on the computer, and work. I got so much done. And not just actual work, but blogging, photobooks, and home movies to boot.
I came to rely on that time. The house at night was so peaceful. So still. [Read more…] about When You’d Cut Off Your Right Leg to Get More Time
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
