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HealthyVoyager
Green Thanksgiving
by HealthyVoyager
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Thanksgiving is best known for the gargantuan feast, football and insane holiday shopping.The excess of food and consumerism can be overwhelming so this year, why not go green and even be a little creative with the holiday itself? Here's how!Buy local and organicShopping for food and or ingredients to make the big meal can be time consuming and costly. Do your best to make wise choices and choose locally... 11/9/2015 8:00:00 AM
Julie Callicutt
Preventing Cross-Contamination in Public and at Home
by Julie Callicutt
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Cross-contamination occurs when a non gluten free product or ingredient comes in contact with a gluten free product. Here are a few examples:Using a knife to spread gluten free butter on a piece of gluten bread.Touching the tip of a squeeze bottle onto a piece of gluten pastry.Using a knife to cut gluten bread then spreading gluten free ketchup with the same knife.How do you work in a kitchen that... 11/4/2015 10:00:00 PM
Gracie X
6 Ways to Cure Your Sexless Marriage
by Gracie X
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You fantasize about long, languorous sessions of lovemaking with your spouse, quickies before the kids rise, and steamy surprises in the afternoon. And yet—that’s not what is happening in your marriage. In fact you can’t remember the last time you and your spouse touched passionately. Suffering in a sexless marriage can be lonely and isolating. We live in a sex-negative world. Even though images of... 10/11/2015 7:00:00 AM
JJ Virgin
Crush Halloween Candy Cravings with These 5 Strategies
by JJ Virgin
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Last October I took my son to the dentist. As I reached for my credit card to pay, I noticed a big bowl filled with small candy bars sitting next to the receptionist's desk. "Really!?" I asked. "This is a dentist." The receptionist seemed unphased.Fall definitely has a dark side, and no, I don't just mean shorter days. Halloween initiates the high-sugar impact season that begins in early October and... 10/6/2015 9:00:00 PM
Jenn Ryan
Can Buying Organic Save the Bees?
by Jenn Ryan
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If you’re as disturbed about the declining bee population as I am, you’re probably wondering (or maybe already know) what is causing their decline?The answer in a word: insecticides.As if spraying toxic chemicals on our food wasn’t really bad enough, these chemicals are playing a role in destroying our planet and our little fuzzy friends - the bees. As a result of this, the bee population statistics... 10/4/2015 7:00:00 AM
Mary Kay Morgan, MS CPT
Let's Be More Than Aware of Breast Cancer This Halloween
by Mary Kay Morgan, MS CPT
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Ahhh..... October. Cooler air, pumpkins, breast cancer awareness month and the official start of non-stop candy season. I find it interesting and ironic that we become more "aware" of breast cancer and then run out and buy bags and bags of Halloween candy. I was in Target the other day and I swear that end of the store was sagging under the weight! Unbelievable!! According to a site compiling data... 10/2/2015 9:00:00 PM
JJ Virgin
7 Strategies to Reverse or Prevent Diabetes
by JJ Virgin
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Diabetes and pre-diabetes are at epidemic levels today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says Type 2 diabetes in America has tripled since the 1980s and one in three Americans will have diabetes by mid-century. Staggering statistics, huh?It’s not just adults who suffer. In less than a decade, the rate of pre-diabetes or diabetes in adolescents has increased from 9 percent to 23... 8/10/2015 7:00:00 AM
Fred Fletcher
65 Ways High Fructose Corn Syrup Can Harm You
by Fred Fletcher
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High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is one of several food additives the processed/packaged food industry seems to think is absolutely indispensable. Accordingly, they dump this overly-sweet, high-calorie, low-nutrition gooey stuff in many foods most people consume, often unknowingly, on a daily basis. Why they use it so often and so ubiquitously isn't a mystery--simply put, HFCS is much cheaper than sucrose... 8/9/2015 7:00:00 AM
Robert Parmer
America the Beautiful: Land of the Free, Home of the Wasteful
by Robert Parmer
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America the Beautiful; Land of the Free, Home of the WastefulLet’s face it, Americans are wasteful in numerous ways. From excessive food waste, to pure laziness when it comes to sorting trash and recycling, the U.S. of A is contributing to many problematic issues. We turn a blind eye to the Pacific Garbage Patch, insane fossil fuel addiction, and extreme water waste.However, there is a way to start... 8/3/2015 7:00:00 AM
JJ Virgin
10 Strategies to Eat Healthy on the Tightest Budget
by JJ Virgin
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"Really, I spent $50 on coffee alone?" a client recently asked, clearly stunned.About 10 days before, she complained she couldn't afford healthy food, so I gave her an assignment. For just one week, I asked her to track how much she spent on designer coffees, bodega snacks, convenience foods, splurges, and impulse buys. (Hint: A food journal makes a great way to track your spending.)The experience... 7/20/2015 7:00:00 AM
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