Your Guide to Proper Pants Lengths

Your Guide to Proper Pants Lengths

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Pant legs can be a real drag, especially when you’re trying to perfect the proper length. Go too long and you look like you’re drowning in cloth. On the flip side, there’s no bigger fashion faux paus than donning those highwaters so short you look as if you’re preparing for…

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Try Truffles!

Try Truffles!

Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes

Want to serve an elegant, yet easy, dessert? Try truffles. The chocolate kind, that is. Not the fungi. These rich and creamy bite-sized indulgences are really quite simple to make. The secret is to buy the best chocolate you can afford. For 25-30 basic chocolate truffles you will need: 4…

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Gourmet Milkshakes to Make at Home

Gourmet Milkshakes to Make at Home

Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes

Sometimes you want something cold to drink, but the usual water, soda, or iced tea just won’t do. You want something rich, creamy and thick. This is the perfect occasion for a milkshake. Milkshakes are available at your local fast-food joint, but these made-from-a-mix milkshakes don’t offer much in the…

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The Top Nutrients Kids Need

The Top Nutrients Kids Need

Moms / Mom Tips

Given the high rate of overweight children, you’d think kids would be getting enough of the vitamins and minerals they need to stay healthy. But while most kids seem to be eating plenty, their food is not always nutritious. Strive to give your children foods rich in vitamins and minerals…

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Foods that Beat the Bloat

Foods that Beat the Bloat

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

by Elizabeth Kelly It’s one of the most frustrating feelings a woman can have. You wake up one morning to find that the jeans that looked so good yesterday won’t even zip today. You’ve been exercising and eating right, so that can mean only one thing: the dreaded bloat. And…

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Sneak In Your Nutrients: Here’s How

Sneak In Your Nutrients: Here’s How

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

When it comes to your well-being, fruits and vegetables are your best friends. Nutritionally speaking, they are the superstars of health. The American Institute for Cancer Research and the USDA recommend you eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables a day. Here are some great ways to start…

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Why Am I Tired?

Why Am I Tired?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

Feeling like a zombie even after eight solid hours of counting sheep? You’re not alone — women complain of fatigue and tiredness twice as much as men. Sleepy symptoms can be exacerbated by the tasks many women find themselves taking on, including a career, household chores, caring for children…oh, and…

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Blacklist Blackheads Forever

Blacklist Blackheads Forever

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Comedones are the scientific name for them, but if you suffer from blackheads, you want to call them gone as soon as possible. Ugly blackheads form when pores get clogged with oil and debris, such as old makeup or dead skin cells. During puberty, this and other forms of acne…

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Prevent Team Sports Injuries

Prevent Team Sports Injuries

Moms / Mom Tips

As kids grow up, it’s healthy and fun for them to compete in sports such as soccer, baseball, basketball, gymnastics, football and even extreme sports, including mountain biking, BMX and skateboarding. But while all that physical activity is beneficial for growing bodies, there is the chance of getting hurt. Consider…

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