Pesticides: Can We Avoid Them?

Pesticides: Can We Avoid Them?

Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes

We all ingest lots of chemicals, one way or another. We breathe them, we drink them, and we eat them. The most troublesome are pesticides in produce. It makes me uncomfortable to think that while we are eating fruits and vegetables in reality we are also ingesting poisons that can…

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The Domino Effect of Chronic Disease

The Domino Effect of Chronic Disease

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

There’s nothing more disheartening than being diagnosed with a debilitating disease. As we get older, we’re more susceptible to chronic ailments such as diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis and much more. And once you’re diagnosed with one of these conditions, then you may be at risk for others. For example, people…

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Tips for Bra Shopping

Tips for Bra Shopping

Style & Beauty / Fashion

Ah, bra shopping … the joys. If the first thing that comes to your mind is super feminine floral print dressing rooms and long lines of rather somber-looking females that extend out into the far reaches of the store, well, you might not be too far off. For some of…

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Kick Your Sugar Habit

Kick Your Sugar Habit

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

You are about to walk out of the supermarket and there it is, that sweet jelly donut you’ve been craving all day. You know you shouldn’t have it. What do you do? Well, you have two options. You could accede to your desires and buy that donut and feel guilty…

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Celebrities’ Best Beauty Advice

Celebrities’ Best Beauty Advice

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

They get paid to look great at all times, so it’s worth paying attention when a star throws out some beauty advice. Here are some great tips from some of the most glam girls in Hollywood. Dermatologists point to one star in particular when they talk about enviable skin, and…

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Irritating Guy Habits Explained

Irritating Guy Habits Explained

Love / Relationships

Boys will be boys. Unfortunately, that can add up to one big headache for many women. Even the best guys have their flaws and habits that drive us up the wall; however, most man-mistakes aren’t made purely to piss you off. We decode some of guys most mystifying and irritating…

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Facts To Know About Perfume

Facts To Know About Perfume

Style & Beauty / Beauty

Perfume (Latin “per fume” meaning “through smoke”) was highly favored by the Egyptians, Romans, and Arabs. In East Asia, perfumes were incense based. People used to make perfumes from spices and herbs like bergamot, myrtle, coriander, conifer resin, and almond. The use of flowers came only after Avicenna, an Iranian…

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Super Swaps for Your Cosmetics

Super Swaps for Your Cosmetics

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

If you’re out of your favorite beauty product or forgot to pack it in your purse, don’t fret. There are a few switches you can make when you run low on your favorite product or when you’re just feeling too lazy to reapply later. Not worth your while to reapply…

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Delicious Fiber Sources

Delicious Fiber Sources

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

According to the American Heart Association, our bodies need lots of fiber in order to be healthy and function properly. Fiber is that part of plants comprised of materials that cannot be broken down by enzymes and digested. Fiber helps to slow our digestive system down, allowing the body to…

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