Get Creative with Citrus Fruits

Get Creative with Citrus Fruits

Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes

Filled with good-for-you stuff like vitamin C and antioxidants, citrus fruits fortify your diet. Although great as snacks in and of themselves, they can also be used as primary ingredients in a variety of recipes. Plus, they have more health benefits than you know, so get creative with citrus fruits!…

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Volumetrics

Volumetrics

Diet Reviews / Low Calorie

The secret lies in the concentration of calories in portions of food, a concept she calls “energy density.” There are foods with low-energy density (which are good for you) and foods with high-energy density (which are not in fact). Low-energy density foods allow you to eat heaping portions without consuming…

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Take a Mental Health Day

Take a Mental Health Day

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

May is Mental Health Month and what better way to recognize the annual educational campaign than by achieving that peaceful, easy feeling. The U.S. Surgeon General reports that have of all Americans are faced with some sort of mental disorder at some time in their lives. In fact, mental illnesses…

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10 Ingredients in Weight Loss Pills

10 Ingredients in Weight Loss Pills

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

Looking for help with losing weight? Help that goes beyond the usual lifestyle changes, portion control advice and exercise routines? Weight-loss supplements touting names like “fat burner” and “thermo max” can be enticing. But do they work? And even more important, in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration’s…

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Ten Tips to Tame Your Child’s Temper Tantrums

Ten Tips to Tame Your Child’s Temper Tantrums

Moms / Parenting

David’s mother explained, “Whenever David doesn’t get his way he throws himself on the floor, screams, kicks and cries incessantly. What can we do to help him overcome this behavior?” TIP: What is David getting out of this behavior? First make sure that you are not rewarding this type of…

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Getting Your Kids to Try New Things

Getting Your Kids to Try New Things

Moms / Nutrition

Power struggles with children can’t always be avoided. When it comes to food, you may be wondering how you can get your kids to try new things without it becoming a battle. Remember that forcing a child to eat usually doesn’t get you very far. In addition, you need to…

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Should You Have an Open Marriage?

Should You Have an Open Marriage?

Love / Relationships

Researchers estimate that up to 6 percent of marriages are considered “open” – that is, partners have an arrangement in which they are not monogamous with their spouses – but is an open marriage an option in your relationship? First of all, the definition of what constitutes an open relationship…

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How to Prep Skin for Cold Weather

How to Prep Skin for Cold Weather

Style & Beauty / Beauty

Don’t let old man winter ruin your holiday photos – you can help avoid the winter skin blues by following these skin prep tips for cold weather care. Even if you’re not in a snowbound region, the change in seasons can be a rough time for your skin. In most…

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Shake Up Your Cardio Routine

Shake Up Your Cardio Routine

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

Routine boosters can make cardio even more fun and effective than it was in the first place. Sure, walking for 30 minutes per day is healthy, but it can begin to feel too easy and repetitive before long. That might not sound so bad, but the human body needs to…

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Best Foods to Fight Stress

Best Foods to Fight Stress

Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body

It is a fact of life that everyone experiences stress from time to time. The ability to manage stress helps dictate how healthy our lifestyle can be. Sometimes that stress management shows up in our diets. People often turn to “comfort foods” to ease their tension in the short term,…

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