Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Next time you have a meal, look at your plate — what colors do you see? If it’s mostly white and brown then your diet might be colorblind! In order to have a healthy diet you need foods from all the food groups, and that means a colorful plate. Just…
Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes
We’re all looking for that perfect pie, or cookies, or loaf of bread. It doesn’t always happen. In our experience, there are four reasons that account for most of the less than perfect products. Under baking or over baking. This has to be nemesis number one. Breads are often under-baked…
Think global when it comes to beauty. Looking outside your own culture and country may help you learn a few tips and tricks that will help speed up your regimen and make you more beautiful, inside and out. First, start from the inside. You may have heard about the diet…
Men are simple creatures who are easy to get interested in sex or the possibility of having sex. But there are a few ways to pique a guy’s interest without performing some of the “obvious” sexy tasks, like donning a pair of tight jeans or batting your eyelashes. A great…
That forgotten box of baking soda in the back of your refrigerator or pantry is more useful than you think, especially when it comes to your beauty regimen. Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, does double duty for a lot of more expensive beauty products, so why not start storing that…
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…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Before starting a new diet plan or spending money on a new weight-loss product, it’s important to first define your goal. What exactly do you consider your ideal weight to be? Are you looking to reduce your weight to Y pounds, lower your body fat to X percentage, or lower…
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…
Anxiety, difficulty sleeping, fatigue and rapid heartbeat…is it stress or overactive thyroid symptoms? When the thyroid is out of whack, it affects the whole body. The thyroid gland may overproduce or underproduce hormones, and both conditions cause a host of sometimes-vague symptoms. But how do you know if you have…
Summer is a great time to eat al fresco, whether you’re grilling or having a potluck — or both. But besides the bugs, be sure you don’t invite some other unwanted critters to your meal. We’re talking about bacteria that can make you and your fellow picnicgoers sick. Bringing food…