The Allergy-Safe School

The Allergy-Safe School

Moms / Mom Tips

Peanuts, dairy, gluten, soy, eggs, sulfites…many foods contain potential allergenic products. And up to 8 percent of kids have life-threatening food allergies, and those limitations can become problematic as kids enter school or change schools. But parents and administrators can keep all kids safe and happy as they deal with…

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Less Fat = More Pounds

Less Fat = More Pounds

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Nothing in life is free, even those fat-free foods. For many dieters, the fat-free trap is a real danger. People falsely assume that the “free” implies it’s a free for all, a license to eat all you want. But that’s hardly the case. Although a product may be low in…

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The Best Regional Cuisines to Try

The Best Regional Cuisines to Try

Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes

Whether you’ve traveled the world or still live in the town you grew up in, chances are you’ve tried the regional cuisine of a distant place. One great thing about the United States is that it’s a country with so much culinary diversity. Some of our signature dishes come from…

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How to Get His Friends to Like You

How to Get His Friends to Like You

Love / Love Tips

When embarking on a new relationship, each person brings along his or her own baggage from previous relationships, and that includes their friends. But there’s no guarantee that although you and your mate are compatible, that you and his friends will be compatible. First, it’s important to consider where they’re…

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5 Best Places to Have Intercourse

5 Best Places to Have Intercourse

Love / Intimacy

Let’s face it: having sex under the sheets, with the lights turned off, in your bedroom every night is totally boring. You’ve done it a million times. (Well maybe not a million exactly…) Sure some of those times were pretty amazing, but it’s really just not an exciting environment anymore….

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The Easiest Ways to Prevent Birth Defects

The Easiest Ways to Prevent Birth Defects

Moms / Mom Tips

With the start of the new year inevitably come resolutions. January is National Birth Defects Prevention month, and if your resolution is to get pregnant, then learning how to have the healthiest baby possible is important. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that one in 33 children is…

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Can You Be Friends with Non-Moms?

Can You Be Friends with Non-Moms?

Moms / Mom Tips

There’s plenty to bond with other moms about, especially when your kids are the same age. But how do you make and retain those friends of yours who don’t have kids? Keeping things relatable on both sides is the key to retaining those friends who either don’t yet have kids,…

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ABCs of Soup Making

ABCs of Soup Making

Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes

Lean, juicy beef, mutton, and veal, form the basis of all good soups; therefore it is advisable to procure those pieces which afford the richest succulence, and such as are fresh-killed. Stale meat renders them bad, and fat is not so well adapted for making them. The principal art in…

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