Your skin in winter can become very dry – even to the point of being painful. I myself began feeling the effects of the cooler weather in early October. It usually doesn’t hit me this hard but this year I’m having a real difficult time with it. My lips became…
Moms everywhere are familiar with the scenario: You’re nursing your child through a bout with a bad cold or stomach flu, knowing all the while that within a few days, you’ll be experiencing the same misery yourself. Before you had children, it was probably fairly easy to avoid catching illnesses;…
Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes
When you are looking for sugar free desserts, chances are good that you still want something that tastes sweet, satisfies you, and is easy to make. There are ten great sugar free desserts that you can make quickly and easily for a great end to a meal! Sugar Free Butterscotch…
By now, we all know the flu is nothing to sneeze at. It’s an illness that sends people running straight for the sanitizer…and with good reason. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, influenza and pneumonia were responsible for more than 50,000 deaths in 2011. It goes without…
Your face is the first thing people notice about you. Whatever fashions you choose to wear, whatever position in life you happen to be in, it’s your face that is the center of all human interaction and communication. Women have always been experts at creating a presentable public face. For…
Putting anger in its place isn’t always easy. We all deal with frustration in our lives – at work, home and in public. Whether it’s over small irritations like traffic jams or big life-changing situations like a divorce, the anger and stress we feel inside sometimes can bubble up and…
Low-fat diets were all the rage in the ’90s, and people still seem to want to adhere to the all-or-nothing philosophy of dieting. But moderation pays off when you’re devising a healthy plan for eating. Too little fat can be detrimental to many healthful goals. So how little is too…
Surely you’ve heard about the health benefits of wine through the grapevine by now. A compound found in wine – a polyphenol called resveratrol — present in red wine in particular, can reduce heart disease risk and ward off some types of cancers, plus Parkinson’s disease. But are grapes just…
Melt away fat! Target tough fat pockets that diet and exercise can’t reach! If any of this sounds familiar, then you’ve probably heard pitches for nonsurgical liposuction. But how does it work? Is it effective? It depends. Your best bet is to find a plastic surgeon in your area who…
Most women agree: Frizz stinks. It blurs the lines of a good haircut, makes a ponytail look like a puffball, and turns styling into an ordeal. Whatever your hair type and however you like to wear it, it looks so much better smooth and sleek. When your hair is in…