Butt Out While Working Your Butt

Butt Out While Working Your Butt

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

If you’ve made the resolution to snuff out smoking this year, then one of your best allies in the fight can be exercise. It’s great if you’re already committed to a workout plan – after you quit, you’ll see even better results because smoking and exercise have opposite effects on…

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Soy Far, Soy Good?

Soy Far, Soy Good?

Moms / Mom Tips

Much has been said about the health benefits of soy. Soy is a complete protein — the only non-animal product to boast that claim — and it benefits cholesterol, lowering levels of LDL, the “bad” cholesterol, and raising HDL, or “good” cholesterol. Its high calcium levels contribute to bone health,…

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Dive into Pool Safety

Dive into Pool Safety

Moms / Mom Tips

Who says there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues? You’ll be hard-pressed to find a child who doesn’t enjoy spending time by the pool. For most families, it’s the highlight of the summer — both fun and affordable. While it’s great that you and your children are looking forward…

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How to Remove Makeup Stains

How to Remove Makeup Stains

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

When you’re applying makeup, you may be so focused on applying it perfectly to your face that you may not notice when you’ve mistakenly applied it to other surfaces. Nothing’s more frustrating than makeup stains on clothing, carpet, upholstery and other surfaces. Whether you simply dropped your eyeshadow applicator on…

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Cool  Winter Workouts

Cool Winter Workouts

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

If winter has you singing the blues because you have to set aside some of your workout routine due to the bad weather, don’t look so glum. Here are some ideas for workouts you can do in the winter — both indoors and outdoors. The main objective with any workout…

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Fat Flush Plan

Fat Flush Plan

Diet Reviews / High Fiber

Looking beyond the basic principles of healthy eating and exercise, The Fat Flush Plan leans on a rigid program that focuses on essential fats (flaxseed oil, gamma-linolenic acids and conjugated linolenic acid), protein (8 ounces or more per day plus 2 eggs), antioxidant-rich vegetables, moderate amounts of fruit, calorie-burning herbs…

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Hair Parts Take Center Stage

Hair Parts Take Center Stage

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

We’re here to offer you a parting gift when it comes to your hair this spring. The hottest looks among stars and on the runway predict that center parts are going to be a big hair trend. But before you panic and worry about looking like a zipperhead or a…

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How to Handle an Ingrown Toenail

How to Handle an Ingrown Toenail

Style & Beauty / How to 101

When the sharp corner of your toenail enters the sensitive skin of your toe, you end up with an ingrown toenail along with all the accompanying nasty symptoms — swelling, pain, redness and maybe even an infection. It’s usually the big toe that is affected, but all toes are fair…

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The Pheromone Phenomenon: What Are They?

The Pheromone Phenomenon: What Are They?

Love / Love Tips

Can you find a mate by just following your sense of smell? That’s what some researchers believe, although the jury is out on whether or not humans secrete and respond to pheromones. These chemicals are excreted from animals to elicit a social (alarm, food, etc.) or mating response. In other…

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