Eat Until You’re Almost Full

Eat Until You’re Almost Full

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Do you eat until you’re stuffed? Well, then it’s time to call it quits…before you feel full. While you eat, the stomach sends a signal to the brain, saying it’s full. However, it usually takes about 20 minutes for the brain to get this signal, which gives you plenty of…

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Are Your Eyebrows Hanging by a Thread?

Are Your Eyebrows Hanging by a Thread?

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

For many people, waxing and plucking are the first things that come to mind when it comes to eyebrow care. But those aren’t the only options. One approach that’s gaining popularity in the United States is threading, an ancient depilation practice that originated in the Middle East. Threading is a…

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A GPS for Kids: Creepy or Clever?

A GPS for Kids: Creepy or Clever?

Moms / Mom Tips

It may seem like the ultimate invasion of privacy. We’re talking about putting a tracking device on your child. Although it may seem creepy and over the top for some parents, others feel a sense of security knowing they can keep tabs on their children at all times. A child…

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Rotation Diet

Rotation Diet

Diet Reviews / Other

More a concept than a specific weight-loss plan, the Rotation Diet is a plan whereby whole foods (healthy carbohydrates, fats and proteins) are consumed usually on a four-day cycle. Dairy, wheat, gluten, eggs, sugar, yeast, coffee, alcohol, dried fruits, soda and other common contributors to food allergies are eliminated. Followers…

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Dieters: Music To Your Ears

Dieters: Music To Your Ears

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

There’s a reason MP3 players have taken over the gym. One of the best ways to pump up your adrenaline during a workout is to turn up the tunes. Studies have shown that listening to music can actually heighten the flow of your exercises. If you’re a runner, then the…

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How Can a Pedometer Help You?

How Can a Pedometer Help You?

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

If you’re committing to a walking routine to keep up with your fitness and exercise resolutions this year, you can keep track of your progress by wearing a pedometer. Experts recommend that everyone should take at least 10,000 steps per day for better health, but you don’t have to count…

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Eat-Clean Diet

Eat-Clean Diet

Diet Reviews / Low Calorie

Among Tosca’s assertions is the necessity to eat six meals a day, drink plenty of water, stay away from sugar and high-fat foods and eat the foods God gave us versus man-made foods (i.e. processed foods). It is important to first realize what clean foods are — fresh, whole and…

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Shape Up Your Shins

Shape Up Your Shins

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

If you like to run, power walk or participate in high-impact activities, then you’re probably familiar with shin splints, that excruciating pain that occurs a few inches below the knee. The term is a generic one that describes pain near the shin bone where the calf muscle attaches to the…

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The 5-Second Rule: Is it Safe to Eat?

The 5-Second Rule: Is it Safe to Eat?

Moms / Mom Tips

We’ve all heard the old wives’ tale that if food dropped on the ground or other surface is picked up within five seconds that it’s safe to eat. If you have small kids who drop food on a regular basis and stuff it right into their little mouths, then a…

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