Does the Office Make You Sick?

Does the Office Make You Sick?

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

If you’re a desktop diner or microwave your lunch in the office kitchen each day, then you might be setting yourself up for more than lunchtime boredom. If you can’t break away from e-mails and the pile of work in your inbox and tend to eat at your desk, then…

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American Heart Association’s No-Fad Diet

American Heart Association’s No-Fad Diet

Diet Reviews / Low Fat

Using their Circle of Success, you will rely on three key components for your license to lose: Think Smart, Eat Well and Move More. The circles are intertwined and you will need all three to reach your goal. As the major authority in heart health, the American Heart Association is…

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NuWave Oven

NuWave Oven

Food & Recipes / Food Product Reviews

The NuWave oven is a counter top oven that combines the principles of convection (moving air) and infrared (heat waves) to cook food more efficiently than a traditional oven, taking 50% less time and 85% less energy. It has many uses including baking, steaming and frying. The small size and…

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Groom Your Children to be Good Pet Owners

Groom Your Children to be Good Pet Owners

Moms / Mom Tips

February is Responsible Pet Owners’ Month, and what better way to train your kids than to put them in charge of man’s best friend? While one of the main goals of this month is to encourage pet owners to spay or neuter their pets, the general theme is to encourage…

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6 Day Body Makeover

6 Day Body Makeover

Diet Reviews / Low Calorie

America has already tuned in to see Thurmond fight the fat as a member of the Extreme Team on ABC’s Extreme Makeover. A trimmed down version of his 6-Week Body Makeover, Thurmond explains that you should prepare to rack up your frequent-eater miles. You will consume a good amount of…

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Fake and Bake Runs in the Family

Fake and Bake Runs in the Family

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

It seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to teens and their dangerous tanning bed habits. A research letter published in the Archives of Dermatology linked moms who tanned indoors with a higher likelihood that their daughters would, too, develop the habit. Approximately 30 million…

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Keeping the Kids Busy When It’s Miserably Hot

Keeping the Kids Busy When It’s Miserably Hot

Moms / Parenting

Summer is a great time for children. School is out for most of them and it’s time to play. Running, climbing, building sand castles, swimming… Sweating, sunburns, complaining. It isn’t necessarily all that easy to keep the kids busy all summer long, especially on particularly hot days, the days when…

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Chew, Chew Training

Chew, Chew Training

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Chewing your food is the first step in the all-important digestion process. In order to digest food properly, your food must be broken down into a liquid form before it’s swallowed. When you don’t get the job done, large food particles that haven’t been digested make an appearance in the…

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