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Can Plastic Surgery Make You More Likeable?
Are you considering getting a facelift but are unsure how others’ will react? Is your sagging facial skin and wrinkles making you look angry or sad? Between cell phone cameras,...
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6 Tips on How to Make An Easy, Fresh Fruit Salad
Do you make fruit salads in an attempt to eat more of these healthy foods, only to find that the fruit turns brown and mushy? Are you strapped for time...
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3 More Reasons Why Breastfeeding is Smart
Here in the U.S., it’s pretty common to see people looking shocked when a mother breastfeeds her baby in public. Mothers are often asked to relocate to baby stations located...
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A Surprising Reason Why You Should Exercise
In recent years, exercise has been linked to increased strength, lower body weight, and even better brain function. But even with study after study showing the benefits of exercise, many...
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Avoiding Peanuts Increases Peanut Allergy Risk
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on whole wheat, peanut butter crackers, apples and peanut butter – these are favorite snacks for kids, and healthy, too, thanks to the protein in...
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Going Gluten-Free - What are the Health Benefits?
From supermarket shelves to magazine articles and menus, the phrase “gluten-free” seems to be everywhere we look lately. But if you’re like most people, you’re not quite sure what it...
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Double Your Protein to Build Muscle & Maintain Weight
When it comes to getting necessary nutrients, a one-size-fits-all approach simply doesn’t work. Does a child need the same amount of protein as an adult? And does a sedentary person...
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Weight Training Best for Keeping Weight Off
When we hear the term “weight training,” many of us still think of big, bulky body builders flexing muscles we didn’t even know could grow so big. But it’s time...
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Look to Your Partner to Change Bad Habits
Thanks to something called “assortative mating,” we tend to choose mates that have behaviors similar to our own. Too often, however, that means our bad habits are their bad habits,...
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The Best Exercises for Heart Health
Women are supposed to be experts at matters of the heart, but when it comes to heart health, it seems we could all use a little more instruction. It’s hard...
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What's New In Weight Loss
The topic of weight loss is never more popular than at the beginning of the year. Between overindulgent holidays and New Year’s resolutions or mission statements, it seems everybody is...
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6 Lifestyle Habits Reduce Women’s Heart Disease Risk
In your 20s and 30s, you’re most worried about achieving success with career and personal goals. Not surprisingly, heart attack risk is far from the mind, because for both men...