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Want to Lose Weight? Reduce Added Sugars
Sugar is bad. Sugar makes you fat. We need to reduce our sugar intake. It’s an increasingly common message these days, and more and more research reinforces these facts. The...
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Blueberries & Strawberries Cut Women’s Risk of Heart Attack
Those berries in your morning yogurt may be good for more than just your waistline – they may help reduce your risk for heart attack by up to a third...
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Want to Live Longer? Live Near Trees
In January, with the landscape barren, it’s hard to imagine that living near a tree-lined street can have a positive impact on your health. But, in a new study by...
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How to Find the Best Probiotic
Diet, travel, stress, illness, aging and the use of antibiotics all contribute to an imbalance or “dysbiosis” of the intestinal tract leading to digestive problems. These problems cause some two...
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Mobile Apps Improve Weight Loss Results
From calendar management to turning your phone into a flashlight - it seems there’s an app for everything these days. But what about all those weight loss apps? Are they...
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Probiotics Prevent Infant Skin Problems
Atopic dermatitis, a form of eczema, affects about 20% of infants and young children, making it the most common chronic inflammatory skin disease. Any parent who’s had to deal with...
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Healthy Weight Loss Foods, Exercises & Tips
Year after year, one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions – especially for women – is losing weight. Whether it’s losing that holiday weight gain or the final pounds...
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Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Ingredients:1 cup sour cream1 teaspoon baking soda1/4 pound butter1 cup sugar2 eggs1 teaspoon vanilla1 1/2 cups flour1 1/2 teaspoons baking powderpinch of salt Topping:1/3 cup brown sugar1/3 cup sugar1 teaspoon...
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Aerobic Exercise Best for Burning Fat
Want to lose weight? Then exercise. We all know this. But what we don’t know is what type of workout burns fat best…until now. A recent study shows that aerobic...
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The American Diet Needs Improvement
Do you think your diet is up to snuff? It may be time to think twice. No matter your age, race, or socioeconomic status, chances are your diet is nowhere...
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Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
Vitamin B12 is one of the eight vitamins that make up the B-complex. It is also known as cobalamin because it contains high levels of the metal ion cobalt. Like...
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Thiamin (Vitamin B1)
Thiamin is a water-soluble nutrient that was the first of the eight B-vitamins to be discovered, hence its name vitamin B1. Severe thiamin deficiency causes a syndrome known as “beriberi”....
