The Terrible Ten: The Villains in Your Favorite Foods, Part 2

Thanks for checking out the second installment of MyHealingKitchen's Terrible Ten ingredients series. To see Part 1, click here. Food companies use lots of unhealthful and dodgy ingredients to extend shelf life, add gaudy colors, and make us crave their products.You can (and should!) steer clear of these toxic, tacky ingredients to protect your family's health....

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25 Instant Stress Relievers

Written by Melanie Kozlan, Four Green Steps Hiding from the world under your pillows? Finding yourself having small panic attacks or just need to relax? Forget binge-drinking and saving up for Club Med, we have seven surefire ways to soothe your inner stress monster! 1.Take 30 minutes a day to organize yourself. Making time to organize will make sure you are organized....

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Things that get in the way of happiness: Over-Spending. Over-Eating. Under-Sleeping. Watching Too Much TV

MollyJongFastI'm so happy for my friend, the incomparable Molly Jong-Fast. Her new novel,The Social Climber's Handbook, just came out. It's a delicious, dark, biting story about some characters here in New York City -- one of whom has a big, crazy secret. The novel is very funny, and at the same time, also extremely acute in its observations about people. I raced through...

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Break Your Junk Food Addiction

You turn to junk food for all sorts of reasons, from cravings (fries!) to frustration (late again!). Whether you eat because you're tired, bored, stressed, or ticked off (your favorite was booted from American Idol), your brain chemistry is steering you toward the kitchen, most likely for something sweet. That's why breaking the junk-food habit usually starts with breaking...

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Over 60 and in shape: how these celebrities inspire

Source: Over 60 and in Shape: How These Celebrities Inspire Hollywood may celebrate youth, but that doesn't stop its reigning royalty from looking and feeling their best. More and more actresses are living by the mantra "age is just a number" well into their golden years. Check out these fit actresses who inspire by showing us how important exercise and a healthy diet...

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4 Ways to find a good acupuncturist

Acupuncture is rapidly gaining acceptance—and respect— in doctors' offices and hospitals as evidence of its success piles up. It's being used to treat everything from headaches to hormonal issues, depression, and even chemo side effects, and patients are consistently seeing results. But how do you find the right practitioner? These four tips can help: See why these physicians...

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Why Morning Exercise is Best

It's true if you burn 300 calories in the evening, it's the same as if you worked them off in the morning. So what's the big deal about making your exercise routine a morning activity? Well, experts say there are real physical and psychological benefits to exercising in the a.m. Here's why you should do it: You're twice as likely to exercise early. As the day moves along,...

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Prison food vs. school lunches: any difference?

(ThinkStock photos)School lunch is a lot like prison food, only worse. An infographic created by Good Magazine comparing the average detention grub with the average elementary school fare shows a very similar tray breakdown.   Both offer a calorie count of around 1400, and both cost little more than $2.60 per person per day. The big difference,...

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Weight Loss Urban Legends Debunked

Want a friend on the inside? Add us on Facebook to always stay in touch. Call me gullible, but when it comes to weight-loss, I'm willing to do just about anything to get "the ideal body" – and that susceptibility increases the closer and closer I get to bathing suit season. So you can imagine my disappointment whenthe number on the scale doesn't change,...

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What a Cell Phone Can Teach You About Life and Happiness

By Jennipher Walters, www.FitBottomedGirls.com I have finally joined the new millennium. Quite ironically, I—the co-founder of a blog and social media crack head, for crying out loud—had up until two months ago been rolling with a cell phone that was almost laughable. Never having paid for a cell phone before ("the free ones that come with a new plan...

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