Here are this weekend's reading diversions. Here's to better health, happiness, and love. Have a great weekend!
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
Why is it so hard to lose weight? Have you ever wondered why the diets you've tried never seem to work even though they helped your best friend, husband, or neighbor lose weight? Have you ever gotten so irritable and emotional on a diet that your spouse threatened to divorce you? Believe me, I have seen this happen, and it is far more common than you might imagine.
Must Boomer Babes Face An Empty Next?
There are a striking number of similarities between adolescence and middle age: you would be surprised how 50 has become the new 15. The biggest difference, however, in these key transitional life periods is that when we get past the acne, peer pressure, and insecurity issues of the first one, there is much to look forward to. Freedom! A career! Making a family! Did I mention freedom?
Hoisin-Glazed Black Cod with Bok Choy
Beta carotene, fiber, and omega-3 fatty acids are responsible for keeping your heart healthy. Here's a collection of recipes packed with those essential nutrients to keep your ticker ticking strong.
Kimchi is sometimes spelled "kimchee", but I prefer the "chi" spelling because that is the spelling of the oriental word chi (gi, ki) that translates as "nature energy" or "inner energy". And kimchi lives up to its name.
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In this week's Recipes for Health, Martha Rose Shulman offers five meat-free dishes commonly eaten in Greece during religious holidays, when observant Greeks abstain from most animal products.
10 surprisingly unhealthy kids' foods, and their healthier alternatives
Few parents set out to feed their kids the unhealthy foods that may contribute to childhood obesity. But experts say many of the deceptively healthy foods parents toss in their carts should be left on the grocery store shelves.
5 Great Ways To Chill Out Before Losing Your Cool!
Have you ever lost it and just wanted to scream? We did when we spent time in India, amidst the crowds and hustle, with little sleep and constantly on the go. There were definitely times when we would lose our cool, get irritated, and lash out at each other unnecessarily
Forget The Sheep: Try This Instead
People took slightly longer to fall asleep on nights they were instructed to distract themselves by counting sheep or were given no instructions at all.
Goodbye, Cruel Fat! 5 Easy Food Makeovers
How to turn beloved fare into healthy, waist-friendly dishes-without any complaints from the palate, your own or otherwise.
Your body language could be holding you back
Would you be able to spot the subtle nonverbal clues that may be sabotaging you in these situations - and keeping you from reaching your fullest potential?
Avoid This If You Want To Keep Your Thyroid Healthy
If you are like most people, you probably haven't spent much time thinking about how much bromine you're absorbing from your car upholstery or your Mountain Dew. But bromine toxicity is a definite danger from some surprising sources, and it can wreak havoc on your health.
Really? - The Claim - Fruit Juice Can Prevent Kidney Stones
Kidney stones strike more than a million Americans every year, sometimes causing enough pain to bring them literally to their knees.
Ginkgo Biloba Doesn't Slow Mental Decline
The study has already shown that ginkgo does not prevent dementia or Alzheimer's disease in the elderly.
For this recipe I used a couple navel oranges from our tree, but truly any orange will do. It's the zest that has the highly flavorful orange oil that you need for this quick bread.
