Here are this weekend's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have a splendid weekend!
Using Cash Could Lead To Healthier Eating Habits: Study
Using debit and credit cards have become second nature to most people who don't want to run to the bank every time they're out of cash, but new research shows that cash could help your eating habits
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40 Extraordinary Things Happening Right Now
Right now is a phenomenon. Right now extraordinary things are happening.
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18 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was 18
This morning I was reading a book at my favorite beach-side coffee shop when an 18-year-old kid sat down next to me and said, "That's a great read, ain't it?" So we started chatting.
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FontinaPanzerotti recipe - Food - Canadian Living
Canadian Fontina is based on an Italian cheese with a long history. Its yellow-ivory body is soft but elastic with a nutty, sweet, faintly fruity flavour.
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Smart Strategies For Taming Headache Triggers
Stress accounts for 80 percent of all migraines, according to a study in the journal Cephalalgia. That's because it causes fluctuations in cortisol and adrenaline -- the fight-or-flight hormones -- which can lead to pain and nausea, says Sheena K. Aurora, M.D., medical director of Seattle's Headache Center at the Swedish Medical Center. Stress can also make you clench your jaw and neck muscles, causing neck pain that, in turn, can set off tension headaches.
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Food: 21 Summer Pasta Dishes
Oh pasta: so dependable, but so quick to bore us. Here are 21 fresh and inspired pasta dishes to put (new) dinner on your table all summer.
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60 Ways To Make Life Simple Again
When we were young life was easier, right? I know sometimes it seems that way. But the truth is life still is easy. It always will be. The only difference is we’re older, and the older we get, the more we complicate things for ourselves.
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Is It Possible To Cure Aging? (VIDEO)
The first person to reach age 150 may have already been born, according to one British scientist.
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12 Easy Ways to Soak Up Vitamin D
Vitamin D is essential for bone health. Recent research suggests it may have other benefits, too, such as protecting against colds and fighting depression.
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Nutrition Needs That Change As You Age - Health.com
As we get older, nutrition rules change—or at least get stricter. Some vitamins, such as B12, become even more important with time. But at what age do we need to make changes?
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Crohn's Disease - Prevention - Health.com
Crohn's disease cannot be prevented, because the cause is unknown. But you can take steps to reduce the severity of the disease.
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26 Life Lessons Learned by Age 26
Here is a list of 26 life lessons I have learned thus far at the age of 26. I pass this list on to you with the simple hope that it makes you think. Sometimes thinking about your life and sorting out what you have learned is just as important as tackling a new venture.
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Want a baby? Then brush your teeth - Telegraph
Good oral hygiene can reduce the time it takes to conceive by two months, discovered reproductive health experts.
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Why Asparagus and Beets Affect Urine
Fruits and veggies are full of vitamins and nutrients, but eating them can do some funky things to your body. We all know that beans can make you gassy and onions can cause bad breath, but here are some of produce's effects on the body that might not be as familiar.
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Nuts and your heart: Eating nuts for heart health - MayoClinic.com
People who eat nuts as part of a heart-healthy diet can lower the LDL, low-density lipoprotein or "bad," cholesterol level in their blood. High LDL is one of the primary causes of heart disease.
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Summer reading suggestions for kids of all ages - The National
It's the perfect summer's day idyll: lying by a pool or in a garden, cool drink at your side, nose buried in a good book. Keeping children reading during the holidays is vital so their learning skills don't slip, but knowing what sort of book to give them from the vast choice on display in bookshops can be perplexing. To help you along, we've canvassed some schools and parents in Abu Dhabi for their suggestions for summer reading
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Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D.: 5 Foods That Can Make You More Attractive
But in the wide world of nutritional benefits, it doesn't hurt to add some foods to enhance our beauty as well, right? In addition to the expensive skin creams, treatments and potions, food can make a huge difference on your complexion, hair and even nails! In this article, I'll share 5 foods that you should include in your "eating pretty" diet!
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Tracey Marks, M.D.: How To Get Kids On A Back-To-School Sleep Schedule
If you want your child to have a less painful transition back to a new school schedule, now is the time to take proactive measures to change your child's bedtime routine. The sooner you start this transition, the less "shock" affects you and your children will experience when it's time to wake up before sunrise again.
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Study Shows Pet Ownership Has Psychological Benefits
It's well known that dogs are "man's best friend" -- and now we have science to prove it
