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Susana

Thanksgiving Recipes and Meal-Planning Tips



The holiday season provides an opportunity to try new healthy recipes and share them with your friends and family. You can turn traditional family recipes into healthier ones by making simple plant-based substitutions. For your potatoes convenience, The Cancer Project team has pooled together some holiday… Continue

Posted by Susana on November 14, 2009 at 12:00am

Bobbi Johnson

1 Simple Method = Better, Faster Results

The holidays are fast approaching. Only about 2 weeks until Thanksgiving.

This time of year I bet you don't have a lot of time to workout.

But it is vital right now to do just that. With all the cookies, cakes, parties, and social gatherings...

With one simple method, you can get better, faster results from your workout routine.

Tony Horton includes it in his P90X Program. (But no, he didn't invent this exercise principle. It has actually been around for about 50 years and is one of Joe Weid… Continue

Posted by Bobbi Johnson on November 13, 2009 at 6:32am

Lisa Nelson

Simple Holiday Substitutions to Save Calories

Preventing holiday weight gain does not mean you need to deprive yourself of your favorite holiday foods! Simple recipe substitutions can save you calories without sacrificing the taste you love.

Five Tips for a Healthier Holiday:

1. Applesauce or Plum Puree: Use canned applesauce or plum puree in your holiday cookie, cake and pie recipes as a healthier alternative to replace butter and oils.

2. Pumpkin: Use canned pumpkin for more than pumpkin pie. Ad… Continue

Posted by Lisa Nelson on November 12, 2009 at 7:00am

Acai Berry

Colon Cleanse was not a familiar term until a few years ago. With the growing awareness about poor c…

Colon Cleanse was not a familiar term until a few years ago. With the growing awareness about poor colon health and related ailments there has been a sudden rise in demand of natural colon cleanse products. Cleansing your colons with natural products has its own benefits. Using herbal products are always better than chemical based products. Continue

Posted by Acai Berry on November 11, 2009 at 11:22pm — 1 Comment

David

100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do

From the New York Times. Or What you want when eating out.



Herewith is a modest list of dos and don’ts for servers at the seafood restaurant I am building. Veteran waiters, moonlighting actresses, libertarians and baristas will no doubt pr… Continue

Posted by David on November 11, 2009 at 12:36pm — 1 Comment

Lisa Nelson

DASH for More than Just Blood Pressure

The DASH Diet has been proven to lower blood pressure in as little as two weeks. Researchers are interested in the impact of the DASH diet on other aspects of heart health.

A new study looked at the DASH diets effect on heart failure in women. Out of over 36,000 women between the ages of 4… Continue

Posted by Lisa Nelson on November 10, 2009 at 9:30pm

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Posted by kyuubi13 on November 10, 2009 at 5:32pm

Susana

Remembering Patrick Swayze - Pancreatic Cancer Prevention: Go Veg

More Fruit, Veggies, Less Sugar, Red Meat



The recent loss of beloved actor Patrick Swayze to pancreatic cancer at age 57 is a sad but compelling prologue to November's Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. S… Continue

Posted by Susana on November 9, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Ayala laufer-Cahana MD

Are we exercising less or eating more?

There are many compelling reasons to exercise. Regular physical activity has been shown to reduce the incidence of heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. It improves mental health, fosters strong muscles and strong bones. It also makes most participants happier and improves our looks.

Physical activity also burns calories. In the past few decades exercise has therefore become one arm of the two pronged approach to combat overweight and obesity. Exercise is the calories expended in the equati… Continue

Posted by Ayala laufer-Cahana MD on November 9, 2009 at 6:00am

Evelyn

Why my Acne Medication stopped working?

Most commercial Acne treatments are multi-step, cumbersome and over priced. In these 24/7 times, who has the time or the patience to perform Step 1 of a multi-part regimen, wait a few minutes and then do step 2 and so on. Fail to follow instructions properly and you have wasted your time or worse subjected yourself to a more concentrated Step 2 - leading to scarred tissue.

Let's face it - you would not notice an Acne treatment unless some celebrity or medical professional association has endors… Continue

Posted by Evelyn on November 9, 2009 at 3:40am

 
 

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