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Nutritional Quality Of Cereal Bars
Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by Steve W..
We spend more than £287 million a year on cereal bars in the UK, in the belief that they are good for us. In fact, the average bar has more than eight teaspoons of sugar per 100g. Here is my pick of the best.
Weetabix Oaty Milk Chocolate Cereal Bar £1.42 for five [...]
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5 Ways to Fight Spring Allergies
Posted on 30. Mar, 2010 by Steve W..
1. Wear glasses or sunglasses when outdoors. Covering your eyes keeps pollen and other irritants away from this sensitive area, which reduces itchiness and redness.
2. Shower and wash your hair before bed. Cleaning up before getting into bed helps remove pollen from your hair and skin, which reduces irritation. You [...]
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Women on the birth control pill may live longer
Posted on 28. Mar, 2010 by Steve W..
Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.
British researchers observed more than 46,000 women for nearly four decades from 1968. They compared the number of deaths in women on the pill to those who never took it.
In the study, [...]
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Want your children to be healthy? Learn how to cook
Posted on 28. Mar, 2010 by Steve W..
We hear it on the news like a drumbeat: Millions of kids eat out too much, lack access to fruits and vegetables, and it seems no one’s teaching them how to make healthy choices.
Childhood obesity and juvenile diabetes are on the rise like never before. “This may be the first generation that has a shorter [...]
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9 Symptoms of Stress
Posted on 28. Mar, 2010 by Steve W..
When was the last time you went through a period of stress? Can you remember the way your body reacted? Chances are you didn’t feel quite like yourself. Health experts say that stress can come with some pretty surprising symptoms—from forgetfulness to nausea to skin rashes. Is your body sending you an S.O.S. that you [...]
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Book Review: Grow Your Own Drugs
Posted on 28. Mar, 2010 by Steve W..
Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy Recipes for Natural Remedies and Beauty Fixes
This book is filled with easy to make recipes from all natural ingredients that are readily available. Why buy store bought beauty products and drugs filled with man made chemicals when you can create your own in the purest form available? I’m typically skeptical [...]
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Keep those pesky critters out of your compost
Posted on 28. Mar, 2010 by Steve W..
It’s true that outdoor compost piles and bins can be a draw for wildlife — be it bears, rats, raccoons, skunks, opossums or some other creatures of the night — but there are ways to minimize the attraction. For one, make sure everyone in your household knows to keep meat, bones, fish, fat and dairy [...]
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Put color on your plate
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by Steve W..
Most of us know we should be eating more produce each day (at least five servings, we’re contractually obligated to tell you). But it also seems that our produce palate is about as exciting as a pair of basic khakis. According to a recent study based on government nutritional data, we’re coming up short in [...]
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The Benefits of Fish Oil
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Steve W..
Recent reports on the health benefits of fish oil sound almost too good to be true. The omega-3 fatty acids that it contains have been shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes and slow the formation of plaques in the arteries, and they may also lower blood pressure. Accordingly, the American Heart [...]
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Choking on Hot Dogs? It’s not the shape, it’s the ingredients
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Steve W..
The American Academy of Pediatrics is making headlines this week with a bizarre recommendation that hot dogs should be re-shaped to make them less of a choking hazard for children. But there’s no mention of all the cancer-causing chemical ingredients that actually go into the hot dogs. Pediatric physicians are apparently more concerned about the [...]
