Chocolate

Chocolate has a long history as a favoured food of many cultures, including Aztec and Mayan. Today, it is considered a luxury food that should be eaten sparingly, since it can contribute to migraines, and obesity. However, new research is debunking these common fallacies. Studies are now indicating that chocolate or cocoa in moderation is actually good for us, and may help prevent heart disease, cancer and other degenerative illnesses,...

Alpha Lipoic Acid and Beauty

Okay. We said there was no fountain of youth -- other than a river of love and compassion. However, we agree with Nicholas Perricone that alpha lipoic acid is a powerful antioxidant beauty supplement. Silica helps your skin, nails and hair, but alpha lipoic acid makes you glow like Marilyn Monroe. Alpha lipoic acid is the Jose Eber of beauty supplements. This beautician to the stars helps build collagen -- before you need injections. It also:

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That’s an easy question to answer…..when your body starts to break down, you need to back off and let your body heal and rest! I was talking to a friend yesterday and she refuses to taper off on her exercise schedule. Why? Because she is afraid her body will gain the pounds back. That won’t happen to her. She has a great weight training and cardio exercise routine going but wait there’s more! She also plays in 2 sports leagues! Many days, she might do 4-5 hours of intense exercise. And, guess what?...

Fat Burning Cardio Workout Mistakes A lot of people are doing intervals wrong. Here are two ways that people do intervals wrong and that end up reducing the effectiveness of their workouts. 1) Don’t work too HARD during the recovery. Too many folks are stuck in the high heart rate marathon mentality. They think if their heart rate isn’t always elevated then they won’t be burning fat. But that’s not the case at all. Don’t get hung up on heart rate. Just stick with the interval program where...

Is Baby Ready for Gymboree?

I have a curly-haired, 7-month-old baby boy named William. Wills is one of those “angel” babies, who has been all smiles since day one,

only cries when absolutely necessary and reaches all his milestones on time, with no trouble whatsoever. And when he started crawling

a couple of weeks ago, it completely took me by surprise because this didn’t happen with my other children until they were 8 or 9

months.
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